The newbuildings will have a combination of 24 stainless steel tanks and 15 coated tanks. Stolt-Nielsen says that the main dimensions of the ships will follow the design of the four parcel tankers that SNTG announced ordering in June 2005 from ShinA Shipbuilding, South Korea, which was acquired by SLS earlier this year.
The new fully parcel tankers will meet both Marpol Annex I and Annex II cargo requirements and, with ship IMO ship type I, II, and III capabilities, will be able to handle the full range of difficult to handle cargoes which SNTG carries. Otto Fritzner, Chief Executive Officer of SNTG, said, "This new order with SLS represents a continuation of SNTG's successful partnership with the yard and is part of our ongoing fleet replacement plan, which is aimed at ensuring that we are fully equipped with sophisticated ships to meet our customers' requirements for the growing global market for the transportation of specialty liquids."