Ardmore Sealion Joins the Ardmore Fleet

The Ardmore Sealion has been delivered to Ardmore Shipping from SPP Shipbuilding Co., Ltd (“SPP Shipbuilding”) from the Goseong shipyard in Korea on 26th May 2015.

The Ardmore Sealion is a 49,999 DWT IMO 3 product and chemical tanker. She joins the Ardmore fleet, which now has nineteen vessels on the water. Technical management of the Ardmore Sealion will be provided by Univan Ship Management Ltd.

Commenting on her delivery, Mark Cameron, Ardmore Shipping’s COO, said:

“I would like to extend our sincere thanks to the Ardmore site team who have worked closely with the SPP Shipbuilding team in bringing the newbuilding process together to deliver a high quality vessel. We extend our thanks to SPP Shipbuilding for all of their hard work and commitment through the build process.

The Ardmore Sealion is another high quality eco-design Ardmore vessel and she is fully equipped with an array of fuel-saving measures, along with Skysails technology, to ensure the highest standards of performance for our customers.

This is our first newbuild vessel to be delivered from SPP Shipbuilding this year and we look forward to continuing our close working relationship with SPP Shipbuilding on the remaining three vessels in the series due for delivery throughout the year.”