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Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Intrepid arrived 10:00 Wednesday loading at Compass Minerals. Algoma Compass arrived 16:52 Wednesday and tied up North Pier, making her first appearance here this season. Algoma Conveyor still expected next. Goderich has hosted 75 lake boats this season.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Toledo, OH: Arrivals were Polsteam’s Resko, CSL Laurentien, Herbert C. Jackson and Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader. Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Challenger departed for Cleveland.
Marblehead, OH: John J. Boland arrived at 12:52 to load stone at Holcim.
Sandusky, OH: CSL Niagara is loading coal for Hamilton, ON.
Cleveland, OH: Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Challenger arrived at 06:44 to unload cement at the St. Marys Columbus St. terminal. The combo left for Charlevoix at 18:28. American Spirit departed at 08:10. NACC Argonaut arrived at 10:37 to unload at Holcim Cement. Federal Columbia unloaded containers and general cargo. American Courage departed for Marblehead at 18:33. Peyton Lynn C was a late Wednesday night arrival to the Port.
Fairport Harbor, OH: Defiance/Ashtabula left for Meldrum Bay at 09:32. American Mariner arrived at 11:36 and unloaded stone at Osborne.
Conneaut, OH: American Integrity departed for Duluth at 02:45.
Erie, PA: J.S. St. John is dredging in Lake Erie.
Nanticoke, ON: Frontenac left late Tuesday night for Thunder Bay. Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin departed for Superior, WI at 06:09. John D. Leitch arrived at Steco at 10:13. Algonorth is at Imperial Oil.
Seaway – Rene Beauchamp/Janey Anderson
BBC Arkhangelsk, which ran aground on Lake St-Francois on June 29 and was towed to Montreal on July 2 for repairs, has a scheduled departure to Oswego July 13 from Montreal to resume its journey. The new Maxima, a Royal Wagenborg ship (coming from Szczecin, Poland), will be starting her first Seaway transit leaving Montreal, destination Ashtabula, OH, on Thursday. Built at the Royal Niestern Sander shipyard, the vessel is 149.95 meters long, with 15.9-meter beam and 8.6-meter draft. The ship has two large rectangular holds – 13.5 meters wide, 12.1 meters high, and 47.36 meters and 64.38 meters long, respectively. It has a total cargo capacity of more than 14,000 tonnes and a hold capacity of 625,000 cubic feet. The EasyMax design features only a limited amount of equipment in the hold. For example, there are no tweendecks, container fittings, securing eyes, or girders in the hatch package. For most of the cargoes that Wagenborg transports, these options are unnecessary. There are, however, separation bulkheads, dehumidifiers and hold lighting.
With an installed power of less than 3,000 kilowatts, this ship has low fuel consumption and due to her design, she has an excellent sea keeping performance, according to Wagenborg. The ship is said to deliver more than 60% savings in CO2-emissions compared to her peer group.