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Summary

Max. Size:  Crude:  150,000 d.w.t.
Airport:  Libreville Int'l, 480 km.
Etame Terminal
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GAETA

Also known as Etame FPSO
OVERVIEW:  FPSO Petroleo Nautipa. Owned by Tinworth Pte Ltd (a wholly owned company of BW Offshore) and is operated on contract to VAALCO Gabon. Handles export of Etame Crude.
LOCATION:  Approx. 21 n.m. off the coast of Gabon, 250 n.m. SSE of Port Gentil and 100 n.m. NNW of Pointe Noire.
CHARTS:  Digital: FR375880.
Paper: US 57220.
Publications:  NP2, Africa Pilot Vol 2.
PORT LIMITS:  See `` Restrictions'' - Exclusion Zone.
DOCUMENTS:  Government Officials:  Government officials such as Customs, Quarantine and Immigration officers, Captain of the Port and the police, may visit the vessel. Should Customs guards be stationed on board the export tanker while at the terminal, export tanker should provide food for these guards and other government officials.
Also see `` Shipmaster's Report'' dated June 2011.
MAX. SIZE:  Suezmax, approx. 150,000 d.w.t., max. arrival displacement 85,000 tonnes.
RESTRICTIONS:  Export Tanker Acceptance