Canada: FEDNAV Takes Delivery of 37.200 DWT Bulk Carrier Federal Severn

Recently FEDNAV (a Canadian ship owner) took delivery of 37,200 DWT bulk carrier named Federal Severn from Chinese Zhejiang Ouhua Shipbuilding company. The Federal Severn (with yard No. NB627) is the fourth vessel built for FEDNAV by Ouhua Shipbuilding.

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.

The design of the Federal Severn gives several environmental benefits:

• The ship reduced its emissions of greenhouse gases by more than 8 percent because it has lower fuel consumption than the previous ship of the fleet of Fednav and greater cargo capacity.
• The Federal Severn is equipped with a “Tier II” engine type that significantly reduces nitrogen oxide emissions, a gas that contributes to global warming. Fednav is committed to equipping all its new vessels of this type of engine, two years before the regulation comes into force.
• The design of the ship allows the installation of a ballast water treatment system. Space in the engine room is reserved for this purpose and more powerful pumps were installed. Fednav is also testing new methods for treating ballast water on one of its ships.

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

Subsequent to the delivery of NB627, Christening ceremony for NB628 and NB603 for FEDNAV were held on April 18th and the vessels are ready for delivery.

[mappress]
Shipbuilding Tribune Staff, April 27, 2012;