Chemical Transportation Group (CTG), based out of New York, has purchased two fully stainless steel parcel tankers, the Bow Neon and the Bow Palladium, for part of its chemtanker fleet. These two vessels are the first two of five 25,000dwt newbuilds that will sail out of the AVIC Dingheng yard in Jiangsu between January and May 2018. The three remaining tankers are the Bow Platinum, Bow Titanium and Bow Tungsten.
CTG had originally ordered a series of 10 vessels from the Chinese shipbuilder, but sold the final quintet at US$40m apiece to Odfjell, the Norwegian chemtanker company, under a deal finalized in July 2017.
The Bow Neon type is arranged with 24 cargo tanks made from Duplex 2205 stainless steel, which have an overall capacity of approximately 27,500m3. Double-valve segregation confers the potential capability for 24 different cargo grades or products within a single load. The cargo flexibility is such that the intake can range from specialty chemical products and small parcels, to larger consignments of bulk industrial chemicals and full cargoes of clean petroleum products.
The total of 24 Framo deepwell cargo pumps comprises 10 units of 300m3/h capacity, and 14 of 220m3/h. Currently, it is believed that the main areas that the new vessels will be active in will be the Atlantic basin and South America, as well as Middle East/Far East trades.
Photo courtesy of Odfjell/Ian Shaw