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The new orders are the first B.Delta37 bulk carriers to be built at Chengxi shipyard and they have been specifically amended to take into account specific requirements of China Navigation.

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 vessels to be built for China Navigation Company shall have the following main particulars:

• Length over all 180 m
• Beam 30 m
• Scantling draft 10.50 m
• Deadweight 39,500 metric tonnes
• Cargo cubic 48,500 m3 

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

A laker bulk carrier utilizing the revolutionary 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.

The proven solutions that enable such improvements to existing designs are a combination of hull form, propeller, rudder and main engine solutions applied in a novel way. The latest technologies as well as Deltamarin’s experience in naval architecture have made the revolutionary designs possible.

There are currently ongoing discussions to build B.Delta series vessels in other sizes, such as the B.Delta25, B.Delta64, B.Delta82, B.Delta95, B.Delta210 and B.Delta250. The B.Delta37 series has also been further developed with several alternative arrangements or specifications including box shape holds, open hatch arrangements, ice class, timber deck cargo and others.

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

For further information please contact:
Mr. Markku Kanerva, Director, Sales
Tel. +358 2 4336 302, Mobile +358 400 123 560
Email: markku.kanerva(at)deltamarin.com

Chengxi Shipyard Co., Ltd.
Chengxi shipyard Co. Ltd. is one of the largest ship repair and newbuilding enterprises under CSSC. The company succeeds to the production and business of previous Chengxi Shipyard and specializes in ship repair and newbuilding, steel construction as well as offshore engineering, lifting gears and mechanical-electric equipments repair and manufacture.
No.1 Hengshan Road, Jiangyin City 214433, Jiangsu Province, P. R. China, cssc.cxsy@chengxi.com, www.chengxi.com

The China Navigation Co. Pte. Ltd.
The China Navigation Company Limited (CNCo) is the deep-sea ship owning and operating arm of the Swire group of companies, and is wholly owned by the group’s parent company, John Swire & Sons Limited. The company is Singapore-registered and has established Owner’s Representative offices in Hong Kong, Australia, Singapore, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, India and the USA. CNCo’s managed liner services serve over 130 ports worldwide, employing a mix of specialist owned and chartered vessels carrying container, bulk, break-bulk and project cargoes.
300 Beach Road #27-01, The Concourse, Singapore 199555, enquiry@chinanav.com, http://www.chinanav.com

Deltamarin Ltd
Deltamarin Group provides services for shipping, shipbuilding, naval, marine and offshore industry worldwide. The services cover the entire field of engineering from feasibility studies through concept development, FEED and basic design up to complete engineering and contracting packages, including site supervision. Deltamarin employs around 400 designers in its own and partly owned companies in Western Europe, China and Malaysia.
Purokatu 1, FI-21200 Raisio, Finland, tel. +358 2 4336 300, info@deltamarin.com, www.deltamarin.com