The new ship will be named the SCOT RANGER with Swedish/Finnish Ice Class 1A and will be a sister ship to SCOT CARRIER, delivered in November 2018, and SCOT EXPLORER, which is to be launched in October with final delivery shortly afterwards.
The Royal Bodewes Shipyard is the ship construction partner on all three ships, with construction of the latest vessel expected to start in early 2020.
Meanwhile, the soon to be launched SCOT EXPLORER, a 4800 dwt Bodewes Trader type, with Swedish/Finnish Ice Class 1B features an enclosed bridge wing with a Caterpillar/Mak 6M25C main engine.
Like the SCOT CARRIER, she will have a length of 89.98M, a beam of 15.20m and a maximum sailing draft of 5.68m. She will be sailing under the British flag like the rest of the Scotline fleet and classed under Lloyd’s Register.
Scotline runs a modern fleet of coasters serving Northern Europe, with cargoes varying from forest products and bulk cargoes to project cargoes and many others. It has fully owned terminals in Rochester and Inverness.
