TESS development concept is "available worldwide." TESS can enter in any port in the world. Highest priority is given to the customer's desire for higher economy. Versatility defined as "capable of loading multiple types of cargoes" or "handy" is also a remarkable point of TESS. Many of the onboard equipment were selected in view of achieving a higher performance as a ship, which resulted in the use of more foreign made products than ever before. TESS, Tsuneishi Economical Standard Ship, is a multipurpose bulk carrier capable of loading many types of cargoes, developed in 1982 after our surveys on what types of ships were favored from the owner / operators' point of view. The first TESS ship developed at that time was a 40,000 DWT bulk carrier that was the largst type among,the handy. The basic concept of these TESS series ships has remained unchanged except the capability of loading containers that was excluded due to its need becoming smaller. TESS lineups were expanded by adding TESS45 (45,000 DWT) since 1993 and TESS52 (52,000 DWT) since 1999. We have already delivered more than 100 TESS series ships. 1) Capable of loading grain, coal and ore. 2) Capable of loading long steel pipes (42 feet x 2 or 60 feet x 1 row) 3) Capable of loading hot coils of 15 tons x 2 stacks 4) Capable of loading lumbers on the upper deck (optional).