B.delta standard designs for bulk carriers to be built in China

Deltamarin will take care of the basic and detail design of the vessels as well as technical procurement handling and will also have a site team to take the design to production. This is the first order for the B.delta37 standard bulk carriers, which have evoked the interest of the market with their improved cubic capacity and especially the extremely low fuel consumption compared to other available designs.  

The overall vessel length will be below 180 m and the beam 30 m. The service speed at design draught is 14.0 knots. The deadweight is about 40,000 metric tonnes at scantling draught. The vessels will have five cargo holds and can take 50,000 m3 of cargo. Deltamarin has focused on fuel efficiency, sustainability and safety during the concept development process, while simultaneously focusing on the cost efficiency of the concept. E.g. the model tested daily fuel oil consumption at design draft is only 18t including 15% seamargin and annual output of CO2 is estimated to be reduced by 5,000 tonnes compared to existing vessels of same size range. The design of the vessels ordered by Louis Dreyfus Armatreurs group has been customised to fulfill group's high standards and includes special features for log transportation.

The four handymax bulker are part of Louis Dreyfus Armateurs' order for totally eight bulk carriers in China. In addition another four capesize bulker are to be built. Deliveries are scheduled in 2013 and 2014.