Here are some details of the vessel

Name of the ship YEPIFAN KOVTYUKH

IMO number 7016668

Type of ship TANKER

Gross tonnage 15034 tons, DWT 22610 tons

Year of build 1970, Builder SPLIT SHIPYARD — SPLIT, Jugoslavia

Last known flag: Russia

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The predecessor of Odessa, a small Tatar settlement, was founded by Hacı I Giray, the Khan of Crimea, in 1440 and originally named after him as «Hacıbey». After a period of Lithuanian control, it passed into the domain of the Ottoman Sultan in 1529 and remained in Ottoman hands until the Ottoman Empire‘s defeat in the Russo-Turkish War of 1792.

In 1794, the city of Odessa was founded by a decree of the Empress Catherine the Great. From 1819 to 1858, Odessa was a free port. During the Soviet period it was the most important port of trade in the Soviet Union and a Soviet naval base. On 1 January 2000, the Quarantine Pier at Odessa Commercial Sea Port was declared a free port and free economic zone for a period of 25 years.

During the 19th century, it was the fourth largest city of Imperial Russia, after Moscow, Saint Petersburg and Warsaw.^[2] Its historical architecture has a style more Mediterranean than Russian, having been heavily influenced by French and Italian styles. Some buildings are built in a mixture of different styles, including Art Nouveau, Renaissance and Classicist.^[3]

Odessa is a warm water port. The city of Odessa hosts two important ports: Port of Odessa itself and Port Yuzhne (also an internationally important oil terminal), situated in the city’s suburbs. Another important port, Illichivsk, is located in the same oblast, to the south-west of Odessa. Together they represent a major transport hub integrating with railways. Odessa’s oil and chemical processing facilities are connected to Russia‘s and EU’s respective networks by strategic pipelines.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odessa

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100 km rally is our cycling tradition these days It seems that no more towns or cities like Bila Tserkva (Kyiv, Ukraine) which prepare to the international annual cycling marathon “100 km for 10 hrs (except for Odessa, Ukraine of course). This year the marathon is planned for April, because it is a tribute to the day of Odessa being liberated from fascists during the Second World War. Today, among almost 700 registrated participants our town is prepresented by quite a number of the cyclist in the event. The participation of cyclists from Bila Tserkva was noticed even during the previous rallies: we have always worn a uniform designed especially for this event, this is why it is easy to recognise us among other cyclists. The number of participants from our town keeps growing every year. This serious preparation was appreciated by the marathon organizers and the other day Leonid Rzhepishevskiy, the creator of the marathon and the chief organizer of these events since 1982, himself vizited our town before the 33rd start occuring this year. “84 cyclists turned up for the very first start”, – says Leonid. – “The following year we had 250 cyclists with us and in 1986 there were 940 cyclists in the event and that marathon was the most popular in the U.S.S.R.” Today the marathon is able to get around 4,000 participants involved. Cyclists from different countries are coming to try their luck: thus this year the marathon is going to be visited by people from Russia and the United States of America. It is already a tradition for cyclists from Bila Tserkva to participate the 100 km marathon in Odessa. Every ride brings a certain military title to a participant: on having ridden the distance once the title is Common Soldier, riding the distance twice results in becoming a Lance Corporal, three times of cycling the distance makes you a Junior Sergeant etc. So, our local cycling community is going to participate for obtaining the titles of Junior Sergeants, though the newbies or the so-called “Common Soldiers” keep joining every year. Preparation for the marathon takes some of us a year: the cyclists do not stop riding even a year in order to keep fit. Every following year we want to gain a better result than the one gained a year ago. These results keep improving. Oleksandr Biryukov and Vitaliy Kyrychenko were the best in our team. This year they also do their best to be ready for the marathon. This year Bila Tserkva presents a special participant. A cycling sport vet Volodymyr Zyulkovskiy is going to be in the rally on the 4th of April, taking place in Odessa. Before this time he has invested time and efforts to improve the skills of our group: it was he to teach everything: riding position, organised group riding and this sort of things. This year he made up decision to participate the event personally! Leonid Rzhepishevskiy had stuff to deliver to Bila Tserkva. He brought number-plates for the registered par — ticipants and solemnly issued them to our sports — men with gratitudes for having been active all these years . Leonid is already a legendary person and our marathon cyclists were realy grateful for his individual approach and support. The 100 km rally in Odessa has always had peculiar atmosphere and bright spirit and the effort shown by the organizers is just the evidence of the fact.

Junior Sergeant Viktoria Biryukova, photograph by Junior Sergeant Oleh Ziglin

Sacrificed to the heroic city of Odessa. 10th of April 1944 is the day of liberation of Odessa from fascists.

http://en.100km.odessa.ua/

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Our company consists of two departments:

Crewing department Technical department

We are regularly improving the quality of our services. Since 1999 we are certified with regards to the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 and in 2013 we received new ISO 9001:2008 MLC 2006 standard certificate including separate certificate, Regulation 1.4, Standard A 1.4. of the Maritime Labour Convention, 2006.

The main activity of our crewing department is recruitment of seafarers of all ranks from Master to steward and crewing for ship-owners / ship-managers for all types of vessels. We understand that the recruitment of highly-qualified seafarers is of vital importance to efficient and safe shipping. Our candidates are adequately trained and properly licensed/certified according to the STCW 78/95, SOLAS, MLC 2006 and other International Conventions requirements and have experience in multinational crew on

various vessels such as Liquid Petrol and Liquid Natural Gas Carriers, Oil/Product and Chemical tankers, Bulk Carriers, (including Log/Timber carriers), Dry cargo vessels, Multipurpose vessels, Heavy Lift vessels, Containers, Lash (Barge Carrier), Tugs (Ocean Going Tugs), Anchor Handling – Tug – Supply vessels, Offshore Support vessels, Platform Supply/Support Vessels, Yachts, Cruise Passenger ships, etc.

We have most updated information about previous employers’ evaluations of seafarers, so we are able to provide prospective employers with references. This allows the company to make objective decisions regarding the potential candidates.

Please be assured that we will take every effort to satisfy your requirements. Any requests you may place with us will be handled with greatest care and attention.

We guarantee immediate response to the Customer, dynamic approach to any problem and quick mobilization of required persons. As we are a family company with many years experience within the field crewing we do guarantee the quality.

Our office is situated downtown Odessa in the picturesque historical area and is very easy to find. We always welcome our clients in the office and have all the facilities to meet and to accommodate them in the cozy European class family hotel, belonging to our company.

Today, Libra Marine Agency is the right choice on the crewing market of Ukraine.

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