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of Tankers Friend it orders to two new tankers MR
Exercised the right of first refusal agreed to March with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co.
May 16, 2013
of Friend International Shipping (DIS), through operating controlled own of Friend Tankers Limited (Ireland), it has exercised today the right of first refusal agreed last March with the South Korean ship yard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. for the construction of two new tankers of 50.000 gross capacities in tons Medium Range, whose delivery is previewed for the second half of the year of 2015, to an inferior unit price to 30,0 million dollars ( on 13 March 2013).
DIS has emphasized that the ships, beyond to being to double hull and IMO II, answer to a new technology that, thanks to hydrodynamic new and new engines, afford a 6-7 saving tons to the fuel day regarding the average current. The ships 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. The managing director of Friend International Shipping, Marco Fiori, has evidenced that the new ships will be "most advanced and efficient in the within of the respective class of belongings, is in terms of relationship speed/consumption, is of gross capacity/draught" and that "these technical improvements will afford to improve at least 3,000 dollars to the day the current revenues Time base charter".
DIS has announced that of Friend Tankers Limited Hudson Partners LLC for the novation of one of two new contracts of construction in favour of a new society guaranteed from the Hudson for a fee has moreover concluded an agreement with the American holding company pairs to 150 thousand dollars, besides the entire corresponsione of the purchase price. Marco Fiori has manifested satisfaction for the new collaboration with Hudson Partners: "we are observing - it has found - an increasing interest by society of private deep equities and of Capital market in the field of the tankers. In this context DIS it intends to place itself as supplier head physician of know-how-how to technical and commercial level regarding these investor".
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of Friend International Shipping (DIS), through operating controlled own of Friend Tankers Limited (Ireland), it has exercised today the right of first refusal agreed last March with the South Korean ship yard Hyundai Mipo Dockyard Co. for the construction of two new tankers of 50.000 gross capacities in tons Medium Range, whose delivery is previewed for the second half of the year of 2015, to an inferior unit price to 30,0 million dollars 
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
