On Jul 3rd, 2025, 21 officers and crew members manned by VINIC successfully took delivery of the newly built vessel “M/V METTLE STAR” owned by NISSEN KAIUN, at the Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) shipyard in Philippines.
M/V METTLE STAR is a Panama-flagged bulk carrier which was designed with the deadweight 82,438 DWT, engine power 9,000 kW, LOA 228.99m, breadth 32.26m, summer draft 14.579m, completed at the Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (Cebu) shipyard in Philippines. The vessel was installed with the main engine ME-Mitsui-Man B&W 6S60ME-C10.5-EGRBP, exhaust gas treatment system Sox EGCS, NOx EGR, SCR with IMO type III. The vessel has been certified by Class NK Japan with the worldwide operation area.
M/V METTLE STAR is the third newly built vessel owned by NISSEN and managed by Synergy Ocean Maritime Inc., (SOMI) to be handed over to VINIC crew members for operation in 2025. Furthermore, she is the fifteenth vessel in the fleet managed by SOMI, operated by VINIC crew members. Especially, this is also the vessel chartered by NS United Kaiun Kaisha - a traditional crew recruitment partner of VINIC.
On this occasion, VINIC would like to extends our congratulations to the crew members who have been entrusted with the operation of M/V METTLE STAR. Wishing the crew good health, safe navigation and successful completion of their assigned tasks, continuing to affirm and enhance the reputation and brand of Vietnamese crew members in the world maritime industry.
Below are some pictures of the naming and delivery ceremony of M/V METTLE STAR
The naming and delivery ceremony of M/V METTLE STAR
Mr. Ryohei Abe - Director of SOMI as the representative of Ship Owner NISSEN, Capt. Shivram Volety - DPA of SOMI and other members of SOMI participated in the safety meeting
The distinguished guests visited the vessel before she left the port.
Capt. Shivram Volety - DPA of SOMI, SOMI members and crew members of M/V METTLE STA
The crew members of M/V METTLE STAR
M/V METTLE STAR departed for a new journey.
