Delivery of Second Multi-Purpose Vessel ‘MS Maria’ to HS Schifffahrts

Cochin, 12 August 2026: Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) delivered ‘MS Maria, the second of the eight HS EcoFreighter series of Multi-Purpose Vessels (MPVs), to HS Schiffahrts UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co. KG, Germany, on 12 August 2026. The Delivery and Acceptance Protocol was signed between Dr. S. Harikrishnan, Director (Operations), Cochin Shipyard Limited, and Mr. Heinz Josef Schepers, Director, HS Schiffahrts UG (haftungsbeschränkt) & Co. KG, in the presence of senior officials from the Owner and CSL.
The vessel has been designed by Groot Ship Design, Netherlands, and constructed at CSL in accordance with the Classification Rules of DNV. The 7,000 DWT HS EcoFreighter Multi-Purpose Vessel is an ice-class vessel capable of carrying project cargo, heavy cargo, steel coils, containers, timber, paper, dry bulk cargoes such as coal and grain, as well as dangerous goods, for worldwide trading.
The vessel features a raked stem with the “Groot Crossbow” design, optimized for enhanced speed performance and fuel efficiency, along with a transom stern. The vessel is provided with a single large cargo hold fitted with six movable panels, enabling 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 (CPP) through a reduction gearbox.
The delivery of MS Maria marks an important milestone in Cochin Shipyard Limited’s expanding presence in the international commercial shipbuilding market and reflects CSL’s growing capabilities in constructing technologically advanced and versatile merchant vessels for global owners.