Efficient Suezmax tanker named

The new series of Suezmax tankers is claimed to have significantly improved energy efficiency, which will reduce bunker consumption by up to 15% compared with the most efficient, conventional Suezmax tankers currently afloat. The 274m long and 48m beam ships are of 158,000dwt.

Stena Superior is the first Suezmax tanker in the series of seven vessels of which most will join the Stena Sonangol Suezmax pool, controlled by Stena Bulk and the state-owned Angolan oil company Sonangol. The next in the series is the Stena Suède which will be delivered in November, when she will enter a long term time charter with French oil company Total.

“The pool has today a total of some 20 Suezmax tankers and there will totally be up to some 30 modern tankers with an average age of only 3.5 years once both Sonangol´s five newbuildings and ours have been delivered.”, says Ulf G. Ryder, president & CEO of Stena Bulk.