of Friend International Shipping it orders to others two new tankers



of Friend International Shipping (DIS), controlled of Friendly Society of Spa Navigation, it has concluded through operating own controlled of Friend Tankers Limited (Ireland) contracts with the South Korean with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. (HMD) for the purchase of two modern new tankers (Hull 408 and 409 - 50,000 gross Medium, capacities in tons Range) under construction and with delivery previewed at the end of the first semester of 2014, to an inferior price to 29,0 million dollars each, with connected option for two ulterior ships second similar contractual conditions and to practice 2013 by April.

The two ships under construction, beyond to being to double hull and IMO II - it has explained today DIS - belong to a new generation of ships that characterize for consumption many low. This project HMD derives from the last concept of form hull and propulsive efficiency that carries the ships to a saving of 6/7 tons to the fuel day regarding the average of the existing fleet of the same type. The ships - it has emphasized the company - have an index of energy efficiency (EEDI) of 31.5% at the best maximum inferior of applicable reference IMO and, therefore, already wide inside of the reduction of the index previewed from phase 3 of IMO (- 30%), that it will be applied to the ships constructed after on January 1°, 2025.

"They are very happy - the managing director of Friend International Shipping has declared, Marco Fiori - for announcing this new operation that previews the purchase of two new ships MR, than it under construction carries the total of the ships to eight single units in six months. This new contract includes also the option for the purchase of two ulterior ships to extremely competitive prices. This operation is coherent with the scope persecuted from the increase of capital, started from DIS in the course of second half of the year 2012 ( on November 7, 2012, ndr), and confirmation the strategic objective of rimodernizzazione of fleet DIS through the purchase of unit planned second the most modern criteria than technical efficiency and energy saving. Firmly we are convinced that this type of ships of new generation represents the future of our field and moreover theirs previewed delivery is perfectly coherent with our positive vision of market for the mean/along term. The new ships - it has continued Flowers - will be in fact most advanced and efficient in the within of the respective class of belongings, it is in terms of relationship speed/consumption and of gross capacity/draught. These technical improvements will afford to improve at least 3,000 dollars to the day the current revenues Time base charter".