Six new vessels for Fednav from Oshima Shipbuilding

The six additional vessels will be delivered between 2015 and 2016 as part of a series of 21 new ships ordered for Fednav’s fleet since January 2012. The bulk carriers will be specially equipped for navigating in ice. As highly flexible vessels well suited to international trade, their size is adapted to the dimensions of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Fednav said the new vessels are a major step forward in terms of environmental improvements. With their advanced design and more effi cient engines, they will consume 20 percent less fuel and produce 20 percent less emissions than vessels built by Oshima Shipyard for Fednav ten years ago, ships already among the most effi cient of their time. This will contribute to Fednav’s objectives of reducing greenhouse gas emissions in its fleet on a continuous basis. The fuel-efficient engines will also reduce nitrogen oxide emissions by approximately 20 percent. The vessels will have the DNV “Clean-Design” notation.
Contact: Oshima Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Saikai NS 1605-1, Oshima-cho, Saikai-shi, Nagasaki-ken, 857-2494 Japan. Tel. ++81 959 34 27 11.
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