Recently, Fujian Southeast Shipyard Co., Ltd (Southeast Shipyard), a subsidiary of Fujian Shipbuilding Industry Group Corporation (Fujian Shipbuilding), undertook the construction contract of 11 18500DWT oil and chemical tankers from a Singaporean shipowner. Up till now, Southeast Shipbuilding has become the main shipyard in Fujian Province to build 18,500DWT oil tankers.
The 18500DWT oil and chemical tankers has an overall length of 149.8 meters, a beam of 22.8 meters, a depth of 12.7 meters and a design draft of 8.5 meters.
It is mainly used to transport refined oil products, vegetable oils and bulk chemicals (Class II and Class III) with trial flash point ≤60℃ to meet the requirements of IBC specification, featuring shallow draught and large bilge capacity to meet the requirements of unlimited navigation area.