paul pathy president 1 number of employees 275 office staff worldwide 1 100 onboard ships and at terminals . website http www.fednav.com federal rideau fednav is a group of canadian companies in the ship transport industry . 2 primarily involved in transporting bulk cargo and break bulk cargo worldwide the group is also involved in vessel servicing and cargo handling . 2 group company fednav limited is canada s largest ocean going dry bulk shipowning and chartering group . 2 it primarily is engaged in transporting bulk cargo and breakbulk cargo worldwide . 2 contents 1 business units 2 fleet 3 notes 4 references 5 external links business units edit the group s companies include fednav limited fednav international ltd. falline federal marine terminals inc. fednav direct arctic operations and projects and enfotec technical services . the group is headquartered in montreal and has offices in london tokyo antwerp hamburg rio de janeiro singapore barbados and st. john s newfoundland and labrador . 2 it also has numerous local offices in canada and the united states . 2 the group has a number of revenue streams . it is primarily known as an owner and charterer of ships . 3 according to the company its main business is marine transportation of bulk and breakbulk cargoes worldwide . 3 the company has expertise in ship transport in the canadian arctic and ice navigation services . 3 the group also provides services off of ships . one example is providing stevedoring services at terminals owned and operated by the group . 3 it also provided logistics services such as warehousing and ground transportation . 3 fleet edit as of 2011 fednav owns a fleet of 23 ships . the ships were built between 1978 and 2006 . all of the ships lie in the range of 28 000 dwt to 38 000 dwt . two of the ships are registered in canada 13 in hong kong five in barbados and three in the marshall islands . 4 the rest of fednav s fleet consists of 41 short and long term charters . these ships were built between 1985 and 2010 . ten of these are over 50 000 dwt one more is over 40 000 dwt and the rest fall in the range of 17 000 dwt to 37 000 dwt . three of these are registered in antigua & barbuda six in the bahamas 11 in cyprus two in hong kong one in liberia two in norway one in the marshall islands and 15 in panama . 5 many of the ships in the fednav fleet are strengthened for navigation in ice . 4 5 they work in locations such as the beaufort sea and bent horn at latitude 76 77 north . vessels such as the federal pendant and federal power for example have been classified with the ice class 1a notation by det norske veritas . this allows them to work in the canadian arctic with the assistance of icebreakers . 6 two vessels in the fednav fleet 1978 built arctic and 2006 built umiak i are fitted with icebreaker bows and have enough ice strengthening and installed power to operate independently in arctic ice conditions . in 2012 fednav ordered a third icebreaking cargo vessel . 7 the ship nunavik was delivered in january 2014 . fednav vessels operating in the arctic are required to have specially trained ice advisors on board . 6 ice advisors advise the ship s master in issues such as minimizing ice accretion . some vessels owned or operated by fednav image name year yard notes federal bering 2015 federal bristol 2015 federal danube 2004 federal hunter 2001 federal katsura 2005 federal kumano 2003 federal maas 1997 federal manitou 2004 federal margaree 2005 federal patriot 2003 federal rideau 2000 federal sakura 2005 federal schelde 1997 federal st laurent 1996 federal tiber 2011 first freighter to ship ore to market from the baffinland mine . federal welland 2000 federal weser 2002 federal yoshino 2001 federal yukon 2000 notes edit fednav 2007 . management contacts . a b c d e f fednav 2007 . fednav divisions . a b c d e fednav 2007 . fednav limited . a b fednav 2007 . fleet owned . a b fednav 2007 . fleet chartered . a b r e 2008 . fednav orders new icebreaker . canada newswire 30 october 2012 . retrieved 2013 07 19 . references edit fednav 2010 . fednav divisions . fednav . retrieved 2010 05 18 . fednav 2010 . fednav limited . fednav . retrieved 2010 05 18 . fednav 2010 . fleet owned . fednav . retrieved 2010 05 18 . fednav 2010 . fleet chartered . fednav . retrieved 2010 05 18 . fednav 2010 . management contacts . fednav . retrieved 2010 05 18 . r e magne a. 2010 05 18 . fednav limited montreal solving the canadian arctic transportation challenge . det norske veritas . retrieved 2010 05 18 . external links edit company profile at det norske veritas fednav ship photos at shipphotos.co.uk fednav ltd. at cta fednav official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title fednav & oldid 740226200 categories shipping companiesdry bulk shipping companiesshipping companies of canadacompanies based in montreal navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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