M/V MENKAR joins Sovereign Global’s fleet

07/11/14 Sovereign Global is pleased to welcome the M/V MENKAR as the latest vessel to join our fleet.
The vessel is the sistership of the M/V MIRFAK, Sovereign Global’s vessel chartered for the Republic of Angola to protect its maritime domain and perform the full range of maritime patrol missions.
The MENKAR and the MIRFAK were both institutions of the port of Rotterdam, transferring and accommodating its pilots for many years.
The MENKAR will leave Vlissingen (Netherlands) this week to travel to Dubai for refurbishment and painting. She will adopt the Sovereign Global Group’s colours: red hull, blue and white superstructure with our logo on the funnel.
We will charter her to provide Private Maritime Security Companies with first-class logistical support services in the Gulf of Oman.

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