A small chemical tanker from the fleet of Dubai-based Lila Global recently embarked on a very unusual voyage.

The 7,000-dwt stainless steel tanker Mera 7 (built 1998) departed the South African port of Cape Town with its 12 tanks full of the country’s most popular liquid export —wine.

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The ship is currently heading to a European port.