China's Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry held a successful naming ceremony for 25, 000DWT IMO II Chemical/Product Tanker (MD096) in Nantong prince dock on 31st August, 2012.

On the ceremony, God mother Mrs. Pinker named the vessel “Reinhold Schulte”. More than one hundred people attended the ceremony, including friends from Bernhard Schulte, SMC, DNV and trading house as well as Shipyard’s own employees.

MD096 is the last 25, 000DWT IMO II Chemical/Product Tanker among the three vessels built for Bernhard Schulte.

This IMO II Chemical Tanker applies Marineline coating and has complicated stainless steel cargo oil piping. It only took 110 days from launching to delivery, and it only took 12 days from sea trial to delivery, which has set a new record for the construction speed of this type of vessel in Mingde’s history.