- Oldendorff Carriers has taken delivery of five new eco-ships – ‘Jan Oldendorff’, ‘John Oldendorff’, ‘Julius Oldendorff’, ‘Christiane Oldendorff’ and ‘Kai Oldendorff’.
- The vessels are fitted with a fuel-efficient and energy saving duct by Becker, Germany.
- The new eco-ships have been contracted for long-term employment with a major international trading house.
- The order book of 38 Newbuildings including, 21 owned, 13 Time Chartered and 4 Bareboat Chartered.
The year 2019 has begun on a good note for Oldendorff Carriers that has taken delivery of five new eco-ships.
Five new eco-ships
The carrier company has taken delivery of ‘Jan Oldendorff’, ‘John Oldendorff’ and ‘Julius Oldendorff’ from the building yard Nantong Cosco KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd in Nantong, PRC. The vessel ‘Christiane Oldendorff’ was delivered from the Samjin Shipyard in Weihai, PRC. Whereas, the vessel ‘Kai Oldendorff’ was delivered from the Hantong shipyard in Hantong, PRC.
The ‘Jan Oldendorff’ will service Contracts of Affreightment and spot market cargoes. The ‘John Oldendorff’ and ‘Julius Oldendorff’ upon delivery from the shipyard entered into a long term Time Charters with clients. The ‘Christiane Oldendorff’ was delivered for long-term employment with a major international trading house after delivery. Next year, the vessel ‘Kai Oldendorff’ will be retrofitted with an Exhaust Gas Cleaning System (Scrubber) to comply with IMO 2020 regulations.
Vessel Specs
The three Ultramax vessels ‘Jan Oldendorff’, ‘John Oldendorff’ and ‘Julius Oldendorff’are 61,400 tdw on 13.03 metres Draft with 4 x 30 tons SWL Mitsubishi cranes, an LOA of 199.90 metres and a Beam of 32.24 metres. The vessels are fitted with a fuel-efficient MAN-B&W 6S50ME-B9.2 main engine of 10,000 Kw and fuel saving devices: semi-duct system with contra-fins and rudder bulb system with fins.
This Handysize vessel is 35,762 tdw on 10.21 metres Draft with 4 x 35 tons SWL Mitsubishi Masada-license cranes with 12 cbm grabs, an LOA of 180 metres and a beam of 30 metres and features a strong tank top. She has a fuel-efficient Wartsila 5RT-flex 50-D of 6,100 Kw main engine and is fitted with a “Mewis” energy saving duct by Becker, Germany.
This Kamsarmax vessel is 81,242 tdw on 14.51 metres draft. It has an LOA of 229 metres and a Beam of 32.26 metres; the vessel has a fuel-efficient Hyundai-MAN B&W 6S60ME-C8.5 main engine and Yanmar auxiliaries.
Young and fuel-efficient fleet
A spokesperson commented, “Having sold most of our older vessels, the Oldendorff Carriers Owned and Bareboat Chartered fleet of 111 vessels now has an average age of just 4.78 years. With our remaining order book of 38 Newbuildings including, 21 owned, 13 Time Chartered and 4 Bareboat Chartered, Oldendorff Carriers will maintain a young and fuel-efficient fleet of bulk carriers going forward. Most of our additional roughly 600 operated vessels are also young and fuel-efficient and closely mirror our owned fleet.”
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Source: Vessel Finder
