by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
By George Wharton Launched Oct.23, 1970 as the Carl Gorthon; this unlimited ocean class crane equipped bulk carrier was built to Ice Class I standards by Hollming O/Y, Rauma, Finland for Rederi A/B Gylfe, Halsingborg, Sweden. Her original dimensions were...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
By George Wharton Having the distinction as being the first “730-footer” (Canadian or American) built meeting the new length allowances of the Welland Canal and St. Lawrence Seaway; the keel for this Great Lakes gearless bulk carrier (“straight decker”) was laid...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
Initially constructed as a Seaway shuttle package freighter; this smaller sized motor vessel was built by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood, ON as hull #171. With the keel being laid March 20th, 1961; the vessel was launched September 8th, 1961 as the English...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
The double-hulled motor tanker Esta Desgagnés was built as Emsstern by MTW Schiffswerft G.m.b.H., of Wismar, Germany, in 1992. The 10,511 deadweight capacity vessel was ordered by Rigel Schiffahrts G.m.b.H. of Bremen, Germany. Emsstern was designed with an overall...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
She will not be seen on the Great Lakes as the hull is too wide for the locks of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Instead, the ship keeps busy on the St. Lawrence hauling ilmenite ore from Havre St. Pierre to Sorel for QIT-Fer et Titane. This vessel dates from 1966 and...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
The twin-screw articulated tug Jane Ann IV was built in 1978 at Mitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Tokyo, Japan, as Ouro Fino for Petroleo Brasilero. In 1981 she was renamed Bomare. In 1993 she was sold to Secunda Marine Canada and renamed Tignish Sea. In...
