All four oil tankers were constructed for shipping company Hellespont Group by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering in Okpo, South Korea, entering service between March 2002 and April 2003.

The extensive conversions were carried out by EuroNav and Overseas Shipholding Group at Drydocks World – Dubai.

[7] In 2017, TI Europe was chartered by Statoil and converted to an FSO vessel, moored at Port of Kuala Sungai Linggi in Malaysia.

[8] In 2019, it was announced that TI Oceania would be converted to an FSO vessel and moored off the coast of Singapore.

[9] Information obtained from IMO GISIS Ship and Company Particulars,[16] MarineTraffic,[17] Euronav and branches,[18] and Subsidiaries of International Seaways[19] 15 February 2020, update Europe ship 8 August 2023, SA Oceania update 4 May 2024.