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7000 SF fabrication shop See us at the International Workboat Show Booth # 2947 VESSELSOceanex Inc. executives traveled to Flensburg, Germany, recently for the cutting of first steel of what will become the largest Canadian flag container/roll- on roll-off (Con/Ro) ship. This 20-knot, ice-class vessel, to be named the Oceanex Connaigra, is custom designed for worldwide trade and will be 210m in length with a deadweight carrying ca-pacity of 19,500 metric tons. According to Oceanex Executive Chairman, Cap- tain Sid Hynes, ?construction of thisunique ship represents an investment of more than $100m, demonstratingOceanex?s commitment to meeting the needs of our customers throughout East-ern Canada and particularly theprovince of Newfoundland and Labrador. The Oceanex Connaigra has been designed to meet the company?s anticipated growth for the next 30 years.? Oceanex Connaigra is being built by Flensburger Schiffbau- Gesellschaft mbH & Co. KG of Ger- many. Peter Sierk, President and CEO for the Flensburger Shipyard said that ?the vessel will be one of the most mod- ern, innovative, environmentally friendly and adaptable ConRo ships inthe world. Leading the industry, this eco friendly vessel will be equipped with a dry scrubber exhaust gas cleaning sys- tem for main engines and diesel gener- ators and thus exceed the requirements of the proposed restrictive air emissions regulations. In fact, the vessel is classed by DNV as a ?clean ship,? which con- firms a higher environmental standard, particularly with respect to air emis-sions.? The RoRo weather deck of the Oceanex Connaigra is designed for a conventional Lo-Lo container ship op- eration and is able to accommodate allrelevant sizes of containers, including the Oceanex high cube 53-ft. units ? with a weather-deck load capacity of 11,000 metric tons of containers.Liftable ramps provide access to all five RoRo decks which allow for the trans- portation of up to 95 tractor trailers and500 automobiles. Notably, the ship is uniquely designed with a 40-ft widestern ramp to accommodate over di- mensional loads that can weigh several hundred tons, which Hynes said is crit-ically important to the construction anddevelopment projects throughout At- lantic Canada. The addition of a side ramp and starboard side door promotesmore efficient and faster loading and un- loading of automobiles.Delivery of the Oceanex Connaigra to the Newfoundland service is expected in the fall of 2013 at which time it will join the current Oceanex fleet composed of the MV Cabot, the Oceanex Sander- ling, and the Oceanex Avalon. Oceanex ConnaigraLargest Canadian Flag Con/Ro Ship MR#11 (82-89):MR Template 11/6/2012 9:33 AM Page 88