dship Carriers, a multi-purpose project carrier belonging to the deugro Group, is expanding its fleet by adding three heavy-lift multi purpose MPP vessels in July and August 2017.

As informed, the vessels will primarily be used for trade lanes between Asia, the Persian Gulf, and Europe.

MVs Holandia, Helvetia, and Gallia were named after vessels that the Press family* owned and operated in the 1980s.

“With a combined lifting capacity of 240 metric tons and deadweight of 12,780 metric tons, these vessels are well-suited to support our growing client base and the contracts we have been awarded,” Arne Koester, Executive Chartering Manager at dship Carriers, said.

dship Carriers plans to continue to invest in project vessels between 9,500 and 17,500 DWT in order to further complement the existing fleet.

“We are uniquely situated and committed to purchasing vessels in order to continue building our fleet and increase our market share,” Holger Hinrichs, Vice President of dship Carriers, commented.

dship Carriers is an ocean carrier that manages and operates a fleet of multi-purpose vessels designed to support the specialized needs of breakbulk, heavy-lift, dry bulk, and project cargo clients.

*d.ship and deugro Group are owned by Thomas C. Press. The Press family has been involved in the logistics and shipping industry for over 90 consecutive years.