The 2001 Ulsan built tanker KEREL, operated by Norient Product Pool ApS , Strandvejen 52, 2900 Hellerup, Denmark, is seen arriving at Lavéra oil terminal, Port de Bouc, near Fos-Marseille, on 13th May 2006.

Armements Internationales, Société Anonyme Monégasque (Arminter S.A.M.), a Monaco company established in 1974 by a Genoese brokerage group, was acquired by Eugénio Tuillier in 1987 and by 1999 ten tankers were in operation. The Group was then ranked third in the world as operator of 25-30,000 dwt tankers in Northern Europe.

Arminter had become actively involved in the construction of five tankers by Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in South Korea, delivered from 2001 as FLORES, SICILIA, KEREL, GIANNUTRI and finally, in January 2005, BALTIC SUN. These tankers were also managed by Navigestion until mid 2004 when they were sold en-bloc to Interorient, a German K.G. company, who had already taken delivery of several identical ships. In 2006, after the expiry of time charters to B.P., the FLORES was renamed BALTIC SKY 1 and the SICILIA was renamed BALTIC SOUL while BALTIC SUN was delivered as BALTIC SUN 1. The KEREL and GIANNUTRI have retained their original names, possibly with continuing time charters to CSSA (Chartering and Shipping Services S.A.) of Switzerland on behalf of TOTAL.