The Lady Helene is first vessel in a short series of two, built by the Chinese Wenling Hexing Shipyard. She is an extended version of the prior delivered 3,500 tdw series, built for Wijnne Barends affiliated captain-owners. The advantage of this Conoship International design consists of an optimized hull shape for operating in ice environments, maintaining a high service speed and excellent manoeuvring capabilities. The vessel has a relatively large hold suitable for bulk, project cargoes and also for containers.