PRESS RELEASE: FURE VINGA was delivered from Avic Dingheng Shipbuilding Ltd. to Furetank Rederi today.
The 17,999 dwt vessel is the first in a series of six sister vessels contracted by Furetank Rederi AB, Rederi AB Älvtank and Thun Tankers BV and will be serving our customers predominantly in the Baltic and North West Europe. The vessels will be commercially managed by Furetank Chartering in the Gothia Tanker Alliance.
The FURE VINGA has Swedish flag and ice class 1A. Cargo tank capacity is 20,306 cubic meters in 12 epoxy coated cargo tanks. An efficient cargo handling system with a flexible cargo pump and line arrangement ensures safe and efficient cargo operations with reduced port-turnaround time.
The FURE VINGA is built to a design, developed by FKAB together with Furetank with special focus on minimal impact on the environment. The vessel has dual fuel capability, will run on LNG and has several features that reduce fuel and energy consumption resulting in extensively lower emissions of CO2, Sulphur oxide, Nitrogen oxide and particles.
The vessel will now proceed to Indonesia to load for Europe.
”When we started the project for our next generation vessels the ambition was not only to make it more efficient than existing tonnage but also to create the most environment friendly product tankers. With the first vessel in the series now delivered from the yard and ready to begin her service I feel confident that we have succeeded” – Lars Höglund, CEO Furetank Rederi AB
