Nordik Express

Nordik Express (C364084), a passenger and cargo vessel, serves Desgagnes through Relais Nordik Inc. The vessel was originally constructed for the oil industry as an offshore supply and support ship. The vessel was built by the Todd Shipyard Corporation, Seattle,...

Hamilton Energy

By George Wharton  Launched as the small coastal tanker Partington; this vessel was built in 1965 by Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., Grangemouth, Scotland as their hull # 535 for Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd., London, UK entering service in December of that year.  She...

J.A.W. Iglehart

Originally built as a deep sea tanker; the new ship’s keel was laid at the Sun Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Chester, Pa yard on April 2, 1936 as their hull # 155. The tanker was launched on September 23, 1936 as the 15,515 ton (15,764 mt) capacity Pan-Amoco...

S. T. Crapo

Only the second bulk cement carrier built from the keel up, the S.T. Crapo was built as hull # 256 in 1927 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI. The vessel was launched and christened July 7, 1927 for the Huron Transportation Co., division of Huron...

Dorothy Ann

The 124-foot, 7,200-horsepower Z-drive tug Dorothy Ann was designed by Ocean Tug & Barge Engineering of Bellingham, Massachusetts. Hull construction began at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, on January 1st, 1998. The tug’s hull, including...

John Sherwin (2)

By George Wharton  The Great Lakes gearless bulk carrier (“straight decker”) John Sherwin was built in 1958 by the American Ship Building Co., Toledo, OH as their hull # 192. This traditional styled laker was launched November 2, 1957 for owners Interlake...