Another successful FKAB designed small tanker delivered

This FKAB designed 5000 DWT tanker was built by ASL Shipyard Pte Ltd in Singapore for the Taiwan based owner CPC Corporation.

“The vessel is sailing 14-15 knots now to Taichung and expected to load her 1st cargo on 9 April. Very impressive performance for vessel of this size, not only speed and consumption, but also turning circles and noise level etc”. – Mr. Ang KL, Executive Director of ASL, 5 April 2024.

Ping Yun is a 5500 m³/5000 DWT product oil and IMO 2 chemical tanker, with a total length of 100m and 12 phenolic epoxy coated cargo tanks. Each cargo tank installed with an electric motor driven deep well pump.

The patented F-Bow hull form ensures good performance in waves and calm water.
A bow thruster and a high-lift rudder, together with a CPP propeller and integrated propeller boss/rudder bulb design, makes the vessel have excellent maneuverability as well as propulsion efficiency.
A frequency controlled shaft generator is installed to further reduce fuel consumption at sea.

FKAB have provided full package of basic and detail design. See below link for more details of the design.

One-pager 5000 DWT tanker