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Photo: Bureau Veritas 2 JS Ineos Insight Industrial Grand expect from Intermarine.”

The ? rst ethane-powered ship, JS Ineos Insight, Intermarine has begun Fleet of the Future de- The deliveries will mark the beginning of a series of 1 2 the lead ship in a series of eight 27,500-cu.-m. liveries with the addition and maiden voyage of eco-friendly deliveries and add to the range and capa- multi-gas Dragon-class vessels being built at Sinopa- the Industrial Grand. The 20,000 dwt, 545-ft. multi- bilities of Intermarine’s core ? eet of more than 50 ves- ci? c, China, for Denmark’s Evergas, was named in purpose vessel features three cranes with a combined sels. The Industrial Grand will be joined by her sister

July 2015. The new vessels will be con? gured for the lifting capacity of up to 900 metric tons. Industrial vessel, the Industrial Glory when she joins the service transport of ethane, LPG or LNG, with options for eth- Grand is the ? rst of 20 new eco-friendly lifters that will from the shipyard in May 2015. ane, LNG and conventional diesel power, and will be join Intermarine’s core ? eet during the next 30 months. classed by Bureau Veritas. The vessel will travel from Shanghai, China, to the U.S. Ardmore Chippewa

The Dragon vessels were originally designed with a Gulf Coast to deliver a large and complex petrochemi- Ardmore Shipping Corporation took delivery 3 dual-fuel LNG/diesel power utilizing two 1,000-cu. m. cal processing tower. The cargo delivery includes a of the Ardmore Chippewa on November 13,

LNG tanks on deck powering two Wärtsilä 6L20 DF 720.5 metric ton lift of 48.6 meters in length which was 2015. Ardmore Chippewa is a 25,233 dwt, Eco-design main engines with a total of 2,112 kW power and two loaded using vessel’s gear. IMO 2 product and chemical tanker that was construct- shaft generators with a total of 3,600 kW power. The “The Industrial Grand represents a glimpse into the ed at the Fukuoka Shipbuilding Co., Ltd. shipyard in ability to also burn ethane was added to allow use of the future, harnessing eco-friendly technology and in- Nagasaki, Japan, and is the ? nal in a series of four Fu- cargo gas as the vessels are destined initially for trans- creased lifting capacity,” said Al Stanley, President kuoka newbuildings delivered to Ardmore in 2015.

port of ethane from the U.S. to the U.K. Ineos re? ner- and CEO of Intermarine. “This innovation aligns with “We are pleased to welcome the Ardmore Chippewa ies. Evergas, a wholly owned by Greenship Gas and delivering the appropriate ? eet to meet our customers’ to our ? eet of modern, fuel-ef? cient MR product and

JACCAR Holdings, has a large new-building program cargo needs and allows us to provide the value, reliabil- chemical tankers, successfully completing our initial of ethylene, ethane and LNG multi-gas carriers. ity and creative solutions that customers have come to newbuilding program at a time when charter markets 52 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • DECEMBER 2015

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