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''Nunavik'' is an icebreaking bulk carrier owned and operated by the Canadian shipping company Fednav. She is used to transport copper and nickel from the Nunavik Nickel Project, making 7–8 round trips per year.〔 ''Nunavik'' is a sister ship to the 2006-built ''Umiak I''.〔 == Construction and career == In October 2012, Fednav announced that it had signed a contract with Japan Marine United Corporation for the construction of a new ice-strengthened bulk carrier at the Tsu shipyard in Tsu, Japan.〔(Canadian Firm Has World’s Largest Fleet of Ice-class Vessels – New Order Placed For Polar-Class 4 Bulk Carrier ). Ottawa Citizen Blogs, 12 November 2012. 〕 Previously, the company already operated two similar vessels with independent icebreaking capability: 1978-built ''Arctic'' and 2006-built ''Umiak I''. The keel of the new vessel was launched at the Japanese shipyard on 19 July 2013 and she was launched only two months later on 29 September.〔 Initially set for delivery in December 2013,〔 the new vessel, ''Nunavik'', was completed on 30 January 2014.〔 She is named after Nunavik, the area compromising the northern third of the province of Quebec, Canada. Several commenters have noted that while it took only couple of years to build ''Nunavik'' in Japan, the design and construction of the new polar icebreaker, CCGS ''John G. Diefenbaker'', for the Canadian Coast Guard on a Canadian shipyard will eventually take more than a decade.〔〔(Mark Collins: Look How Fast One Can Get an Icebreaker... ) The 3Ds Blog, 13 November 2012. 〕 In 2014, ''Nunavik'' became the first cargo ship to make an unescorted voyage through the Northwest Passage. The vessel left Deception Bay, Canada, on 19 September and passed Point Barrow, Alaska, on 30 September. After clearing the Bering Strait, the vessel headed to Bayuquan, China, with a cargo of nickel ore. According to Fednav, the voyage reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 1,300 tonnes when compared to a similar voyage through the Panama Canal.〔(Cargo Ship Makes 1st-Ever Solo Trip Through Northwest Passage ). LiveScience, 1 October 2014. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nunavik (ship)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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