Rickmers Group takes delivery of its 102nd vessel
On 22 February a special milestone was
reached by the Rickmers Group with the delivery of the 4900 vehicle capacity
pure car/truck carrier (PCTC) Vany Rickmers to its owners. She brings
the Rickmers fleet up to 102 vessels.
The 100 ship mark was passed in December
2009 with the delivery of the 4,250 TEU containership Tanja Rickmers,
built at New Yangzijiang Shipyard against a very long term charter to Hanjin.
She is now operating as Hanjin Duesseldorf and was followed by her
sister vessel Schliemi Rickmers in early February 2010. With a similar
charter contract, she is now operating as Hanjin Montevideo.
Vany Rickmers has been chartered
to Glovis, a company within the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, and is expected
to operate from Asia to North and South America and to the Middle East. She was
built by Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry Co in Xiamen, China and is powered by a
single MAN-B&W 9S50MC-C diesel engine developing 14,420 kW for a service
speed of 20 knots at 90% MCR.
Rickmers does already have another car
carrier in its fleet. Nora Rickmers, built in 1986 and acquired by
Rickmers in 1999, sailing under the name Hyundai no 103. She has also been
chartered to Glovis in a package deal with a third car carrier, Cary
Rickmers, a sister vessel of the Vany Rickmers, which is due to be
delivered in May. Both newbuildings will be managed by Rickmers Shipmanagement
(Singapore) Pte Ltd.
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Information about the manifold
activities of Rickmers Group is available at
www.rickmers.com.
Downloadable photographs to accompany the
press release are available at
http://www.dunelmpr.co.uk/RickmersGroup-PhotoGallery-NEW.html.
Captions for the photographs read:
"Vany Rickmers has been chartered
to Glovis, a company within the Hyundai Kia Automotive Group, and is expected
to operate from Asia to North and South America and to the Middle
East".
"The 4,250TEU Hanjin Duesseldorf,
which joined the Rickmers fleet in December 2009 became the 100th ship in the
Rickmers Group fleet." |
