[2][3] The ship is powered by a single MAK Caterpillar 6M43C diesel engine turning one shaft creating 5,400 kW (7,200 hp).

[3] Sedna Desgagnés has a monohull that is strengthened to carry shipping containers has capacity for 665 TEU and 15,953 m3 (563,400 cu ft) of dry goods.

[3] The ship's keel was laid down on 16 November 2007 at Qingshan Shipyard in Wuhan, China with the yard number 20060304.

[3] Sedna Desgagnés ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway, near Prescott, Ontario, on 14 October 2012.

[6][7] In June 2021, Sedna Desgagnés performed the first voyage of a new container feeder service between the ports of Montreal, Quebec and Hamilton, Ontario.