by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
Launched April 28, 1981 as the lake bulk carrier Lake Wabush, this Seaway-sized vessel was built by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON, for Nipigon Transports Ltd. She was powered by 2 Krupp MAK model 6M552AK 5,100 b.h.p. diesel engines burning intermediate grade...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
Designed specifically for Imperial Oil’s service requirements along the Canadian East Coast and Arctic regions; this coastal tanker was built as hull #39 by Port Weller Dry Docks Ltd., St. Catharines, ON. The keel was laid down on June 25, 1965 with the...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
Launched September 27, 1961; this ocean and Seaway bulk carrier was built by Hall Russell & Co. Ltd., Aberdeen, Scotland as the Gosforth for the Burnett Steamship Co. Ltd., Newcastle, England. She is powered by a Sulzer 4,100 horsepower 6 cylinder diesel engine...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
By George Wharton Launched Oct.23, 1970 as the Carl Gorthon; this unlimited ocean class crane equipped bulk carrier was built to Ice Class I standards by Hollming O/Y, Rauma, Finland for Rederi A/B Gylfe, Halsingborg, Sweden. Her original dimensions were...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
By George Wharton Having the distinction as being the first “730-footer” (Canadian or American) built meeting the new length allowances of the Welland Canal and St. Lawrence Seaway; the keel for this Great Lakes gearless bulk carrier (“straight decker”) was laid...
by import | March 23, 2021 | Import Vessels
Initially constructed as a Seaway shuttle package freighter; this smaller sized motor vessel was built by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood, ON as hull #171. With the keel being laid March 20th, 1961; the vessel was launched September 8th, 1961 as the English...
