Hellespont opts for Navig8 pool

Hamburg-based Hellespont Group has agreed with Navig8 Chemicals to enter four IMO2 tankers into the Brizo8 Pool. The ships in question are the Hellespont Centurion, Hellespont Challenger, Hellespont Charger and Hellespont Chieftain. All are 17,000dwt, built in 2009 and 2010 and are managed by Hamburg-based Hellespont Ship Management GmbH & Co KG. Hellespont has also time chartered two 2010-built 17,000dwt IMO2 tankers, Hellespont Commander and Hellespont Crusader, for one/option one year to Ardmore Shipping Ltd of Ireland.

Phrixos Papachristidis, managing director of parent company Hellespont Deutschland GmbH & Co KG, says, “We are pleased with the charters and pooling arrangements with Ardmore and Navig8 and look forward to working with both companies.”

Navig8 manages a fleet of 135 vessels, running 7 Pools ranging from 13,000 dwt Chemical Carriers to VLCCs out of offices in Singapore, London, Westport, Dubai, Oslo, Shanghai and Seoul www.Navig8group.com

Established in 1946, Hellespont manages vessels from offices in Hamburg, Piraeus and Singapore and has its own crewing company in Manila. Today the group manages a fleet of 26 vessels including crude, product and chemical tankers, platform supply vessels and one bulk carrier. www.hellespont.com

For more information:

Phrixos Papachristidis
+ 49 40 87 97 98 0
ppb1@hellespont.com