{"id":1486,"date":"2012-10-31T14:15:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1486"},"modified":"2012-10-31T14:15:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T14:15:00","slug":"new-ships-for-ocenex-and-fednav","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescuenotes.ca\/?p=1486","title":{"rendered":"New Ships For Ocenex and Fednav."},"content":{"rendered":"

Announced a few weeks ago, Oceanex is cutting of first steel of what
\nwill become the largest Canadian flag container\/roll on roll off
\n(Con\/Ro) ship. This twenty knot, ice-class vessel, to be named the Oceanex Connaigra,<\/b>
\n is custom designed for world-wide trade and will be 210 meters in
\nlength with a deadweight carrying capacity of 19,500 metric tonnes.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n<\/a><\/div>\n

 Oceanex Connaigra<\/span><\/span> is being built by Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG of Germany. T<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>he roro weather deck of the Oceanex Connaigra <\/b>is
\n designed for a conventional lift-on\/lift-off container ship operation
\nand is able to accommodate all relevant sizes of containers, including
\nthe Oceanex high cube 53\u2019 units \u2013 with a weather-deck load capacity of
\n11,000 metric tonnes of containers. Liftable ramps provide access to all
\n five roro decks which allow for the transportation of up to 95 tractor
\ntrailers and 500 automobiles. Notably, the ship is uniquely designed
\nwith a 40\u2019 wide stern ramp to accommodate over dimensional loads that
\ncan weigh several hundred tonnes.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fednav announced the signing of a
\nlong-term contract which provides for the transportation of nickel and
\ncopper concentrates from Canadian Royalties\u2019 Nunavik Nickel Project in
\nnorthern Quebec to customers in Europe as well as the import from
\nEurope of mine supplies and equipment. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, Fednav will be placing of an order with Sumitomo Corporation and Universal Shipbuilding
\n Corporation, Japan, for the design and construction of an ice-breaking
\n bulk carrier with a design deadweight of 25,000 tonnes to service the
\ntransportation contract referred to above. The Polar Class 4 vessel
\nwill be built at Universal\u2019s Tsu shipyard, and will be classed by Det
\nNorske Veritas. The scheduled delivery date is December 2013. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Fednav already owns and operates two of the world\u2019s most powerful ice-breaking commercial vessels, the MV Arctic<\/i> and the MV Umiak I<\/i>.
\n Based in Montreal, the Fednav Group is the leading Canadian operator
\nin the deep-sea bulk market, operates year-round in ice-covered waters,
\n and has the world\u2019s largest fleet of ice-class vessels <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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