She's 250m long, and carries enough refined fuel to fill up half a million cars, and this week the STI LILY - the largest product ship ever to visit the country - berths at Channel Infrastructure at Marsden Pt.
Channel Infrastructure, the fuel infrastructure company, is set to welcome the biggest product ship to ever visit New Zealand when the STI LILY arrives at Marsden Pt.
The refined product ship is classed as LR2 in size, which is among the largest refined product ships in the world, and its planned arrival is the first time a refined product ship of this size has visited New Zealand.
With a gross tonnage of 63,000 and dead weight of 110,000, the ship is 250m in length and is capable of carrying up to 120ML of refined product. Marsden Point is the only fuel import terminal capable of handling vessels of this size, offering customers significant freight savings.
Channel Infrastructure chief executive Naomi James said the process of decommissioning the refinery is now more than 70 per cent complete, and only the shell and structure remain with the plant now dismantled internally.