Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) on Wednesday delivered MS Maria, the second of the eight HS EcoFreighter series of multi-purpose vessels (MPVs), to HS Schiffahrts UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co. KG, a Germany-based shipping company.
The vessel was designed by Groot Ship Design, Netherlands, and constructed at CSL. The MPV with a deadweight of 7,000 tonnes is an ice-class vessel capable of carrying project cargo, heavy cargo, steel coils, containers, timber, paper, dry bulk cargoes such as coal and grain, as well as dangerous goods, for worldwide trade, according to CSL.
The vessel is provided with a single large cargo hold fitted with six movable panels, enabling flexible cargo configurations including grain bulkheads at multiple positions and a between-deck arrangement. Propulsion is provided by a medium-speed four-stroke diesel engine driving a controllable pitch propeller through a reduction gearbox.
The delivery and acceptance protocol was signed between S. Harikrishnan, director (operations), CSL, and Heinz Josef Schepers, director, HS Schiffahrts.
