You are using an outdated browser For a better experience using this site, please upgrade to a modern web browser. Subscribe Get Daily Email Subscribe --> Contact Us Sign in Home News & Features Compliance Costs Bunker Prices Bunker Intelligence EMEA News Latest Features World Americas EMEA Asia/Pacific Home News & Features EMEA HTM New Tanker Capable of Supplying Bunkers Starts Maiden Voyage HTM New Tanker Capable of Supplying Bunkers Starts Maiden Voyage by Ship & Bunker News Team Thursday September 3, 2026 Tweet Follow @shipandbunker Hercules Tanker Management is the shipping firm established by Peninsula owner John Bassadone. Image Credit: HTM Hercules Tanker Management (HTM) , the shipping firm established by Peninsula owner John Bassadone , has started the maiden voyage of a new tanker capable of transporting and supplying conventional and alternative marine fuels. The vessel, Hercules Vanessa , is the latest addition to HTM’s 10-vessel ultra-spec series, which is part of the company’s fleet renewal programme, the company said in a LinkedIn post on yesterday.  The tanker can handle fuels including B100 and methanol and is designed to improve efficiency and reduce emissions. Hercules Vanessa is the first vessel in the series to feature MarineLINE cargo tank coating. It is currently sailing to Port Louis for bunkers and provisions before continuing towards Cape Town . The vessel is carrying a biofuel cargo loaded at Nansha Terminal in China and is scheduled to discharge the cargo in Ghent later this year. Ship & Bunker News Team To contact the editor responsible for this story email us at [email protected] Also in the News FAME Blends Could Push Biofuel Bunker Viscosity Outside a MFM's Validated Range: GCMD Blend ratios, such as B24 or B30, are also typically supplier-declared rather than independently verified, GCMD notes. Read in Full Hapag-Lloyd 1H 2026 Bunker Consumption Fell by 3.5% on Year The firm's fleet consumed 2.4 million mt