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30 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? OCTOBER 2013 Marine Design Annual ? Vessel DesignCanada?s Largest Con/Ro Delivered The largest Canadian Flag Con/Ro ship set sail last month from Flensburg, Germany destined for St. John?s, Newfound- land and Labrador. Following sea trials, Oceanex Inc. ac- cepted delivery of Oceanex Connaigra. After a short stint working in Halifax, the ship will move to Montreal, where it will provide a  xed weekly service between the ports of Mon- treal and St. John?s. Captain Sid Hynes, Executive Chairman at Oceanex said, ?Oceanex Connaigra has been custom de-signed to meet the many speci c requirements of our trade and promises to provide optimum performance and reliabil- ity in the harsh weather conditions of east coast Canada.? Oceanex Connaigra is designed to carry containers vary-ing in size from 20-53-ft. as well as trucks, trailers, cars and over dimensional cargo with a total of 13,700 sq. m. of available space and a deadweight of 19,300 tons. Other custom features include movable vehicle decks and a wide, reinforced side ramp, thereby improving the versatility of the vessel. For crew comfort and cargo safety, the ice-class Oceanex Connaigra has been out tted with anti-roll stabil- ity tanks and a gyro controlled active  n stabilizer system, which ensures a stable platform and performance reliability. Classed by DNV as a ?clean ship,? the Oceanex Connaigra already meets stricter environmental regulations set to take effect in 2015. www.oceanex.com ?Pocket Patrol Boat? Trawlercat Marine Designs (TMD) introduced its range of four carbon Þ ber High Speed Pocket Patrol Boats (HSPPB), designed to be a response vessel in dealing with piracy or any maritime criminal activities, available in 35 x 10.6m, 30 x 10.6m, 26 x 9m and 20 x 9m versions. HSPPBs sport a carbon Þ ber hull and a carbon Þ ber hydro-foil system which lifts two-thirds of the hull up out of the water. Together, according to the designer, it results in a 75% lower fuel burn and lower greenhouse gas emissions. A very shallow draft provides the ability to nose-up to sandy beaches and deploy fully armed marines down a carbon Þ ber bow ramp. The two larger models can deploy eight fully armed marines in four Quad all-terrain side-by-side vehicles driving down the bow ramp. E: [email protected] EBDG Offers New OSV Design: EB-210 CC Elliott Bay Design Group?s (EBDG) New Orleans of ce partnered with Gulf Island Marine Fabricators, LLC. on the class design and production engineering for the EB-210CC OSV (Offshore Support Vessel). The scope of the new design project included detail design, structural, mechanical, piping and out tting design as well as 3D assembly drawings of the vessel structure using ShipCon- structor software. The EB-210CC features a unique tank farm speci c to the vessel?s mission, which is con dential. ?This is not a regular OSV design,? said EBDG Gulf General Manager, Keith Keller. ?It would be considered a Specialty Vessel.? MR #10 (26-33).indd 30MR #10 (26-33).indd 3010/2/2013 4:12:05 PM10/2/2013 4:12:05 PM