Ice Class Vessels - Chowgule Shipyard

Dutch shipping line Wijnne Barends has ordered six 4,200-deadweight-ton multipurpose cargo vessels to be fabricated by the Indian shipyard Chowgule & Co. The 98-meter ships will adhere to the Tier III environmental standards. Wijnne Barends will add the vessels to its existing Lady-H fleet and expects delivery of the first vessel in late 2018. The new orders will meet the Swedish/Finnish ice class.

Based in Delfzijl in the northeast of the Netherlands, Wijnne Barends provides breakbulk transport, chartering, crewing, financial management, ISM, ISPS and MLC certification, insurance and technical management. The organization is a subsidiary of Dutch operator Spliethoff which operates a fleet of about 50 modern, Dutch flagged, 1A ice-classed, multipurpose vessels.

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