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Shenoy Karun
Shenoy Karun

The oil tanker Enrica Lexie, which was involved in the 2012 shooting of two Indian fishermen, has been sold and renamed Olympic Sky. It was acquired by the Greek shipping company Onasis Group from its Italian owner for $33.5 million. Records show the ship has been reflagged from Italy to Greece and has a new call sign. However, Indian shipping officials have no information about the name change of the controversial vessel.

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Kochi: Enrica Lexie, the controversial oil tanker in- volved in the shooting of two fishermen off the Kera- la coast in 2012, has changed hands and also got a new name Olympic Sky. Legendary Greek ship owners Onasis Group is learnt to have acquired En- rica Lexie and another ship, DT Providence, from their Italian owner Fratelli Ar- matori DAmato four weeks ago. Onasis Group compa- ny Olympic Shipping & Management SA is report- ed to have paid $33.5 million (Rs 204 crore) each for the two ships. Olympic Shipping & Management declined to comment on the develop- ments when TOI contacted its Athens office on phone. Mark OCaroll, the CEO of OCaroll Ship Broking which had listed Enrica Lexie on its website for sale for the last few months, also remained silent on the change in ownership. Lloyds List, the worlds most respected journal on shipping, has however reg- istered the change in own- ership and name on its web- site. In fact, Olympic Sky was originally the name of an Onasis fleet oil tanker which had run aground off the coast of Cornwall in UK in 1973 while on its way to Toronto. Floated again, the ship was taken to Taiwan and scrapped in late 1975. The database of ship movements tracked using the automatic identifica- tion system (AIS) shows that Enrica Lexie is cur- rently positioned near Kep- pel in Singapore, after tak- ing the new name. Records also show that ICKC, the call sign of Enrica Lexie, has been changed to SVCB5. Instead of the Italian flag, the ship now flies a Greek flag. Olympic Shipping & Management SA is the suc- cessor of Olympic Mari- time SA founded by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1952. According to its website, the company has 11 tankers and six bulk cargo carriers. The Kerala police had detained Enrica Lexie in Kochi for 80 days after the killing of two Indian fisher- men on February 15, 2012. The ship was allowed to leave the port only after fur- nishing a surety of Rs 3 crore. Indian shipping minis- try officials are however unaware of Enrica Lexies name change. I dont have any information on that, said director general of shipping Gautam Chatterjee. Shenoy.karun@timesgroup.com Enrica Lexie gets new name, owner The Kerala police had detained Enrica Lexie in Kochi for 80 days after the killing of two Indian fishermen on February 15, 2012. The ship was allowed to leave the port only after furnishing a surety of Rs 3 crore

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  • 1. Kochi: Enrica Lexie, the controversial oil tanker in- volved in the shooting of two fishermen off the Kera- la coast in 2012, has changed hands and also got a new name Olympic Sky. Legendary Greek ship owners Onasis Group is learnt to have acquired En- rica Lexie and another ship, DT Providence, from their Italian owner Fratelli Ar- matori DAmato four weeks ago. Onasis Group compa- ny Olympic Shipping & Management SA is report- ed to have paid $33.5 million (Rs 204 crore) each for the two ships. Olympic Shipping & Management declined to comment on the develop- ments when TOI contacted its Athens office on phone. Mark OCaroll, the CEO of OCaroll Ship Broking which had listed Enrica Lexie on its website for sale for the last few months, also remained silent on the change in ownership. Lloyds List, the worlds most respected journal on shipping, has however reg- istered the change in own- ership and name on its web- site. In fact, Olympic Sky was originally the name of an Onasis fleet oil tanker which had run aground off the coast of Cornwall in UK in 1973 while on its way to Toronto. Floated again, the ship was taken to Taiwan and scrapped in late 1975. The database of ship movements tracked using the automatic identifica- tion system (AIS) shows that Enrica Lexie is cur- rently positioned near Kep- pel in Singapore, after tak- ing the new name. Records also show that ICKC, the call sign of Enrica Lexie, has been changed to SVCB5. Instead of the Italian flag, the ship now flies a Greek flag. Olympic Shipping & Management SA is the suc- cessor of Olympic Mari- time SA founded by Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis in 1952. According to its website, the company has 11 tankers and six bulk cargo carriers. The Kerala police had detained Enrica Lexie in Kochi for 80 days after the killing of two Indian fisher- men on February 15, 2012. The ship was allowed to leave the port only after fur- nishing a surety of Rs 3 crore. Indian shipping minis- try officials are however unaware of Enrica Lexies name change. I dont have any information on that, said director general of shipping Gautam Chatterjee. Shenoy.karun@timesgroup.com Enrica Lexie gets new name, owner The Kerala police had detained Enrica Lexie in Kochi for 80 days after the killing of two Indian fishermen on February 15, 2012. The ship was allowed to leave the port only after furnishing a surety of Rs 3 crore