Resko - Foreign Vessel (Saltie) - Geared Bulker

25 October 2014

Resko, upbound, heading toward the Queenston Bridge and on to Lock 3 - 

St Catharines

Algosoo is on the left side of the photo...Resko is just passing her.

Heading toward the Queenston St Bridge

Passing under the Garden City Skyway (QEW)

The bow of Resko has just passed the raised Queenston St Bridge

Heading into Lock 3

Built: 2010

Owner: Polish Steamship Co.,Szczecin, Poland

Home Port: Nassau, Bahamas

Length: 623' 4" 190.0m 

Beam: 77' 11" 23.75m

Depth: 47' 11" 14.6m

Polsteam: Resko

Algosoo - Self Unloading Bulk Carrier

25 October 2014

Algosoo, downbound, Queenston St. Bridge / Garden City Skyway (QEW) area -
St Catharines

A real autumn day at the canal...gusty winds...ever-changing lighting...

Algosoo just passed the Queenston St Bridge (open) 

Algosoo under QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way)

Rounding the bend and heading for Lock 2

Algosoo

Manager: Algoma Central Corporation
Registry: Sault Ste. Marie / Canada
Builder: Collingwood Shipyards, 1974, Hull 206
Type: Great Lakes Self Unloading Bulk Carrier

Principal Particulars 
Length 222.50 m 730'-0"
Beam (mld) 22.86 m 75'-0"
Depth (mld) 13.56 m 44'-6"

Hamilton Harbour - Resko, Algoma Spirit, Federal Elbe, Kaministiqua, Heloise, tugs

12 October 2014

Port of Hamilton - Waterfront Trail

According to the Hamilton Port Authority, these were the vessels located there today: 

Vessel Name          Pier         Origin             Cargo / Commodity              Agent

Federal Elbe             Anchor     Milwaukee        Wait On Dock                           Reford

Heloise                    Anchor     Toledo              Grain                                       Currie

Kaministiqua            Anchor     Quebec            Unknown                                 Lower Lakes

Resko                      12E          Atlantic            Sugar                                      Reford

Algoma Enterprise    21            Duluth            Ore                                          Algoma

John D. Leitch          20            Toledo             Coal                                         Algoma

Kurt Paul                  26            Atlantic           General Other                          Reford

Algoma Spirit           10-5        Lake Ontario     Ballast                                     Algoma

Resko (Polsteam) Pier 12E

HMCS Haida National Historic Site - 1943 Destroyer

HMCS Haida National Historic Site 

Tug - Jerry G.

Algoma Spirit (docked) several tugs, including:
Omni Richelieu, Ocean Golf, Tony Mackay, Evans McKeil, James A. Hannah

Harbour-West Trolley Tour (website below)

Hamiltonian Tour Boat (website below) - Federal Elbe, Kaministiqua & Heloise at anchor in background

Views around the harbour from the Waterfront Trail

Burlington Bay Sky (Queen Elizabeth Way / QEW) - ship entrance into the harbour is in the middle of the photo

Kaministiqua (left) & Heloise

Federal Elbe

Wikipedia: Hamilton Harbour

Hamilton Port Authority

Hamilton Waterfront Tours

HMCS Haida National Historic Site

Burlington Bay James N. Allan Skyway

Algoma Spirit

Polsteam: Resko

Kaministiqua

Federal Elbe

Parakou Shipping: Heloise

Orla & Vancouverborg - passing in the canal north of Bridge 5, St Catharines

07 October 2014

Orla, upbound & Vancouverborg, downbound -  

passing in the canal north of Bridge 5 / Glendale Ave Bridge, St Catharines

Vancouverborg - Foreign Vessel (Saltie) - Multipurpose Dry Cargo Carrier

07 October 2014

Vancouverborg, downbound from Bridge 5 / Glendale Ave

to Lock 3, St Catharines

A beautiful autumn day with a very dramatic, ever changing sky...

the perfect backdrop for the beautiful Vancouverborg.

Vancouverborg in Lock 3

Owner: Wagenborg Shipping BV,Delfzijl, Netherlands

Home Port: Delfzijl, Netherlands

Principal Particulars

Length: 433' 10" 132.23m

Beam: 52' 1" 15.88m

Depth: 31' 8" 9.65m

Wagenborg: Vancouverborg