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Showing posts with label tugboat. Show all posts

Thursday, 2 April 2015

Opening Ceremonies at Lock 3 - Welland Canal

02 April 2015

Lock 3 St Catharines

Today was the Top Hat Ceremony for the 186th opening of the Welland Canal / St. Lawrence Seaway. The season is officially open!

Sea Eagle II & St. Mary's Cement II opened the upbound route through the Welland Canal, heading to Cleveland, Ohio.











Welland Canal excerpt from the SEAWAY RADIO MESSAGE NO. 2 OF 2015
WELLAND CANAL 
The Welland Canal is generally open water with broken ice above lock 7 up to Port Colborne. 
Mariners are cautioned that heavy ice conditions exist on Lake Erie. 
The next radio message will be issued Friday, April 3, 2015.


Sunday, 12 October 2014

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










Friday, 5 September 2014

Petite Forte, articulated tug, mated with barge, St. Mary's Cement - Ruddy - Algoma Progress - Fortunagracht

05 July 2014
Petite Forge/St. Marys Cement & Ruddy (downbound) - Lock 7 - Thorold
Petite Forge/St. Marys Cement waiting for Lock 7.
Ruddy (left) is just heading into the lock .


17 July 2014
Algoma Progress (downbound) passed Petite Forge/St. Marys Cement (upbound) 
just below Lock 3 - St. Catharines
Petite Forte is on the left, as Algoma Progress passes her heading toward the open Queenston Bridge.
Algoma Progress has passed Petite Forte. Petite Forte is waiting to enter Lock 3.
Petite Forte is still waiting in the canal for entrance to Lock 3.
Moving again, heading to Lock 3.

30 July 2014 
Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement (downbound) & Fortunagracht (upbound),- Lock 2- St. Catharines 

Petite Forte & St. Marys Cement lowering in Lock 2.
Petite Forte & St. Marys Cement lowered in Lock 2 and ready to head out through the open gates. The boat, Fortunagracht, is waiting to enter Lock 2 after Petite Forte leaves.
Petite Forte leaving Lock 2 .

Petite Forte out of Lock 2 and heading down the canal .

Ship Name: Petite Forte
Built: 1969
Official Ship Number: 359165 (Transport Canada)
Owner: Great Lakes & International Towing
Operator: Great Lakes & International Towing
Port of Registry: HAMILTON

Ship Name: St. Marys Cement
Owner: St. Marys Cement Inc. (Canada)
Operator: Great Lakes & International Towing
Port of Registry: TORONTO


Website: Algoma Progress

Website: Fortunagracht

Website: Ruddy

Thursday, 4 September 2014

Salvor, articulated tug, mated with barge, Lambert Spirit

01 July 2014
Salvor & Lambert Spirit - downbound to Lock 2 - St Catharines




Heading past the raised Carlton St Bridge and into Lock 2

Website: Salvor
Website: Lambert Spirit

Friday, 29 August 2014

Wilf Seymour, articulated tug, mated with barge, Alouette Spirit

07 July 2011
Wilf Seymour/Alouette Spirit, downbound
Lock 3 - St Catharines

Alouette Spirit in Lock 3



Wilf Seymour/Alouette Spirit leaving Lock 3




Wilf Seymour/Alouette Spirit heading out toward the Queenston St Bridge & the QEW

Owned by McKeil Marine
Great photo of Wilf Seymour/Alouette Spirit - The tugboat WILF SEYMOUR (McKeil Marine) pushing the barge ALOUETTE SPIRIT as they arrive at Nicholson Terminal, Port of Detroit, the afternoon of August 14, 2010: 
Maritime History of the Great Lakes

The Wilf Seymour and Alouette Spirit typically carry aluminum ingots out of Sept-Iles, Quebec, and also carry grain on return trips. Quote from website: 
Great Lakes Tugs & Workboats