On December 5, the signing ceremony of first 40,000CBM dual-fuel LPG/Ammonia carrier "GASCHEM EUROPE” (Liberia) built by Yangzi-Mitsui for HARTMANN has been successfully carried out.

Chairman of Hartmann Board, Mr. Alfred Hartmann; Chief Financial Officer of Hartmann AG, Mr. Michael Hoppe; Managing Director of Hartmann Shipping, Mr. Ulrich Adami; Newbuilding Director, Mr. Ionut Cornea; Area Manager Region Greater China, Mr. Long Yefei; Deputy General Manager of the YZJ Group and General Manager of YAMIC, Mr. Song Shuming; CFO of YAMIC, Mr. Junichi Ueyama; COO of YAMIC, Mr. Koji Tamura; Assistant to the General Manager of YAMIC, Mr. Shinichi Nakao and other representatives attended the signing ceremony. 

The naming ceremony of the new vessel was held in the morning of 6th December at YAMIC jetty. God Mother, Mrs. Fatou DOSSO; Chairman of Hartmann Board, Mr. Alfred Hartmann; Chief Financial Officer of Hartmann AG, Mr. Michael Hoppe; Managing Director of Hartmann Shipping, Mr. Ulrich Adami; Managing Director of Hartmann Shipping, Mr. Jan-Lars Kruse; Newbuilding Director, Mr. Ionut Cornea; Area Manager Region Greater China, Mr. Long Yefei; Captain, Mr. Florian Gloeggler; Products Time Charterer of TotalEnergies, Mr. Simon Cavailles; General Manager of Gaschem, Mr. Thomas Schmidt; President of AC-INOX, Mr. Berthold Pitow; General Manager of AC-INOX, Mr. Sascha Werner; Executive Director of JHW, Mr. Wang Jianping; China Area Chief Manager of DNV, Mr. Norbert Kray; China North Area Manager of DNV, Mrs. Yan Xiaolin; Deputy General Manager of the YZJ Group and General Manager of Yangzi-Mitsui, Mr. Song Shuming; CFO of YAMIC, Mr. Junichi Ueyama; COO of YAMIC, Mr. Koji Tamura; Deputy General Manager of YAMIC, Mr. Chen Guoqiang; Assistant to the General Manager of YAMIC, Mr. Shinichi Nakao; As well as representatives of the various partners and employees attended the ceremony.

Dragons and lions danced together with the drums and gongs beating, the naming ceremony began in a joyful atmosphere.

Mr. Song Shuming addressed a speech on behalf of the shipyard:

When YAMIC was established 5 years ago, the YZJ Group and shareholders set a long-term development goal to create the most competitive clean energy shipbuilding base in the world, and committed becoming the most competitive shipyard of medium-sized LPG, LEG, LNG carriers. We conducted production in August 2019, and one year later, we are very lucky to get the first gas carrier order in 2020. This year is the fifth year of YAMIC's production, with the help of everyone here, we are celebrating the naming and delivery of the first 40,000 cubic meter dual-fuel LPG/Ammonia carrier, a great milestone of YAMIC.

We are clearly aware that the delivery of 1391 is just the beginning. The expectations of YZJ group and shareholders and our target is to be the most competitive MGC clean energy shipbuilding shipyard in the world. Let us continue to work closely with shipowner and Class, create a better future together with the support of all parties, and strive for the target of building more safer, more environmental friendly, and more competitive vessels in global market. We will follow the demands of shipowners and the worldwide market to build every vessel and establish YAMIC's global professional brand of MGC with our technology and sincerity.

Captain Alfred Hartmann, Chairman of the Board of Directors of HARTMANN, addressed a speech on behalf of the Buyer:

It is a great honour for me to be gathered here with all of you to witness the delivery of the world's first semi-refrigerated LPG MGC. I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone involved in the construction of this vessel. It is your hard work and tireless efforts that have made today's delivery possible.

At a time when semi- refrigerated MGC were not yet marketed, we found a like-minded partner YAMIC and started to work closely together. From the very first meeting with Mr. Song's team, we were impressed by their professionalism, the safe and clean factory, and their determination and attitude to build such a vessel together. Together we faced the difficulties and met the challenges, and finally successfully completed the construction of the world's most environmentally friendly LPG MGC with the joint support of the Hartmann team, the shipyard and the class DNV.

I am convinced that the cooperation between Hartmann and YAMIC will continue for a long time to come. We share the goal of building more cleaner and greener vessels and look forward to achieving the net zero emissions by 2050.

The godmother, Mrs. Fatou DOSSO, named the vessel"GASCHEM EUROPE” with champagne, wish her and the crew a safe voyage and bring honour and wealth to the Buyer.

“GASCHEM EUROPE” is constructed in accordance with the rules and regulations og DNV. Conducted the steel cutting on September 9th, 2022, and successfully completed the sea trial on November 18th 2023, the whole construction period was about 15 months, abt. 4 months ahead of the contract delivery date. The vessel is equipped with the world first low-temperature steel tri-lobe Type C cargo tanks, increasing the cargo capacity by about 10%. It adopts an advanced LPG dual-fuel main engine, high-efficiency propeller and full-spade-type twisted rudder, meeting Tier III emission. It’s a green vessel with unique design integrated the newest high-efficiency energy-saving technologies in the world.

 The new vessel is scheduled to start her maiden voyage on 8 December and we wish her a safe and smooth voyage.