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Baltic Fuel Company (BFC) has confirmed that it has acquired an oil products tanker to perform bunkering operations in the ports of the Azov-Black Sea Basin.

On September 15, 2014, the Ayfer Ka [pictured] arrived at Port Kavkaz for customs clearance, a flag changing ceremony and registration with the Russian Maritime Register of Shipping.

Built in 2007, the vessel arrived from Turkey. It is due to be named Abrau - after a lake in the Krasnodar Krai Region, located in the south-west part of the North Caucasus.

"With this, the company makes a start for a series of ships bearing the names of Russian lakes," the company said in a statement.

The ice-class double-hull oil tanker is said to meet the requirements of MARPOL Annex VI. The vessel's main characteristics are as follows:

Deadweight tonnage (dwt): 3950 (according to BFC)/ 3791 (according to other sources)
Length overall (LOA): 90.80 metres
Beam: 14.60 metres
Depth: 7.36 metres
Cargo tanks: 10

Image: Ayfer Ka vessel.