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Hello David it’s been a few years just wondering if you were still here and hope you’re doing well , we did some GA Discs and a couple of drawings back then. If you can give me your email address as I have some news for you. Thanks
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If my memory serves me correctly I recall seeing a story in Halco`s Postcliffe , the company news letter, about the Maplecliffe Hall and her running containers from Montreal to up on the lakes. I know I saw it, and still have it in the pile of Postcliffes my Dad had received from Hall during his ret...

The Salarium, x Nanticoke is getting on in her years, she`s a bit older than Algoma`s old Algoport. And we all know what happened to the Algoport. Since the Nanticoke had no hull renewal during the 2000s when CSL did a few of their 730s in PWDD, my guess is that she`ll stay on the salt run until she...

Truly, I think very very few people would care. The Museum of the Great Lakes in Kingston has been a little precarious in the last year or so with its property. I suspect the donations from individuals, corporations and government bodies would be somewhere near zero for a project like this. The tim...

There was the classic passenger St. Lawrence steamship S.S. Saguenay, which was well known for her trips up the Saguenay River and along the shores of the St. Lawrence. Then the classic Davie built M.V. Saguenay with her four 12 cylinder Fairbanks Morse diesels, and the third Saguenay, now pretty we...

Sadly the fact that the El Faro was built in 1975 made her 40 years old, a very long lifetime for a container ship plying the oceans. I join all mariners worldwide in sending the families our heart felt condolences .

Guest wrote:They do have a Spare Crank. Being loaded to go to FM for check out / machining.

I can`t believe they picked up that crankshaft without a sling in the middle, unbelievable.

Hi , I worked on these CSL ships, know a story behind this John Stobart masterpiece. And am interested in it if still available. email me

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We barely try to preserve any kind of lakes history as is , like we could not even save one `60s built laker for display , and seems that every endeavour to preserve anything to do with Canadian lakes shipping history usually comes up short . Now this story about the Conservatives selling off the cr...

http://archive.jobbank.gc.ca/detail-eng.aspx?OrderNum=7726279&Source=JobPosting This is a fine company on the canal that services shipping companies and the job entails cleaning out tanks onboard vessels , mostly lakers . This is only for cleaning out tanks and the clean up , not working as a b...

Yeah I remember how UK themed the Lake Nipigon`s accommodation block was compared to the Canadian & US lakers.The only decent cabins were the senior officers , and the junior ones shared the WC with the next cabin . And those were small cabins , and when the bed width`s were increased , they bec...

That , Guest , is as I can recall from my Lake Nipigon / Algonorth days , is the officer`s Bar , `The Dolphin` . which is shuttered shut in the photo , and was during my time there as well. It is located on the stbd side fwd of the Galley , and fwd of the the Officer`s Dining Room. Originally put th...

I`d have to say after looking at the photos , and the Google photo was the clincher , that this is an older barge that the Quarterdeck Marina purchased for use as a fuel dock / joining section for the marina . The size of it makes it suitable for working on something bigger than the berth catwalks c...

I kind of doubt they would be available ,if those Cat 3612 V-12 Main Engines are not spoken for , anyone with a 7000 bhp twin screw needing re-powering would do well to get them asap . Installed in 1990 , kept up very well by the on board engineers and the Cat techies in the canal . And the Progress...

The former 1975 built Texaco Brave has certainly put the miles behind her prop wash . She was built in Shimonoseki , Japan at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Texaco . And served them well until she was transferred to a charter arrangement with Imperial Oil and a new company Sofati-Soconav in 1986 , ...

In the rear structure I see what appears to be a row of windows all around. Is that the crew quarters? If not what is it? it could also be the Engineer Officers and/or the Passengers lounge same as the Canadian built lakers from the `60s , like the Algoma Montrealais , on her last days steaming , a...

Imagine my dismay and sorrow when I read this morning`s obituary announcement for my colleague , former boss and friend Chief Engineer Arthur ` Art ` Christenson . I`ve known Art for 42 years, It came as a complete shock to me as I had no idea he was ill , I knew he was retired , but as usual the la...

That sure brought back some nostalgic memories seeing all those steam machinery ads , reminded me of my up and downer days on the old Pointe Noire as 4th . Nice articles make for good read , as in those days these types of periodicals were all the rage , and a great way for serious sea- farers to st...

view inside Could they monitor the discharge of ballast water when loading from this control room? From my experience , and looking as closely as I can at the control panel , more than likely not . When loading the mate and loading supervisor go by a loading plan , and any ballast pumping is monito...

If they are still available could we do a deal for the horn , and the two pressure gauges ? My email address is

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