Ardmore Shipping Corporation today announced that its latest two newbuild vessels, the Ardmore Chippewa and the Ardmore Seahawk, were delivered by Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co. Ltd and SPP Shipbuilding Co. Ltd on 13th November 2015 and 16th November 2015 respectively.
The Ardmore Seahawk is a 49,999 DWT IMO 2/3 product and chemical tanker built in Korea, while the Ardmore Chippewa is a 25,233 DWT IMO 2 product and chemical danker built in Nagasaki. The addition to the Ardmore fleet of these two modern, fuel efficient vessels increases the number of Ardmore vessels on the water to 24. Technical management of the Ardmore Chippewa will be provided by Thome Ship Management Pte Ltd while the technical management of the Ardmore Seahawk will be provided by Univan Ship Management Ltd.
Both the Ardmore Chippewa and the Ardmore Seahawk are high quality eco-design Ardmore vessels, equipped with a variety of fuel-saving measures, including Skysails vessel optimization software.