The pure car and truck carrier (PCTC) Lake Saint Anne put in to Halifax for the first time today, May 9. The ship was delivered by the builders, China Merchants Jinling Shipyard (Weihai) in February and made its way to Europe where it took up a slot on Wallenius Wilhelmsen's transatlantic loop.
As with the other new ships of its class it boasts its "cold ironing" (shore power plug-in) capability. It is one of ten sisterships to be built for Eastern Pacific Shipping fueled by LNG, with battery storage, shaft generators and with other features such as aerodynamic form. The 71,631 gt, 19,216 dwt ship has a capacity of 7,000 CEU. It has twelve decks, and two ramps - a 150 tonne capacity unit on the stern ramp and a 20 tonne unit on the starboard side. The mosr recent one was launched March 15 for delivery in June.
Two of the sister ships have already called in Halifax, Lake Shirasagi February 25 and Lake Tazawa on March 13. This ship is on long term charter to Wallenius Wilhelmsen, putting its fleet at 128 vessels (including Eukor).
Other ships of the class, built for EPS at the same yard, have been chartered to different owners, such as CMA CGM Silverstone.
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