Owner and operator of tankers Ardmore Shipping Corporation has taken delivery of its newbuild vessel, the Ardmore Seafox, from Korea’s SPP Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
The Ardmore Seafox is a 49,999 DWT IMO 3 product and chemical tanker, and her addition to the Ardmore fleet increases the number of Ardmore vessels on the water to twenty with a total tonnage of 819,519 DWT. Technical management of the Ardmore Seafox will be provided by Univan Ship Management Ltd.
This is the second of four newbuild vessels to be delivered from SPP Shipbuilding this year, with the remaining two vessels in the series due for delivery in the second half of this year.
“As with the Ardmore Sealion, the Ardmore Seafox is a high quality eco-design Ardmore vessel, fully equipped with a variety of fuel-saving measures including Skysails technology and offering the highest standards of performance for our customers. With an average age of under four and a half years, the Ardmore fleet is among the youngest in the industry,” said Mark Cameron, Ardmore Shipping’s COO.