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New Fuel-Efficient Ship for Great Lakes
The Montreal-based Fednav Group, owner of Port of Cleveland terminal operator Federal Marine Terminals Inc., announced it has delivered a new vessel to the Great Lakes-Seaway System, one of a new series of ships that are 12 percent more fuel efficient than their predecessors.
The company said the new MV Federal Satsuki and its sister ships, which arrived in the Great Lakes in 2011 and October 2012, use Tier II engines, which reduce nitrogen oxide emissions, and they will be equipped with ballast water treatment equipment once the U.S. Coast Guard sets the type approval for equipment in the Great Lakes.
"The environment is one of our top priorities when we consider the design of a new vessel," said Paul Pathy, president and co-CEO of Fednav Group.
"It is important to us and also to our customers that our vessels are as fuel efficient as possible."
The company said the ship, a 200 meter long vessel with carrying capacity of 22,700 metric tonnes built in the Oshima Shipyard in Japan, will save 770 tonnes of fuel per year and prevent 2,500 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions.
The Federal Satsuki arrived at Federal Marine Terminals in Cleveland carrying steel and machinery from Europe, and it will continue on to move grain from Toledo to Northern Europe.
Fednav has also ordered six new vessels from the Oshima Shipyard, which adds up to nine Lakes ships delivered or ordered since 2011.
"We are increasing the capacity of our fleet in the Great Lakes because we believe that there are opportunities in the region, and we are very positive about the long-term significance of the St. Lawrence Seaway," Pathy said.
"It remains the most economical and environmentally friendly way to move bulk cargo to and from the North American heartland."
FedNav said in August that six new bulk carriers it has ordered from Oshima will reduce fuel consumption by 20 percent.
