of Amico and Coeclerici they have constituted joint venture Maritime 50:50 dACC Ltd.



The Italian shipowning societies of Friendly Society of Navigazione and Coeclerici have constituted a joint venture society in Maritime joint called dACC Limited that will have commercial registered office and to Dublino and that it has already defined the purchase of two optional Supramax ships more two from 60.000 capacities in tons each one that will be constructed by the Japanese ship yard Oshima Shipbuilding.

"We are extremely pleased to announce joint venture of two important Italian truths, in a complex situation of market, that he rewards the companies in a position to investing and to innovate", the president of the group of Friend has declared, Paolo d' Amico.

"Joint venture constituted with the group of Friend - the president has asserted and managing director of Coeclerici, Paolo Clerici - represents an important passage for the strategy of development of our group that, after ten years, returns to invest in the shipowning business of the bulk sand banks. We are particularly happy of this operation that it sees involved, together with we, a primary shipowning group and one of the more important Japanese yards and demonstrates as the construction of partnership industrial affords to reach important results through the different union managerial expertise and experiences. We are sure - it has concluded Clerici - than these joint venture it will know to grow in the time and it will be able to give satisfactions to our companies".

The two Supramax ships the two more optional ones are ordered to the Oshima yard through the intermediation of trading house the Sumitomo and the society of brokerage Banchero Costa of Genoa. The delivery of the first two ships is previewed for the second half of 2015, that of the two optional ships - dichiarabili within the next september - is previewed in 2016.

of Amico and Coeclerici they have evidenced that the new ships will be equipped of Ballast Toilets Treatment System, and technological important others "upgradings" that will highly return these specialistic and flexible units from the technical and commercial point of view and have emphasized that the Japanese yard Oshima universal is recognized for the excellence of own constructions is from the point of view of the quality that of the design. Regarding the propulsion, the four units will be equipped with Man/B&W engine type ME of last generation, electronic and to low turns, than, associated to other innovative solutions relatively to the hull and the propeller of propulsion, it will afford to reach a cruise speed of 14,5 knots with a daily fuel consumption of about 25 tons that a saving of about 6/7 tons of fuel regarding similar and modern ships represents, currently in exercise. The ships among other things will be equipped of dedicated compartments to the recovery and treatment of waters of washing of the holds loaded, let alone of all those apt constructive characteristics to the attainment of the equipments of class ENVIRO (certification for the limitation of the gas emission produced from the machinery of edge and warehouses oils and fuel to double plating) and GP (certification that indicates the absence in the construction of harmful matters for the atmosphere or polluting agents).

"The new constructions, particularly respectful of the atmosphere - it has found Paolo d' Amico - will guarantee an elevated economization and will strengthen our positioning in the field of the Supramax, that we consider has great spaces of increase thanks to the synergies that will be gone to create between the two operators. The characteristics "echo-friendly" of the new constructions confirm our engagement in favor of the atmosphere, with a remarkable reduction of the fuel burnup and of the emissions of co2 it is regarding the existing ships that to the other projects of newbuildings".

The armament and the technical management of the new ships will be carried out by the group of Friend through the controlled Ishima Ship Management Pte Ltd of Singapore, while the business activity will be operated by a desk participated is gives of Friend that gives Coeclerici near the center of the society to Dublino.