VESSEL RENAMING:
“EUROLEADER” was renamed “ELBUS”, during November 2025, and transferred from Liberia to Palau flag.
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VESSEL DETAILS:
TYPE: Tanker
IMO NO: 9290385
81 076 gt / 52 045 nt / 159 062 mdwt
Delivered from Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. Ltd., Ulsan / South Korea (Yard no 1562), in February 2005.
Historic details: (TO BE UPDATED)
- 12/10/2004 – Keel laid
- 17/12/2004 – Launched
- 07/02/2005 – Completed and delivered
- “SCF ALDAN” from delivery in 02/2005 until 03/2014
- From 02/2005 – Managing owner – Sovcomflot, Moscow / Russia.
- From 02/2005 – Liberia flag. (reg. Monrovia)
- “UNITED LEADERSHIP” from 03/2014 until 08/2018
- From 03/2014 – Owned by United Leadership Inc., Marshall Islands.
- From 03/2014 – Marshall Islands flag. (reg. Majuro)
- “EUROLEADER” from 08/2018 until 11/2025
- From 08/2018 – Owned by Marea Holdings Ltd., Piraeus / Greece – C/O: Eurotankers Inc., Piraeus / Greece.
- From 08/2018 – Liberia flag. (reg. Monrovia)
- “ELBUS” from 11/2025 –
- From 11/2025 – Owned by Qing Ju Shipping Ltd., Kowloon – Hong Kong / China.
- From 11/2025 – Palau flag.
- 07/01/2026 – Struck by a drone when transiting Black Sea, 30 nm off Turkish coast, on her way to Novorossiysk oil terminal in Russia. No crew members injured, some vessel damages and no pollution.
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ARCHIVE PHOTO:
“EUROLEADER” / reg. Monrovia, passing Rotterdam Maasvlakte, 3 September 2024, on her way from Trieste in Italy to Rotterdam NL.
@ photos – www.maritime-pics.com
