ESL Shipping Ltd has taken delivery of a new, approximately 20,000 dwt vessel from ABG Shipyard Ltd in India. The vessel is owned by SEB Leasing Oy, which has chartered her to us under a long-term agreement.
Designed to meet the needs of ESL Shipping’s customers, the new vessel is a self-unloading dry cargo ship especially built for Baltic Sea operations and to the highest ice class (1A Super). She is equipped for Finnish winter conditions and capable of operating even in the northernmost ports. The length of the vessel is 156 meters and her maximum draft with a full cargo is 9.4 meters.
The new ship was christened m/s Alppila. Together with our other vessels Eira, Credo and the new Alppila form the Eira class, which is especially designed for operating in the shallow ports of the Baltic Sea. Alppila sails under the Finnish flag and her crew is entirely Finnish.
“The new vessel strengthens our position in the Baltic Sea area and allows us to increase our market share in bulk transports”, says Markus Karjalainen, President of ESL Shipping.
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Source: ESL Shipping, August 26, 2011.