The Netherlands: Cosco Dalian Shipyard Delivers Last of Four Ordered Bulkers to Vroon

Dutch company Vroon took delivery of MV Sicilian Express on Friday January 4 2013.

The vessel is a 92,500-dwt post-panamax bulk carrier and the last in a series of four bulk carriers being built for Vroon at Cosco Dalian Shipyard, China.

Sicilian Express flies the Gibraltar flag and has a Chinese crew. Ship management has been entrusted to Fleet Management Ltd. in Hong Kong.

VESSEL PARTICULARS

Length overall. 229.2m

Length between perpendiculars: 222.0m

Beam: 38m

Draft, design: 12.5m

Draft, scantling: 14.9m

Deadweight, design. 12.5m

Deadweight, scantling: 14.9m

Lightweight: 15.672mt

Speed: 13.7 knots

Capacity: 110.330 m3

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Source: Vroon, January 07, 2013