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Quoted from one of the Facebook groups that I follow .... Tanker ALGONORTH has been sold (to Furetank). Currently on her way to Kalundborg, Denmark. Next, she will be drydocked, reflagged and given her new name. Stay tuned. Algonorth, was built in 2008 at Tuzla Shipbuilding in Turkey as RAMIRA. Algo...

Rt Hon Paul J Martin laid up last night at the same location that CSL Niagara was at last year ... Wharf 16 Snider Dock

Yes, the last ship to pass through the canal was Algoma Guardian. She left the dock in Hamilton about 23:00 on Jan 7, entered Port Weller piers @02:04 on Jan 8, and was out the Port Colborne piers @12:29. She was headed to Goderich. [Times based on her track on the Marine Traffic app.] Two ships hav...

According to Marine Traffic, Algoma Transport is not in Lock 8, she is just above Lock 8.

CSL's Whitefish Bay is not laid up in Toronto. She was unloading sugar at Redpath. She then went to Oshawa. She is now entering Lock 8 (14:58 Jan 7) with a destination of Port Colborne.

NACC Alicudi is on the Lakes for the winter. Apparently she has replaced NACC Capri.

Personally I'm wondering if she stayed on the Lakes to visit a dry dock. Last year NACC Argonaut layed-up in Toronto. Maybe it's Alicudi's turn.

hayhugh wrote: ↑December 4, 2022, 8:37 am I see this morning the Spirit is under tow to Superior...

If you don't mind ... what tug(s) are doing the towing? There are none shown on Marine Traffic or AIS.Boatnerd.

How are all the new Chinese and Croatian built ships working out in terms of quality and reliability? May still be too early to tell. The first of CSL's Trillium Class was delivered in 2012 (Baie Comeau). The Algoma Equinox was delivered in 2013. I'm not aware of any big issues, but I'm not really ...

I knew a guy that worked for Caterpillar in Hamilton. Every winter they would go to some of the ships laid up in Hamilton and perform thorough maintenance on the loaders (or whatever) on those ships. Sorry I don't think he knew any ship names, and don't recall what kind of equipment was on board. Th...

From my point of view, there have recently been three Boatnerd forums. 1) the old one. No longer available. Replaced by #3. 2) the new discussion forum. Little used, many seem to dislike it. I thought it was OK. Still available. 3) the newest discussion forum. This one!! One day I thought I was goin...

For those who use Facebook and belong to the Great Lakes Shipping Channel group ... Captain Vautier of the Radcliffe R Latimer posted a picture of Sarah Dann and her barge Weeks 2222 above Lock 7 showing the two pieces of steel(?) that the barge is carrying. https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=1015...

The Moran Iron Works October newsletter mentions a "huge machine base. At just under 200 tons this will be completed in the next two weeks and transported to our port for shipping by barge to its destination on the East Coast." This could be the item on the barge. https://us11.campaign-arc...

I'm sure that she has multiple life rafts. In can see one in a picture on Marine Traffic. However, the large lifeboat that could sit on the rails at the rear of the ship has been removed, as it is not required. Several lakers have also had this lifeboat removed. CSL's Trillium and Algoma's Equinox s...

The Boatnerd salty page provides some info on Redhead's travels (or non-travels). A quick summary ... She docked at Johnstown on June 7. She hasn't visited Cleveland yet. She docked in Port Colborne on July 13. Before docking at Port Colborne, she spent quite a bit of time in three anchorages (Hamil...

The current cruise is the first Milwaukee to Toronto cruise. OK, I checked the AIS page yesterday evening and the Viking Octantis was docked at the Detroit Marine Terminal. Gone this morning so on it's way to Toronto. Point Pelee today (May 12), then Port Colborne(Niagara Falls), and finally Toronto.

The current cruise is the first Milwaukee to Toronto cruise.

Reports, apparently originating from MRC itself, indicates Ojibway is finished. Supposed to sail to Port Colbourne under its own power from Sorel, but two McKeil tugs are on Lake Ontario heading to Sorel right now. Any updates? It has been reported than the two tugs are to bring the tug MANGYSTAU-2...

Oakglen travelled from Toronto to Picton, loaded sugar, and is returning to Toronto. Yes, sugar. A salty left it there last season.

Wonder if a Canadian company would buy the fleet to get their hands on some well maintained thousand footers and smaller boats? With inflation running high, the cost of new builds in China must be going up. GLF could be a bargain. If I understand correctly, only one of the ships can go through the ...

AlgoCanada is headed to SSM from Sarnia.