CWB Marquis - Equinox Class Gearless Bulk Carrier - Algoma Central Corp.

18 April 2015

Lock 8 & Main Street Bridge - Port Colborne

CWB Marquis downbound from Thunder Bay, Ontario to Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Approaching Lock 8

Under the raised Main Street Bridge 

Algoma Central Corporation - CWB Marquis

Algoma Central: On board an Equinox Class ship

The Globe and Mail: As St. Lawrence Seaway reopens, expect strong cargo volumes

CBC News: CWB Marquis, new laker, will make as many as 18 trips to Thunder Bay

CSL Welland - Trillium Class Bulker

10 April 2015

Entering Lock 4 upbound - Thorold

Barely had time to catch a glimpse of one of the latest CSL ships. She's headed to Thunder Bay...will try to catch her coming back through the canal. 

CSL Welland

MV CSL Welland arrives in Port of Montreal, completing maiden voyage

Latest Generation CSL Bulkers Unveiled

Boatnerd: CSL Welland

Oakglen - Bulker

12 April 2015

Between Locks 1 and 2 - St Catharines

Oakglen approaching the north wall of Lock 2

Lock 2

Oakglen just about to enter Lock 2

Built 1980 for FedNav, acquired by CSL in 2009 (formerly named "Lake Ontario"

Oakglen - Canada Steamship Lines

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.

SEAWAY RADIO MESSAGE NO. 2 OF 2015

Top Hat Ceremony 2015 - St. Catharines Museum & Welland Canals Centre

Sea Eagle II (articulated tug mated with barge St. Mary's Cement II)

CCGS Pierre Radisson - Ice Breaker

The Welland Canal opens tomorrow, 02 April 2015. 

Today the Pierre Radisson headed upbound through the canal heading into Lake Erie...where there is a lot of work to do...so much ice on the lake still. 

Once a year the Pierre Radisson comes from Quebec to the Welland Canal.

The following photos were taken before the Main Street bridge, across from Robin Hood Flour at Port Colborne 01 April 2015.

Ice under the Main Street Bridge

The Pierre Radisson approaching...the Algoway is still in winter layup.

Pierre Radisson - The Fleet of the Canadian Coast Guard

Pierre Radisson - Wikipedia

Erie Media - Icebreaker on the way to Lake Erie