Cochin Shipyard delivers second HS EcoFreighter vessel to German owner

Cochin Shipyard (CSL) has delivered ‘MS Maria’, the second of eight HS EcoFreighter series multi-purpose vessels (MPVs), to Germany-based HS Schiffahrts UG (haftungsbeschränkt). The vessel was delivered on 12 August 2026 in Cochin.

The Delivery and Acceptance Protocol was signed by S. Harikrishnan, Director (Operations), Cochin Shipyard, and Heinz Josef Schepers, Director, HS Schiffahrts UG (haftungsbeschränkt), in the presence of senior officials from the owner and CSL.

The delivery follows CSL’s delivery of ‘MS Heinz’, the first vessel in the eight-vessel HS EcoFreighter series, to HS Schiffahrts. The first vessel established the series of 7,000 DWT ice-class multi-purpose vessels designed for worldwide trading.

‘MS Maria’ was designed by Groot Ship Design, Netherlands, and constructed at CSL in accordance with the classification rules of DNV. The vessel can carry project cargo, heavy cargo, steel coils, containers, timber, paper, dry bulk cargoes such as coal and grain, as well as dangerous goods.

The vessel features a raked stem with the ‘Groot Cross-Bow’ design, which is aimed at improving speed performance and fuel efficiency, along with a transom stern. It has a single large cargo hold fitted with six movable panels, allowing flexible cargo configurations, including grain bulkheads at multiple positions and a tween deck arrangement.

Propulsion is provided by a medium-speed four-stroke diesel engine driving a controllable pitch propeller through a reduction gearbox.

CSL said the delivery of ‘MS Maria’ marks a milestone in its expanding presence in the international commercial shipbuilding market and reflects its capabilities in constructing technologically advanced and versatile merchant vessels for global owners.