Two 400,000 dwt VLOC for Oman Shipping

[Robert McDonald]

July 8th, 2011.  No sooner had the 400,000 DWT "Vale China" been launched at Nantong, when a steel cutting ceremony for two 400,000 DWT VLOCs named H1125\H1126 built for Oman shipping company was held in RSHI

[Radu]

These vessels are the same design as Vale China or different?

[Robert McDonald]

All vessels follow the "Valemax" design, that was created by Vale some time ago. As I mentioned, they will be chartered by Vale.

[pepper_220]

where ie sinopacific`s design of 600000dwt VLOC?

[Radu]

Anybody have any info regarding BW's line of 388,000 dwt VLOC's? Are they in the process of being built?
http://www.bwshipping.com/pages/sub_pages.asp?p=27

[rd77]

Yep, they are. The first one, BERGE EVEREST, should be almost finished. picture:

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/281806/title/berge-everest/cat/510

(you might need to register in order to see the image. Registration is free)

Brgds.
Ralph

[Radu]

Thank you for the link, she's a beauty (her depth looks quite small though, under 25 meters), unlike Vale's VLOC. Do you happen to know the names of the other 3 sisterships, or even more pictures of Everest?(found a few more on Google) Thanks again.

[rd77]

have a look over here: http://www.bergebulk.com/pages/sub_pages.asp?p=10

all four newbuilds are mentioned there, with names. If you like ore carriers, then I'm sure you'll like the rest of the site as well.

Brgds.
Ralph

[Radu]

Yes, I checked the "In Construction" subsection of that site, too bad the pictures are minuscule.

[Mats]

The four Oman Shipping Valemaxes have been assigned "vale" names, which are:

Vale Liwa
Vale Sohar
Vale Shinas
Vale Saham

http://worldmaritimenews.com/archives/51555