Second time lucky for KNOT Offshore suezmax as new Norwegian field set to boost tanker demand

A KNOT Offshore Partners suezmax shuttle tanker could soon become the first ship to lift crude from a new Norwegian field set to provide a boost to vessel demand.

AIS data showed the 158,000-dwt Bodil Knutsen (built 2011) heading for the Johan Castberg floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel north of Norway on Tuesday.

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Arrival is scheduled for 1 May, when the ship is expected to load the oil, following a previous trip to the Barents Sea in March that was eventually scuppered by bad weather.