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来源：Offshore Energy 2025-09-14

翻译：国际海事信息网 檀智 张运鸿 

 

        日本常石造船近日完成向韩国海运公司HMM交付4.22万载重吨环保型散货船"Ocean Ariel"号。该船于8月27日正式移交船东，总吨位2.67万吨，采用常石造船TESS42型设计。

 

        据这家日本船企介绍，这款环保新船总长与TESS38型保持一致均为180米，但载重吨位更高且燃油效率显著提升，船宽32.2米，型深15.4米。这艘利比里亚籍船舶除能运输铁矿石、谷物和煤炭三大主干散货外，还可承运木材、热轧钢卷、硫磺等货物。常石造船特别指出，该超灵便型船舶采用的半箱型货舱也适用于钢材制品运输。

 

        截至去年底，HMM旗下散货船队规模逾20艘，其中18艘为自有船舶，其余为租赁船舶，约17艘为干散货船，其余为多用途船。据悉，该公司计划到2030年成为韩国领先散货航运企业之一，届时油轮和散货船队规模将扩张至超百艘。

 

        过去一年间，常石造船相继交付多艘散货船，其中重点关注甲醇等清洁燃料动力船舶。例如去年11月下水的6.57万载重吨甲醇双燃料散货船，采用TESS66 Aeroline设计，被誉为全球首创，该超灵便型新船由日本邮船集团旗下NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers租赁，已于2025年5月中旬交付。今年7月，其菲律宾制造基地常石重工（THI）也推出了全球首艘甲醇双燃料卡姆萨型散货船，该船于4月临近竣工。

 

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Japan-based Tsuneishi Shipbuilding recently delivered an environmentally friendly 42,200 dwt bulk carrier Ocean Ariel to South Korean maritime transportation major HMM.

 

As disclosed, the 26,700 GT bulker, engineered based on Tsuneishi Shipbuilding’s TESS42 design, was handed over to its owner on August 27.

 

According to officials from the Japanese vessel construction player, the eco-friendly newbuilding maintains the same overall length as the TESS38 models—which is 180 meters—but it boasts an increased deadweight tonnage and ‘enhanced’ fuel efficiency. The unit’s width is 32.2 meters while its depth is 15.4 meters.

 

In addition to being capable of carrying the three major bulk cargoes (iron ore, grains, and coal), the Liberia-flagged Ocean Ariel will reportedly also transport lumber, hot coils, sulfur, and other commodities.

 

What is more, Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has noted that the Supramax unit uses a semi-box-type hold that is suitable for transporting steel products, as well.

 

It is understood that, as of the end of last year, HMM’s bulk carrier fleet encompasses more than twenty units, among which 18 are owned, while the remainder are chartered-in. As informed, around seventeen of these vessels are dry bulk carriers, with the rest being multipurpose ships.

 

The company is also alleged to have embarked on a path to become one of the leading bulk operators in South Korea by 2030, with an ambition to boost the number of both its tanker and bulker fleet to over a hundred vessels by that year.

 

On the other hand, over the course of the past year, Tsuneishi Shipbuilding has launched and handed over several bulk carriers, with a particular emphasis on ships powered by clean fuels such as methanol.

 

For instance, in November last year, the shipbuilder splashed what was hailed as ‘the world’s first’ 65,700 dwt methanol dual-fuel bulker featuring characteristics of Tsuneishi’s TESS666 Aeroline design. The Ultramax newbuild, which is chartered by NYK Bulk & Projects Carriers, an NYK Group company, was turned over in mid-May 2025.

 

In July this year, Tsuneishi Heavy Industries (THI), a Philippines-based manufacturing base, also launched ‘the world’s first’ dual-fuel methanol Kamsarmax bulk carrier. The construction of the ship was nearing its end in April.
 

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