AVON, OH — U.S.-based ship tank coating manufacturer Advanced Polymer Coatings (APC) has won a new deal to supply two new chemical tankers being built in Turkey.
APC Global Marine Manager, Captain Onur Yildirim, reports that the company’s Turkish division begins work this month applying APC’s MarineLINE coating system on the projects. The new-build vessels are the 8000 DWT Basaran Bayrak NB 80, a chemical/oil tanker being built for the Ceksan shipowner at its Ceksan shipyard in Tuzla, and the 6000 DWT NB 68 Sedat Basak, a tanker being built for Turkish shipowner Atako Shipping and its partner Nakkas Shipping at the Gisan shipyard also in Tuzla.