Navig8 Chemical Adds New Tanker from Kitanihon
By Aiswarya Lakshmi
Tuesday, June 28, 2016
Chemical shipping company Navig8 Chemical Tankers Inc. has taken delivery of its first stainless steel chemical tanker, the Navig8 Sirius, from Japanese shipbuilder Kitanihon Shipbuilding Co. Ltd.
Navig8 Sirius is a 25,000 DWT stainless steel chemical tanker.
The Navig8 Sirius is the first of six vessels contracted at Kitanihon to be delivered to the Company and is the first vessel to be delivered under the secured loan facility with Credit Suisse AG announced on June 22, 2016.
The Navig8 Sirius will be entered into and operated in Navig8 Group's Stainless8 commercial pool.
The company ordered the batch of six stainless steel chemical tankers in January 2014. Featuring a length of 159 meter and a width of 25 meters, the remaining tanker newbuilds are scheduled to join Navig8 Chemical Tankers’ fleet in 2016 and 2017.