A growth in the demand for chemical tankers is possible dur- ing the next few years if the large number of export-oriented petrochemical projects now under construction come on stream as expected.
A report from Drewry Shipping Consultants Ltd., of London, notes that 22 petrochemical complexes have start-ups scheduled during the next four years with an estimated total export capacity of 9.3 million tons, of which 4 million tons will originate in the Middle East.
These could generate an additional 57 billion ton-miles of chemical tanker demand — an increase of 38 percent on the 1980 demand level, Drewry estimated.
The estimate represents the maximum possible impact of the new petrochemical projects. It is likely, Drewry noted, that the figure will be considerably less as completion dates are pushed back and export targets scaled down.
Drewry has published a study entitled "The Chemical Carrier Trades" that examines the present state of the world's chemical carrier fleet and assesses the outlook.
The study can be obtained from Drewry Shipping Consultants, 34 Brook Street, London W1Y2LL, England. The cost is $125.
Two of the world's largest and most advanced chemical tankers were christened recently by Kockums at its yard in Malmo, Sweden. The twin 38,000-dwt vessels, called the Johnson Chemsun and Johnson Chemstar, will be delivered to Rederi AB Nordstjernan, Stockholm, following sea trials. The diesel-powere
, the Chemical Carriers Association (CCA) elected its leadership for the new term. The CCA is the international association of operators of chemical tankers in U.S. trade, with full members being companies that own or operate chemical tankers and associate members those companies having an interest
International Maritime Associates, Inc. (IMA), a Washington, D.C. management consulting and planning firm, to study future demand for product and chemical tankers. Participating with IMA in the project are Chem Systems, Hydronautics, and Avondale Shipyards. The objective is to project demand for
is progressing the application of Interline9001, a advanced cargo tank coating from AkzoNobel’s International marine product range, on a series of 18 chemical tankers currently under construction at Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, South Korea. According to the coating’s manufacturer, Navig8 selected its Interline9001
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Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine Coatings launched SeaGuard, an app that provides users with protective coating recommendations for VLCC/VLBCs, chemical tankers and OSV/PSVs. The app is designed to help port engineers and fleet managers access accurate and up-to-date coatings information via mobile technology
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Clean Marine has been selected by Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding in China to supply exhaust gas cleaning systems (EGCS) for two 38,000 dwt. Chemical Tankers being built for Stolt Tankers and NYK Stolt Tankers. Clean Marine has developed an EGCS based on the Advanced Vortex Chamber technology that
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, line that can easily be transported by the perature and pressure, ammonia can be Statkraft analyzed four alternatives me- existing ? eet of chemical tankers. Unfor- stored and maintained as a liquid using Transporting Ammonia diums to transport the energy. These tunately, the report ruled out this
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a hard deadline The lesson to be learned is that marine transportation was mandated for oil spill response plans, while there casualties involving chemical tankers are few in num- was no deadline for hazardous substance spill response ber, but have the potential for high consequences. plans. The chemical
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produced version of an En- dozen ships will be included in the study, ranging in size ergySail was manufactured by Teramoto Iron Works from coastal chemical tankers to large RoRo ships, bulk and an EnergySail Test Station has also now been es- tablished. cargo carriers and LNG tankers. For each ship involved
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the world’s largest stainless by the Maritime Security Center (MSC) in? uence as commandant, includ- Lakes; while his father owned and op- steel chemical tankers, according to the – a U.S. Department of Homeland Se- ing directing active participation in erated Thomson-Gordon, a marine and Norwegian owner
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of small and medium where long term investments and big Turkey’s 21 ship recycling facilities Turkey’s shipyards are mainly located tonnage chemical tankers, as a result coastal areas are needed, boat and yacht (located largely in the Aliaga area, near LimakPort skenderun is located on the Northeast
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with a specially designed gangway bridge to be used for emergency and other safety purposes. N-KOM was recently awarded the repairs of two chemical tankers from Odfjell Management. Both Odfjell chemical tankers, Bow Flora and Bow Lind, underwent drydocking repairs such as propeller blade renewal
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, designed therefore to deliver greater ef? ciency and ? exibil- has worked hard to create the ? rst approved carbon credit ity in the operation of chemical tankers, easily switching methodology in the marine industry. Through this, ves- from one cargo to the next with minimal downtime. sel operators can
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at night due to noise pol- lution complaints from surrounding neighbors. We have recently delivered three Medium Range Product tank- ers and six chemical tankers using a Mar? ex electric deepwell cargo pump system to reduce the noise during cargo operations. Our sister company, Southern Electric Pumping
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