Rolls-Royce won a contract to supply a high-strength controllable pitch propeller for a new ice-breaking cargo ship which will transport nickel and copper concentrates from Canada, through the Arctic ice, to customers in Europe. Canada’s Fednav Limited, one of the world’s largest operators of high ice-class vessels, has agreed a long term transportation contract with Canadian Royalties Inc. for the shipping of concentrates from the Nunavik Nickel mine in northern Quebec.
The new ship, an ice-breaking bulk carrier with a deadweight of 25,000 tons, will be designed and built in Japan by Universal Shipbuilding Corporation. It will meet stringent design and operational requirements including a reinforced hull to allow it to proceed in continuous mode through level ice up to 1.5m thick.
Rolls-Royce will supply a 6.5m diameter nickel aluminium bronze Kamewa propeller for Fednav’s new vessel, a propeller that will weigh 45 tons and be powered by a 21.7MW, (or 29,000 hp) diesel engine.
