Canada-based shipowner Fednav has received three bulk carriers since the start of the year, according to the company.

Two 58,000dwt supramaxes have been recently delivered from Shin Kurushima Shipyard in Japan, Federal Crimson and Federal Cardinal. The two have been hired out on long-term charters.

The Federal Baltic, first in a series of 12 owned 34,000dwt "box-hold" Seaway-size carriers, has joined Fednav's fleet as well.

The ship, designed to transport steel into—and grains and other bulk commodities—out of the Great Lakes, sailed this month from Oshima Shipyard.

Fednav has been busy with equipping its fleet with eco-friendly technology in the first quarter of 2015.

On April 15, Fednav announced that an order for 12 ballast water treatment systems (BallastAce) developed by JFE Engineering Corporation in Japan, to equip its vessels currently under construction.

This places Fednav as the first shipping company in Canada and the Great Lakes to announce the installation of a ballast water treatment system, well before the regulatory requirement.