Delivery of FKAB G13 - M/S Alppila

ESL Shipping Ltd has taken delivery of a new, approximately 20,000 dwt vessel from ABG Shipyard Ltd in India on August 24, 2011. The vessel is owned by SEB Leasing Oy, which has chartered her to ESL under a long-term agreement.

Designed to meet the needs of ESL Shipping’s customers, the new vessel is a self-unloading dry cargo ship especially built for Baltic Sea operations and to the highest ice class (1A Super). She is equipped for Finnish winter conditions and capable of operating even in the northernmost ports. The length of the vessel is 156 meters and her maximum draft with a full cargo is 9.4 meters.

The new ship was christened m/s Alppila. Together with ESL's other vessels Eira, Credo and the new Alppila form the Eira class, which is especially designed for operating in the shallow ports of the Baltic Sea. Alppila sails under the Finnish flag and her crew is entirely Finnish.