Thun Tankers BV has placed an order for a 4,250-deadweight product tanker, the company said in its release.
The ordered tanker will be delivered October 2020 and enter into a long term agreement with UK based Geos Group Ltd.
The vessel will be built with “NAABSA” design -“Not Always Afloat But Safely Aground” -being able to call tidal restricted niche ports.
Thun’s long experience of building resource efficient, high quality vessels has been used in the design process. Focus has been to maximize the vessel ́s cargo intake and increase in-port performance; with the scope to allow further increased cargo lot sizes going into restricted niche ports.
The ordered new-building will be built by Scheepswerf Ferus Smit B.V. in the Netherlands, with whom the Erik Thun Group has a longstanding relationship. The shipyard has previously built more than thirty-five vessels for the Erik Thun Group.