Japanese shipbuilder Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. has won an order to build six 25,000 DWT vessels for Navig8 Chemical Tankers.
Details on the price for these modern Medium Range tankers were not disclosed. The vessels are slated for delivery in 2016 and 2017.
Principal Particulars:
Length (Over All) – 159.00 m
Breadth (Moulded) – 25.00 m
Depth (Moulded) – 15.30 m
Draft (Summer Extreme) – 10.40 m
Navig8 Chemical Tankers is a newly incorporated chemical tanker company sponsored by Navig8 Group and Oaktree Capital Management L.P.
The company has eighteen IMO 2 chemical tankers under construction at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard (HMD), Korea.
[mappress] navig8, January 28, 2014