Chinese Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding on May 17th successfully delivered the sixth 37.000 DWT bulk carrier named Federal Swift (NB603) to Fednav. The building of this vessel adopted the experience in the first five vessels, approaching to maturity and perfection in construction and technological breakthrough.
The Federal Swift started its sea trial on April 25th.
This new addition will reduce the environmental impact of the Fednav fleet while introducing a period of growth and renewal for the fleet. Fednav has ordered eight of these ice-class vessels of 37,200 DWT from the Ouhua shipyard.
Vessel Particulars:
Length: 190 m
Beam: 28.3 m
Capacity: 36,000 tons of bulk cargo
Flagged: Marshall Islands
Classification: Ice-Class 1C, Lloyd’s Register
Built: Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., China
Number of crew: 22
The design of the Federal Swift gives several environmental benefits:
Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding Co , established in Oct. 2004, is the leading shipbuilding enterprise in Zhejiang province. The company occupies 1,400,000 ㎡ with more than 2000 m of coast lines, it has two drydocks of 100,000 ton capacity and one drydock with 30,000 ton capacity which make the company being with more than 1,000,000 dwt production capacity per year. So far, the company has developed high technology vessels and provided 1200 TEU, 1000 TEU, 1500 TEU, 1700 TEU, 4800 TEU, 5300 TEU, MPV3000 DWT, MPV31000 dwt, heavy lift 16800 dwt, bulk carrier 37000 dwt and 82000 dwt.
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Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, May 23, 2012; Image: ouhuashipbuilding