Company Magazine for the Odfjell Group - April 2008

New O-ships to the Odfjell fleetDelivery of Bow Omaria and Bow OreliaBy Frode J. StornesOdfjell recentlyreceived the twonewbuildings BowOmaria and BowOrelia on pool arrangementsfromour business partnerAhrenkiel.Both ships were delivered to us straightfrom the Japanese shipbuilding yard,Bow Omaria in November and Bow Oreliain January. On their maiden voyages,both loaded a full cargo of sulphuricacid to Chile. The trading of these shipsso far has given officers and crew ampletime to get well organised and settledwith everything on board. CDI and customershave already visited for inspections,and things seem to be in goodorder.The two new ships are on time-chartersfrom the Japanese owner Nisshin ShippingCo Ltd. to Ahrenkiel, who in turnhave time-chartered the ships to theOdfjell Seachem pool. The ships are thelast two in a series of six sisters, the fourfirst being Bow Orania, Bow Ophelia, BowOctavia and Bow Olivia, all built by UsukiShipyard Co. Ltd. They are all ships withstainless steel cargo tanks. The shipshave good fresh-water facilities andseparate fresh- and sea-water cleaninglines on deck. They are also equippedwith fixed tank cleaning equipment andfixed nitrogen generators. In additionto the six ‘O-ships’, Odfjell contributeswith six similar ships on direct timechartersfrom other Japanese owners.By April 2008 there will be a completepool of twelve 19,000-tonners.M/T Bow OmariaCaptain D. Moltefonkais in charge of BowOmaria and Captain G.Labuguen commandsBow Orelia. CaptainLabuguen has had theprivilege of taking outtwo previous ships inthe series. We wish thetwo captains and theircompliments welcometo the Odfjell Seachemfleet.Fast facts Bow Omaria/Orelia:Dwt 19,972LOA / Beam / Draft: 145.6 / 23.7 / 9.7 mTanks: 20Tank lining:Stainless SteelShip type:IMO IIOfficers and crew: PhilippinoBuilt:Usuki Shipyard, JapanClass:Bureau VeritasFlag:PhilippineOwner:Nisshin Shipping Co, TokyoManager:Victoria Ship Management, TokyoM/T Bow OreliaOdfjell Quarterly April 2008 15