Oldendorff’s new eco handysizes

The 36,000dwt MV Christine Oldendorff, charter name Midland Trader, was built at Weihai in Shandong, China, also the home to her sister ship, MV Christopher Oldendorff, to be known as Hansa Baltica.

Both vessels were ordered in June 2012 to be built by then Korean controlled yard. Financial difficulties for the Korean company caused delays and Oldendorff cancelled the contract in 2015.

The yard was later rescued by the diversified Shanghai Zhouji Group and Oldendorff bought the ships once again from the new entity as resales.

The two eco handysizes are of the Korean FESDEC eco design and are equipped with four 35 tonne Masada cranes as well as a Wärtsilä 5RT-flex 50-D main engine, A-60 bulkhead, CO2 in holds, a 25 t/m2 tanktop strength, Erma First ballast water treatment system and an energy-saving Mewis duct.