Port Canaveral Welcomes New 115,000 Ton Aframax Tanker, Carries 442,131 Barrels of Jet Fuel

BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – Port Canaveral cargo operations reached another highpoint recently with the arrival of the Aframax tanker ProStar at North Cargo Berth 2 for its first delivery in North America to discharge 442,131 barrels of jet fuel at Seaport Canaveral.

In keeping with Port tradition, Port Canaveral CEO Capt. John Murray and Seaport Canaveral Corp. General Manager David Smith presented plaques to ProStar Capt. Alexander Ivanishvili to mark the massive double-hulled tanker’s first visit to the Port.

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The ProStar, which sailed 45 days from its loading port in South Korea, departed Port Canaveral on March 16 for New York.

An Aframax ship is a medium-sized crude oil tanker with a dead weight tonnage ranging between 80,000 and 120,000 tons and a capacity to carry up to 132,000 tons of crude oil.

The term is based on the Average Freight Rate Assessment (AFRA), a tanker rate system created in 1954 to standardize shipping contract terms.