Drydel announced via LinkedIn that it has ordered an environmentally friendly 66,000 deadweight tonnage Ultramax, the “TESS66 AEROLINE,” to Tsuneishi Shipbuilding. The new building is scheduled for completion within 2028. Drydel currently has three 64,000 DWT bulk carriers on order to Tsuneishi Shipbuilding. This is the first time Drydel has decided to commission a 66,000 DWT vessel.
Drydel explained the new build on LinkedIn: “This is a significant new investment in Ultramax, built by a Japanese shipyard. The new ship will feature a unique design with a width of 32 meters and a deadweight tonnage of 66,000.”
The new ship is an eco-ship that has already met the new ship fuel efficiency regulation “EEDI (Energy Efficiency Design Index) Phase 3,” which will come into effect in 2025, ahead of schedule, thanks to the wind resistance reduction technology “Aero Line.”
As of June 2024, Drydel has nine ships on order to Japanese shipyards. The ship-owning company Costas Bulk owns 13 small and medium-sized bulk carriers. In addition to ship ownership, Drydel operates in Singapore, Dubai, and Brazil, chartering 35 small and medium-sized bulk carriers on long-term leases.
In February of this year, Drydel changed its name from Medway Shipping. Before this, in December 2022, it placed its first order with Tsuneishi Shipbuilding for a 64,000-ton bulk carrier with a delivery date of 2025. Last May, it placed an additional order for two ships with a delivery date of 2026.
ドライデル（Drydel）は常石造船に66,000型ウルトラマックス１隻を発注した
ドライデルはLinkedInを通じて常石造船に環境対応型の66,000重量トン型のウルトラマックス「ＴＥＳＳ66 ＡＥＲＯＬＩＮＥ（エアロライン）」を発注したと発表した。
この新造船は２０２８年内の竣工を予定している。ドライデルは常石造船に64,000重量トン型バルカー３隻の発注残がある。ドライデルが66,000重量トン型の整備を決めるのは今回が初めて。