On November 16th, Chinese shipbuilder Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group Corporation (Fujian Shipbuilding) and DongHwa Entec signed an agreement for the procurement of 8 set of LNG gas supply system and tanks for 5,500 CEU dual-fuel PCTCs (pure car and track carrier).
The signing of this contract means that Fujian Shipbuilding’s undertaking of 4+4 5,500 CEU dual-fuel PCTCs from Eastern Pacific Shipping Pte. Ltd. of Singapore (EPS) has come into full effect.
In the first half of this year, Mawei Shipbuilding and Xiamen Shipbuilding Industry, subsidiaries of Fujian Shipbuilding, signed important contracts with EPS, including an order for 4+4 5,500 CEU dual-fuel PCTCs and an order for 4+2+2 MR product tankers.
The cost of a single 5,500 CEU dual-fuel PCTC is about 80 million US dollars. The PCTC has an overall length of 190 meters, a beam of 35.6 meters, a design draft of 8.3 meters with a deadweight tonnage of about 7,800 tons and a speed of not less than 18 knots.
The new vessels will have 11 decks and will be able to transport passenger cars, vans, buses, trucks, freight container trailers and other high and heavy ro-ro cargoes as well as new energy vehicles and dangerous goods packaged within the scope of the IMDG regulations.