Tokyo - Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. announced today that it delivered the bulk carrier GCL HAZIRA, with a capacity of 81,000 DWT (Kawasaki hull No. 8079, NACKS hull No. NE359), for FAIR WIND MARSHALL S.A. at Nantong COSCO KHI Ship Engineering Co., Ltd. (NACKS), which is located in Nantong City, China and operated jointly with China COSCO Shipping Corporation Limited (China COSCO Shipping).

Principal particulars and features of the vessel are as described below.

Principal Particulars

Length overall 	228.90 m
Molded breadth 	32.24 m
Molded depth 	20.20 m
Molded draft 	14.50 m
Gross tonnage 	44,019 t
Deadweight 	81,986 t
Hold capacity 	97,761.7 m3
Main engine 	One set of MAN B&W 6S60ME-C8.5 diesel engine
Speed 	Approx. 14.2 knots
Complement 	25 people
Classification 	Lloyd's Register of Shipping (LR)
Country of registration 	Marshall Islands
Delivery 	November 12, 2021

Features

The vessel has a flush deck with a forecastle and seven holds that are designed for optimum transport of grains, coal and the other products.

The vessel employs various technologies to achieve maximum fuel economy, including an energy-saving, electronically-controlled main diesel engine, high propulsive efficiency propellers, and the Kawasaki rudder bulb system with fins (RBS-F) and semi-duct system with contra fins (SDS-F), which all contribute to the vessel's enhanced propulsion performance.

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