New tanker joins Hellespont

Hamburg-based Hellespont Tankers has taken delivery of the ‘Hellespont Centurion’, the first of a serious of eight 17,000 dwt IMO-2 chemical tankers.

Hellespont Tankers will commercially manage the vessel, which has been entered into the Hamburg-based Seatramp Intermediate Tanker Pool. Technical management will be carried out by Hellespont Hammonia.

Built at Korea?s Sekwang Heavy Industries (SHI) shipbuilding yard, the vessel can load fifteen different grades in epoxy coated tanks. The newbuilding is now on her maiden voyage to load her first cargo in Southeast Asia for Europe. The Marshall Islands flag vessel is 11,551 gt, length overall 144 m, beam 22.6 m and summer draught of 9 m.

Hellespont has committed a further seven 17,000 dwt newbuildings due between now and 2011 to the pool.