The recent launching of the 4,000 cu.m liquefied gas tanker ‘Syn Zube' at the Cantiere Navale di Pesaro (CNP) shipyard in Italy marked another step in the fleet expansion program of Italian LPG operator, Synergas.
The ‘Syn Zube' is of semi-refrigerated type, fitted with two separate self-supporting cylinder cargo tanks, and will be able to carry 4,000 cu.m of LPG at a maximum pressure of 8 bar, at a temperature of - 48 degrees Celsius. "We have entered the niche market of gas carriage as key players with a highly competitive fleet, both for its size and for its operational characteristics," said Mario Mattioli, Chairman of Synergas. ‘Syn Zube', and her sister ship ‘Syn Zania', recently delivered to Synergas, are cutting-edge ships in the sector of LPG carriage. They feature some innovative technical characteristics, which include a high degree of automation and hull design solutions which enable the assignment by the class society RINA of the environmental notation CLEAN-SEA. The CNP shipyard has also contracted the building, in co-operation with Gdansk shipyard in Poland, of three 9,000 cu.m ethylene tankers for Italian company FVH, to be delivered from 2009 to 2010. Two of them will be managed under a bareboat charter by Synergas, while the third one will be purchased by Synergas. The expansion program of Synergas foresees the delivery from 2009 to 2010 of two more 4,500 cu.m ethylene carriers, commissioned from Vinashin shipyards in Vietnam.
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