Netherlands' Longship takes delivery of final cargo vessel in series

Netherlands-based shipping company the Longship Group has taken delivery of the final vessel in a series of four general cargo ships built by Atlas Shipyard of Turkey.

Longeden has an LOA of 130 metres, a beam of 16 metres, a deadweight of 8,600, a gross tonnage of 6,795, and a diesel-electric propulsion system. The latter is EU Stage V-compliant and consists of generators driving motors connected to large-diameter, fixed-pitch propellers housed in azimuthing thrusters.

The ship's diesel propulsion can be configured in the future to enable operation on methanol.

The vessel can carry a broad range of dry cargo including breakbulk products and project cargo such as wind turbine blades. Cargo can be carried in a box-shaped hold and on the top deck hatch covers, though the ship is cleared to sail in open-top configuration if needed.

Design work on Longeden and her three sisters was undertaken by Dutch naval architecture firm Ankerbeer.