Federal Rideau

Tugs guide Federal Rideau to her moorings at the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto
History
Name: Federal Rideau
Owner: Fednav
Port of registry: Marshall Islands Marshall Islands
Builder: Oshima Shipbuilding, Ōshima
Yard number: 10261
Laid down: 14 September 1999
Launched: 27 November 1999
Completed: 31 January 2000
Identification:
Status: in service
General characteristics
Type: Bulk carrier
Tonnage:
Length:
  • 200.0 m (656.2 ft) oa
  • 191.9 m (629.6 ft) pp
Beam: 23.8 m (78.1 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)

Federal Rideau is a bulk carrier owned an operated by Fednav. She, and her sister ship, Federal Asahii, were built in Ōshima, Japan in 2000. The vessel entered service the same year. The vessel has had two incidents in her career, both in 2014.

Description

Federal Rideau is 200.0 metres (656.2 ft) long overall and 191.9 metres (629.6 ft) between perpendiculars, with a beam of 23.8 metres (78.1 ft). The vessel has a gross tonnage (GT) of 20,659 tons and a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 36,563 tons. The ship is powered by a diesel engine driving one screw with a maximum speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph).[1]

Service history

The ship was constructed by Oshima Shipbuilding at their shipyard at Ōshima, Japan. The vessel's keel was laid down on 14 September 1999 and the bulk carrier was given the yard number 10261.[1][2] Built the same year as her sister ship Federal Asahii, Federal Rideau was launched on 27 November 1999 and completed 31 January 2000.[1][3] The ship is registered in the Marshall Islands and is owned and operated by Fednav.[2]

In July 2014 she ran aground in Lake St. Clair, near Peche Island, and required five tugboats to get free.[4] She was carrying 20,000 tons of wheat from Thunder Bay to Montreal. In December 2014 a failure of the Martin Luther King Bridge over the Maumee River blocked her progress in Toledo, Ohio.[5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Federal Rideau (9200445)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Federal Rideau (9200445)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  3. ↑ "Steamboat Bill". 2000. p. 232. Retrieved 2016-04-18. Both Federal Asahii (ii) and Federal Rideau were built at Oshima, Japan.
  4. ↑ "More tugs called to rescue freighter stuck in Lake. St. Clair". CBC News. 2014-07-27. Retrieved 2016-04-18. A 200-metre long Federal Rideau ran aground in the downbound shipping channel off Peche Island in Lake St. Clair around 3 a.m. Sunday.
  5. ↑ David Patch (2014-12-03). "Bridge breakdown snarls midday traffic: Electrical issue gets MLK's spans stuck". Toledo Blade. Retrieved 2016-04-18. “Look, they’re waving,” Ms. Schneider told her son, who looked toward crewmen aboard the M.V. Federal Rideau but resolutely kept his hands in his warm coat pockets.
  6. ↑ "Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge closed indefinitely after drawspan becomes stuck". Toledo Blade. 2014-12-05. Retrieved 2016-04-18. The M.V. Federal Rideau waits on the Maumee River as the Martin Luther King, Jr. Bridge malfunctions. The breakdown blocked traffic more than 2 hours Tuesday.
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