The keel of this bitumen tanker (Hull / Yard number AD 0056) was laid at AVIC Shipyard Dingheng Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. in Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province (PRC) on 30.11.2015.
Launching under the name SAN BERTOLDO took place on 14.07.2016. Official No.: 9753844. Call Sign: 9HA4019. During the seatrials on Yang-Tse River and the sea, the vessel was named ZHONG DING 28, with Yang Zhou as the port of registration.
Delivery to the owner company, San Bertoldo Shipping Ltd. Valletta on Malta took place on 11-01-2017, the management being entrusted to ABCmaritime SA in Nyon, Canton Vaud, Switzerland.
The inaugural trip took place between Vung Tau in Vietnam and Singapore, then back to Vung Tau and back, then to Augusta in Italy. From there via Gibraltar to Setubal in Portugal, then to Dublin in Ireland. On 20.03.2017 from Dublin to Cartagena in Spain. The 27.03.2017 arrives in Cartagena. On 29.03.2017 from Cartagena towards Eastham, where it is expected on 03.04.2017 (ETA). On 30.03.2017 off Lisbon (at 12 knots). 03.04.2017, at anchor in the Mersey, in front of Liverpool. On 03.04.2017, the tanker arrives in Eastham.
Left from Eastham on 05.05.2017 for Rotterdam where he arrives on 07.04.2017 at van Brink shipyard (Damen) in Eemhaven, Pernis, Rotterdam.
Sold and delivered on 11.04.2017 to Bulgersteyn BV in Dordrecht (management: Tarbit Tankers BV, Dordrecht) and registered in Dordrecht under the name BITFJORD with the call sign of the Netherlands: PCSV.
The first trip for the new owners took place on 27.04.2017 from Rotterdam to Nantes, France.