A fourth new foreign ocean-going vessel is coming to the St. Lawrence Seaway/Great Lakes network relatively soon

 You’re not dreaming. A fourth new foreign ocean vessel is coming to the Maritime/Grand Lakes network relatively soon. All but one are registered in Netherlands. This is the FWN SKY built in 2015 from the shipyard Forestwave Nav. Destination Valleyfield from Groningen, Netherlands. Expected arrival around November 18. Photo credit Jens Smit-shipspotting at Emden, Germany on Nov 4. 2023.
   You’re not dreaming. A fourth new foreign ocean-going vessel is coming to the St. Lawrence Seaway/Great Lakes network relatively soon. All but one are registered in the Netherlands. That one is the FWN SKY, built in 2015 and owned by Forestwave Nav. Its destination is Valleyfield from Groningen, Netherlands. Arrival is expected around November 18. Photo credit: Jens Smit – Shipspotting in Emden, Germany on November 4, 2023.  [Rene Beauchamp]

Badura making first transit of the Seaway

Expected around November 15th or 16th in the St. Lawrence Seaway, bound for Toronto, is the Dutch cargo ship BANDURA on its first transit. Built in 2010, I photographed that ship in Matane in June 2014. I was aboard a ferry.  [Rene Beauchamp]

Loading of Big Blue 70 Begins

Loading of KoneCrane Number 70 has started in Manitowoc this morning.  It will be towed out the great lakes and Seaway by the tug Ocean Tower. 
[Photos in the gallery below]