B.Delta37 Bulk Carriers for LDA

Handysize Bulk Carriers

Bulk carriers for LDA based on Deltamarin's B.Delta design

Customers: Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, France / China Shipbuilding & Offshore International (H.K.) Co., Ltd.

Owner: Louis Dreyfus Armateurs, France

Shipyard: Tianjin Xingang Shipbuilding Heavy Industry Co., Ltd. (CSIC Group), China

Main dimensions:

Cargo capacity	50,000 m3
LOA	180.0 m
Breadth	30.0 m
Draught, scantling	10.7 m
Draught, design	9.5 m
Speed, service	14.0 knots
Deadweight, scantling	40,650 t
Cargo holds with lower and upper hoppers	5
Log/timber cargo with deck stanchions

Shipbuilding Order:

Eight firm units

Commission for the Shipowner:

Contract design

Commission for the Yard:

Basic design
Detail design
Technical procurement handling
Site team to take the design to production

Benefits for the Shipowner:

The model tested daily fuel oil consumption at design draft is only 17.9t including 15% seamargin, and the annual output of CO2 is estimated to be reduced by 5,000 tonnes compared to existing vessels of same size range.
EEDI below the 2020 requirement (20%).
High cargo volume.
Shallow draft with high deadweight.

Special Features:

The first order of the B.Delta37 standard bulk carriers.
Log stanchions.
Ballast water treatment system.

Shipbroker and Deltamarin partner: Barry Rogliano Salles BRS, France

Photo from the naming ceremony of LDA’s first B.Delta37 vessels, MV ‘La Briantais’ and MV ‘La Guimorais’, in 2013 with LDA management and the godmothers of the vessels.