Seacon Shipping Group Finalizes Acquisition of Seven Damen Mini Bulkers, Secures Long-Term Charter with Baltic Shipping

Following an agreement concluded already earlier this year, Seacon Shipping Group completed the takeover of seven 3,850 dwat mini bulkers. Upon delivery each vessel entered into a long-term timecharter with Baltic Shipping Group, Hillerod/Denmark.

All vessels are identical sister ships build from 2022 until 2023 by Damen Yichang Shipbuilding Limited according to Damen Group’s successful Combifreighter design. The vessels have a deadweight of 3,850 dwat, they are 89.75 m long and have a beam of 12,50 m, propulsion is provided by a ABC 6DZC engine with SCR (Tier III), delivering an output of 1,104 kW at 800 rpm. The vessels have a single box shaped hold with multiple position options for the two grain bulkheads. The tween deck gives full flexibility for bulk and breakbulk cargo. With securing eyes all over the longitudinal bulkheads the cargo can be fixed exactly as required.

For this project Seacon Shipping Group secured financing through CIMC Xinde Leasing Shenzhen LTD, along this transaction Seacon Shipping Group was supported by Ehlermann Rindfleisch Gadow, Hamburg / Germany, with a team led by Dr. Hauke Rittscher and Benjamin Chen.

Since takeover, all ships are managed by Seacon Shipping Group’s Hamburg branch office Seacon Shipping Germany GmbH & Co. KG led by Hui Du and Jan Warmke. Seacon Shipping Germany has been founded in 2024 and consists of a highly motivated and experienced team of meanwhile 10 ship management professionals operating a fleet of 2 Kamsarmax bulk carriers, 7 mini bulkers and 1 tanker. Seacon Group has 10 more 5,200 dwat mini bulkers on order at Jiangsu Dajin Heavy Industry Co Ltd. The first ship of this series is due for delivery in January 2026 with the remaining ships to be delivered by the end of 2027.