MV Stolt Commitment

MV Stolt Commitment is a chemical tanker owned by Stolt Tankers that collided with, and subsequently sank, the general cargo ship Thorco Cloud in the Singapore Strait in December 2015.^[4] The collision resulted in six casualties from a total crew of 12 on the Thorco Cloud, and minor structural damage to the Stolt Commitment.

The MV Stolt Commitment in 2014
History
Name	Stolt Commitment (2011–present) Bow Century (2000–2011)
Owner	Stolt Tankers
Port of registry	2011–present: George Town, Cayman Islands 2000–2011: Oslo, Norway
Builder	Kværner Florø AS, Norway
Yard number	#139
Launched	21 January 2000
Identification	IMO number: 9168647 MMSI number: 319025300 Call sign: ZGBH8[1]
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Chemical/product tanker
Tonnage	23,206 GT 3,743 DWT
Length	183.1 m (601 ft)
Beam	32.2 m (106 ft)
Draught	10.718 m (35 ft)
Depth	14 m (46 ft)
Installed power	1 × MAN SE 6L60MC (1 × 10,416 kW)[2][3] 2 ×  MAN B&W 6L28/32H auxiliary engines 1 × shaft generator
Propulsion	Diesel; single shaft 1 × controllable pitch propeller 2 × bow thruster
Speed	15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) (service)[2]

Construction

The ship was constructed by Kværner Florø AS, Norway. The keel was laid in January 1999 and the ship was launched in January 2000 as the MV Bow Century.^[3]

History

The ship has undergone name and flag state changes throughout its service life,^[3] including:

• MV Stolt Commitment flagged in the Cayman Islands
• MV Bow Century flagged in Norway.

Collision with the Thorco Cloud

Point of collision

Location in the Singapore Strait where the two ships collided in 2015

On 16 December 2015 the ship was transiting the Singapore Strait en route to Kaohsiung from Rotterdam. During Thorco Cloud's transit into the Singapore Strait traffic separation scheme after departing the Indonesian port of Batu Ampar, the two ships collided, causing the Thorco Cloud to be split into two parts and causing them both to sink within the strait.^[5] The Stolt Commitment only suffered minor structural damage.