by import | April 7, 2021 | Import Vessels
F. C. G. Smith
by import | April 6, 2021 | Import Vessels
This smaller size straight deck bulk carrier was built as hull #187 by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood, ON. The vessel was launched as the Mantadoc (2) on November 23, 1966 for the N. M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. fleet of Thunder Bay, ON. This vessel’s...
by import | April 6, 2021 | Import Vessels
This ship was built to meet the requirements of the U.S. Maritime Commission near the end of the Second World War for a smaller cargo vessel designed for short coastal runs on routes that did not call for fast ships. Designated as type “C1-M-AV1″, this...
by import | April 6, 2021 | Import Vessels
One of very few vessels built for Great Lakes service by the Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Saint John, NB, the Seaway sized gearless bulk carrier was built as the yard’s hull #1084 and launched October 15, 1967 as the Senneville for the Mohawk...
by import | April 6, 2021 | Import Vessels
On June 25, 1980, a contract was signed between the Canadian Wheat Board of Winnipeg, MB and Algoma Central Corp. for a five year tonnage commitment to move western Canadian grain from Thunder Bay, ON to St. Lawrence River ports for furtherance to overseas markets....
by import | April 6, 2021 | Import Vessels
This unique Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier was built by Port Weller Dry Docks, St. Catharines, Ont., as Hull #41. She was christened Canadian Century for Upper Lakes Group, Inc., Toronto, Ont., on April 15, 1967 by Mrs. G. E. Gathercole, wife of the Chairman...
