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In the Shipyard

From Design to Delivery

ARC Freedom Floating Data Center Concept

Image courtesy ARC

Image courtesy NYK laying of CCGS Imnaryuaq, the fu- early 2030s. cargo over a 112-mile round trip, ture ? agship polar icebreaker for the Imnaryuaq is the seventh vessel be- providing an alternative to road trans-

Canadian Coast Guard. The 518-ft. ing designed and built by Seaspan un- portation for container movements vessel, under construction at Vancou- der Canada's National Shipbuilding between inland logistics facilities and ver Shipyards in North Vancouver, Strategy. The shipyard has invested the international terminal.

will be the largest and most powerful more than $200 million in facility Developed by CMA CGM's New icebreaker built in Canada. Measur- modernization and production infra- Build and R&D teams, the barge in- ing 518 x 92 ft. with a design dis- structure to support increasingly com- corporates CATL battery technology placement of 26,036 metric tons, Im- plex construction programs. and can be recharged in approximate- naryuaq will have 47 MW of installed The project also illustrates the in- ly four hours. Charging infrastructure power. Its diesel-electric propulsion dustrial scope of Canada's ? eet re- at Gemalink is supported by a dedi- system will drive ice-classed azimuth- newal effort, with Seaspan's National cated solar farm, integrating renewa- ing propulsion units, providing the Shipbuilding Strategy supply chain ble electricity generation with inland thrust and maneuverability required encompassing more than 800 Cana- waterway transportation.

for operation in severe Arctic ice. dian companies and over $3 billion in The service is designed to handle

Designed to IACS Polar Class 2 awarded contracts. more than 50,000 TEU annually, standards, the vessel is intended to In Vietnam, CMA CGM, Nike and with the project partners estimating extend the Coast Guard's operating Gemadept introduced a fully electric that it will avoid approximately 778 reach into the High Arctic and sup- inland container barge service con- metric tons of carbon dioxide emis- port sustained year-round operations. necting Ho Chi Minh City with the sions each year.

The icebreaker is also being developed Gemalink deep-sea terminal at Cai The commercial signi? cance lies in as a multipurpose platform. It will ac- Mep. The vessel will transport Nike the operating environment. Inland commodate up to 100 personnel and include scienti? c laboratories, a moon pool for deploying research equip- ment, and a helicopter ? ight deck and hangar. Additional facilities include a vehicle garage and provisions for fu- ture remotely piloted aircraft systems.

These capabilities will support sci- enti? c research, search and rescue, maritime emergency response and logistics operations serving Canada's northern communities. Construction began with ? rst steel cutting in April 2025, with delivery anticipated in the www.marinelink.com 69

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