Maritime
Thun Tankers Orders Series Of
Four 17,500 DWT IMO II Tankers
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hun Tankers, part of the Gothia Tanker Alliance, has
contracted four 17,500 dwt IMO II product/chemical
tankers to be built at the Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding
Ltd in China. Furetank Chartering, responsible for the
intermediate size segment in the Gothia Tanker Alliance,
will commercially manage the vessels.
The Erik Thun Group has a long history of building
efficient high quality vessels. The ordered new-buildings
have been carefully tailor made to meet our clients’ high demands. Focus
on energy efficiency, sustainability, new regulations and customers’ needs
has been key in the development process. The vessels that will be built
to the absolute latest design are expected to be delivered between April
2019 and January 2020.
“In Erik Thun, we have a long history of building, owning, and operating
both tankers and dry cargo ships in different sizes and with different
trading areas, always with the focus on our clients’ needs. We have built
and operated intermediate size product tankers in the past and
are comfortable to re-enter into the intermediate segment with our
new-buildings. To commercially place the vessels with our close partner
Furetank was a natural decision for us” -Anders Källsson, Managing
director, Erik Thun AB.
Furetank Rederi AB, Thun Tankers and Rederi AB Älvtank have previously
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“Thun Tankers’ new vessels will further improve the Gothia Tanker Alliance customer
offering as well as our position as a provider of safe and efficient refined products
transportation”. -Lars Höglund, Managing director, Furetank.
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ordered a total of six 16,300 dwt high quality intermediate tankers with
LNG propulsion. These vessels that are currently under construction, are
being built at the same yard as the now contracted vessels.
“Thun Tankers’ new vessels will further improve the Gothia Tanker
Alliance customer offering as well as our position as a provider of safe
and efficient refined products transportation”. -Lars Höglund, Managing
director, Furetank.
With this new contracting, the Erik Thun Group has a total of eleven
new-buildings on order. In addition to five intermediate tankers, Thun has
contracted four 8,000 dwt coastal tankers at Sheepswerf Ferus Smit in the
Netherlands with delivery in 2018-2021. Thun are also building two ice
classed dry cargo ships at the same yard with delivery later this year.
”With the investments in intermediate tankers we do not only deepen
our good co-operation further with the partners in the Gothia Tanker
Alliance, together with our smaller coastal tankers we can also widen our
joint offering towards our customers” – Johan Källsson, Deputy Managing
director, Erik Thun AB.