Chengxi Shipyard to build series of Deltamarin designed bulkers

China’s Chengxi Shipyard is to build a series of Deltamarin designed B.Delta37 bulk carriers for the China Navigation Company. The new orders (four ships,plus options for up to six more) are the first B.Delta37 bulk carriers to be built at Chengxi shipyard and they have been specifically adapted to take into account China Navigation’s requirements.

Deltamarin will take care of the basic and detail design of the vessels as well as technical procurement handling and will also have a site team to take the design to production. The work will be carried out at Deltamarin’s offices in Europe and China and utilizing its partner network. The value of the contractual design work for the bulk carriers is approximately 35 man-years.

The China Navigation Company B.Delta37 bulkers will have these main particulars:

Length over all 180 m
Beam 30 m
Scantling draft 10.50 m
Deadweight 39,500 metric tonnes
Cargo cubic 48,500 cu.m

Deltamarin has focused on fuel efficiency in the designs. The service speed at design draft will be 14.0 knots and the model tested daily fuel oil consumption at design draft will be 18 t including 15 percent seamargin, ISO conditions. The EEDI is to be 15.4 percent less than the requirements set to to come into force.

A Great Lakes bulk carrier utilizing the new features Deltamarin has introduced in the B.Delta designs is already sailing and has proved that the extensively tested design features work in full scale as well.

Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industries Co. is currently building other B.Delta37 handysize bulk carriers for Louis Dreyfus Armateurs (LDA) and M.T.M. Ship Management Pte Ltd. / Strategic Shipping Inc. and additional shipbuilding contracts are expected to be signed within a few months.

The work will be carried out at Deltamarin’s offices in Europe and China and utilizing its partner network. The value of the contractual design work for the Bulk Carriers is approximately 35 man-years.
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April 4, 2012