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- June 11, 2021, 7:16 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Theodore Tug trip to Hamilton
- Replies: 2
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Re: Theodore Tug trip to Hamilton
Theodore Too will be showing its AIS signal for the entire trip so should be be easy to follow.
- May 28, 2021, 3:10 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Nukumi - Canada STeamship Lines Newbuild
- Replies: 28
- Views: 8245
Re: Nukumi - Canada STeamship Lines Newbuild
Covered bow not just for icing, but will allow the ship to go deep sea while protecting equipment and keeping the seas off the hatches nearest the bow. Many bulk carriers have been lost due to crushed hatches on number one hold. I expect this ship will run on the Atlantic coast to Newfoundland, New ...
- May 27, 2021, 3:47 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: heddle drydock
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3717
Re: heddle drydock
I don't mean to be picky, but as I understand it the "uniflow" is a type of steam engine. Skinner's own version was the "Unaflow" [with a capital U and a letter "a"]. So it is quite correct to call the engine a uniflow, but when calling it a Skinner, it could also be ca...
- May 4, 2021, 3:48 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: bridge on a barge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2047
Re: bridge on a barge
For those wHo are fastidious about time, the pilot boarded at 1430 ADT (1330 EDT) and it was some time before the lines were let go, close to 1500 hrs ADT.
- April 28, 2021, 5:56 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: port of montreal general strike
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1819
Re: port of montreal general strike
Not sure where you are getting info. The federal government has tabled return to work legislation but it has not passsed yet. It must be debated and passed by the House of Commons and Senate. If it passes, it will not take effect until proclaimed into law by royal assent. The whole process will like...
- March 31, 2021, 7:47 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: John R Emery
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3639
Re: John R Emery
Yes the sand was pumped from the lake bottom through the suction pipe and deposited in the open hold. There was likely a screen to separate rocks from the sand, but "filtering" per se was not necessary. Sand settled to the bottom of the hold and displaced the water which flowed back overbo...
- March 10, 2021, 5:37 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Rail Sections
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3588
Re: Rail Sections
Canadian National buys its rail from Poland. It is landed in Halifax, and stored. It is then sent on special rail cars to Winnipeg to be welded then dispatched to work sites.
- February 23, 2021, 12:54 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Great Lakes Pilot and Ocean Vessel Crew Disagreements
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5702
Re: Great Lakes Pilot and Ocean Vessel Crew Disagreements
I heard of case where the laker skipper had a longstanding beef with a certain pilot on the Quebec City / Escoumins run. The pilot dispatchers knew this and always assigned that pilot to the ship when they could. The skipper then gave orders when approaching the Quebec pilot station down bound for E...
- February 22, 2021, 4:00 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Great Lakes Pilot and Ocean Vessel Crew Disagreements
- Replies: 17
- Views: 5702
Re: Great Lakes Pilot and Ocean Vessel Crew Disagreements
There are some ship captains who think they are the supreme deity. It is only when they meet a pilot that they discover otherwise.
- February 13, 2021, 9:26 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: CSL Niagara
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2155
Re: CSL Niagara
Sorry, yes it is CSL St-Laurent. Maybe a package gen set on the upper deck then.
- February 13, 2021, 5:36 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: CSL Niagara
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2155
CSL Niagara
The live cam of CSL Niagara passing Quebec City this evening wasn't very clear, but it looks like there is an exhaust gas scrubber housing adjacent to the port funnel. Was this added at the recent refit at Verreault?
- February 6, 2021, 11:19 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: St. Lawrence Seaway Opening 1959
- Replies: 7
- Views: 2405
Re: St. Lawrence Seaway Opening 1959
There was a major expansion of grain handling facilities in Trois-Rivieres and Quebec City and brand new facilities in Baie-Comeau and Port-Cartier. Even the grain elevator was enlarged in Halifax due to larger ships bringing in grain from the Lakes, and those toppping up from St.Lawrence drafts.
- January 31, 2021, 9:43 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: ATB Mega/Motti
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1788
Re: ATB Mega/Motti
Yes they are laid up and still for sale (listed by Marcon). There is actually no shipyard left in Sorel-Tracy, it is just a pier where they are tied up. Apparently a contract for chip transport never panned out and they have hardly been used. They did make a few trips to Port Hawksbury, Nova Scotia ...
- January 26, 2021, 7:20 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Canadian Flag - east coast trade
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2179
Re: Canadian Flag - east coast trade
I think if Canada Steamship Lines and Algoma could make it pay they would use Canadian ships and crews. But obviously they can't compete with foreign flag and fofreign crew, even in short hauls between Nova Halifax and Portsmouth, New Hampshire with gypsum for example or Norfolk and Sydney with coal.
- January 26, 2021, 3:46 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Guest Quarters Canadian Ships
- Replies: 5
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Re: Guest Quarters Canadian Ships
I would add some CSLers had guest cabins and longe. Jean Parisien being one. Comfortable, in a corporate sort of way, without being flashy. I believe there were two bedrooms, maybe three.
- December 26, 2020, 4:32 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Algoma Intrepid backs out of Duluth Harbor
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1897
Re: Algoma Intrepid backs out of Duluth Harbor
Too bad they speeded up the video.
- December 14, 2020, 8:40 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Samuel De Champlain/Innovation
- Replies: 10
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Re: Samuel De Champlain/Innovation
Controllable pitch propellors. The angle (pitch) of the propellor blades are adjusted remotely from the bridge of the ship to adjust speed and to reverse. Propellors can be called screws or wheels.
- December 12, 2020, 4:16 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Radium Yellowknief
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2382
Re: Radium Yellowknief
Thanks Yes, the fight was over the ferry "Prince Edward Island", which had been used as a dredge pumping station. McNamara and several other companies were convicted of price fixing in dredging contracts and went out business. Some of the principals went to jail. They left quite a mess all...
- December 11, 2020, 7:49 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Radium Yellowknief
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2382
Re: Radium Yellowknief
Is their anything left of the old McNamara dredging and marine construction base there? They had a major operation and built their own tugs and barges. One tug, named Whitby, is still in service for McNally - presently working in Halfax.
- December 8, 2020, 7:18 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: American Valor
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10195
Re: American Valor
In the pre-Seaway era the canallers were all over the place, trading to the east coast, and down to the Caribbean during both world wars, but regularly trading to Halifax, Sydney, etc., Cape Breton Miner and Ontario Power were built for ocean trade in the off season and were very different from &quo...