by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Built in 1966 as the traditionally-styled Great Lakes bulk carrier A. S. Glossbrenner, by Davie Shipbuilding Ltd., Lauzon, Que., for Labrador Steamship Co., Montreal, Que. She was powered by a Sulzer 6RD76 diesel engine rated at 9,599 horsepower at 119 r.p.m. and was...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Built by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON as their hull # 206 at a reported cost of $14.5 million (CN); the keel was laid on July 16, 1973 for this Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier. She was launched July 24, 1974 and was christened at the shipyard on...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Until recently the largest American flagged powered tanker operating on the Great Lakes; this ship was built by Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX as their hull #745. The keel was laid for the twin screwed, double hulled product tanker on November 1, 1977 with...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Built in 1973/74 by Port Weller Dry Docks, St. Catharines, ON, this lake-ocean chemical tanker was launched as the Imperial St. Clair for Imperial Oil Ltd., Toronto, ON. She is powered by a 6,500 horsepower MAN 5-cylinder diesel engine giving her a service speed of...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
Christened April 1, 1968 as Algorail (2), this medium sized Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier was built by Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, Ont., for the Algoma Central Corp., Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Her cargoes consisted of coal/coke, aggregates, slag, iron...
by import | May 22, 2020 | Import Vessels
At Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., Collingwood, ON, the keel was laid on September 27, 1978 for their hull # 217, a new self-unloader for Algoma Central Railway – Marine Division, Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Built at a cost of $23.6 million (Cdn) net of federal government...
