AET’s VLCC ‘Eagle Vermont’ is one of 18 company ships that are currently being supplied with SOLASAFE roller screens for the navigation bridge windows.
The roller screens are used to reject glare, heat and uv radiation from the sun.
John Lightfoot, chairman of South Shields based manufacturer Solar Solve Marine explained, “The vast majority of the AET fleet will have been delivered with solar screens already installed by the shipbuilder, but not all of them and some of those that were, have also requested some additional screens. So far, we are working on orders for 18 vessels and dispatching the screens to their next ports of call so that they can be installed by the ships crew".
The order came from Atlas Marine Services, Solar’s worldwide distributor based in Singapore. In total, AET has a fleet of 74 vessels with a further 20 on order.
“Installing the screens offers many advantages for the shipowner, the primary ones being protection of personnel and creation of a less stressful working environment. Added to these are reductions in CO2 emissions, which help the environment and fuel cost savings that contribute towards paying for the screens”, Lightfoot continued.
AET has a fleet of crude oil and refined products tankers and provides US Gulf lightering services.
For its lightering activities, the MISC subsidiary employs around 100 people and a fleet of dedicated workboats at Galveston, Texas.
AET also maintains the largest Aframax fleet in the US Gulf region (around 30 vessels) and claims to have the largest share of the US Gulf lightering market.
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