# 3 New Canadian Shuttle Tankers **URL:** \ **Category:** Press Releases\ **Created:** [September 3, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997 "2017-09-03T16:34:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Emrobu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/emrobu/32/6696_2.png) [@Emrobu](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/Emrobu)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 4:34pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/1 "2017-09-03T16:34:47Z")
Samsung has just finished 3 new tankers that are to be Canadian flagged for Teekay. Beothuk Spirit, Norse Spirit, and Dorset Spirit: aren’t they pretty girls? > **[Naming Ceremony of the Heritage Class Shuttle Tankers - Teekay](http://teekay.com/blog/2017/08/25/naming-ceremony-heritage-class-shuttle-tankers/)** > > Welcome to the fleet Beothuk Spirit, Norse Spirit and Dorset Spirit! August 25th was a triple naming ceremony day at the Samsung Heavy Industries shipyard in Korea. Teekay’s newest shuttle tankers, Beothuk Spirit, Norse Spirit and Dorset Spirit, were... ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 5:45pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/2 "2017-09-03T17:45:51Z")
Looking pretty spiffy. Now only if the US ones could get busy! ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/3 "2017-09-03T20:27:44Z")
US Shuttle tankers?? Are there any?? ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 8:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/4 "2017-09-03T20:29:48Z")
Indeed. There are 3, all operated by OSG. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:12pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/5 "2017-09-03T21:12:58Z")
I don’t see any actual Shuttle Tankers fitted with bow loading facilities or DP system in the OSG fleet?? ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/6 "2017-09-03T21:20:52Z")
Overseas Cascade, Overseas Chinook, and Overseas Tampa are all shuttle tankers with bow loading systems. None of them are DP. ---
**Author:** ![ombugge](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/ombugge/32/11217_2.png) [@ombugge](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/ombugge)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/7 "2017-09-03T21:29:10Z")
Got it.Conversion carried out in 2014: [http://www.detyens.com/portfolio-item/osg-conversions/](http://www.detyens.com/portfolio-item/osg-conversions/) ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:52pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/8 "2017-09-03T21:52:40Z")
For the Cascade and Chinook. Tampa was completed in 2014 at Rementowa Shipyard in Gdansk, Poland. ---
**Author:** ![brjones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/df788c/32.png) [@brjones](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/brjones)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 9:58pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/9 "2017-09-03T21:58:50Z")
Those dates are a little off. I took the cascade out of detyens in 2009 or 2010 ---
**Author:** ![New3M](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/new3m/32/394_2.png) [@New3M](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/New3M)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2017, 10:14pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/3-new-canadian-shuttle-tankers/45997/10 "2017-09-03T22:14:10Z")
Yea I was going to say Cascade was 09 and Chinook was 10.