Germany’s global heavy lift and project cargo shipping company Rickmers-Linie has ordered four more 24,000DWT multi purpose vessels for Polaris Ship management, part of the Rickmers Group Company.
The contract with the Chinese shipbuilder Guangzhou Wenchong was signed in Hamburg last week during the SMM Fair. Delivery of the first vessel is slated for May 2011 and all four vessels are scheduled to be in service by December 2011. This latest quartet brings the number of newbuildings now contracted in China for Rickers to 18. Jan Boje Steffens, President and CEO of Rickmers-Linie said that the company would then have one of the world’s most modern heavylift/project liner fleets. The newbuildings now ordered from Guangzhou Wenchong are identical to four vessels of the Superflex Mumbai Max Class to be built for Polaris by Wuhu Xinlian Shipbuilding, a contract that was announced last July. All eight have been purpose-designed for the carriage of breakbulk, heavylift and project cargo. With a deadweight of 24,000 tonnes, an overall length of 175 metres and a beam of 26.5 metres, they will have variable height tweendecks for maximum cargo flexibility. Each vessel will be equipped with three cranes, one capable of lifting 120 tonnes and two 350 tonne units that can be combined to handle loads of up to 700 tonnes. The service speed of the ships will be up to 18 knots. The electronic control of the main engine utilises the latest in technological development for the reduction of bunker consumption and carbon dioxide emissions, thus contributing to a more environmentally friendly propulsion system.
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