by Guest » August 21, 2024, 8:42 am
To add a bit to what Mr. Link said regarding Bath shipments: LaFarge has been using the Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement as a "2nd boat" operating out of Bath for over a year now. During that period it has made only occasional visits to Bowmanville. There have been a couple split loads taken on at both Bath and Bowmanville, which have been delivered to the Holcim and St. Marys terminals in Cleveland. Her trips for LaFarge/Holcim have been mostly to Cleveland, with occasional visits to Toronto and a couple of Detroits this year as well. This may be an effort to keep the main vessel, currently the Sunnanvik, closer to Bath at all times by giving her short runs to Oswego, Toronto, and Buffalo.
Before last year, LaFarge had been using either the NACC Alicudi or NACC Capri as the main boat, with the NACC Argonaut or Petite Forte filling in as a second boat when needed. My assumption is that when the new ship replacing the Sunnanvik is completed, they will no longer need two ships operating out of Bath. The article announcing its construction stated that it will "replace two older vessels". For years the English River was the sole boat on this run, and I believe they are aiming to return to that.
This arrangement with the Petite Forte also implies, to me, that St. Marys Cement does not need a second boat running out of Bowmanville currently. My guess is that this is due to the boats from Charlevoix now frequenting the company terminals in Toledo and Cleveland, which was extremely uncommon until about 2020. Most of the Petite Forte's deliveries for St. Marys were to these two docks.
To add a bit to what Mr. Link said regarding Bath shipments: LaFarge has been using the Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement as a "2nd boat" operating out of Bath for over a year now. During that period it has made only occasional visits to Bowmanville. There have been a couple split loads taken on at both Bath and Bowmanville, which have been delivered to the Holcim and St. Marys terminals in Cleveland. Her trips for LaFarge/Holcim have been mostly to Cleveland, with occasional visits to Toronto and a couple of Detroits this year as well. This may be an effort to keep the main vessel, currently the Sunnanvik, closer to Bath at all times by giving her short runs to Oswego, Toronto, and Buffalo.
Before last year, LaFarge had been using either the NACC Alicudi or NACC Capri as the main boat, with the NACC Argonaut or Petite Forte filling in as a second boat when needed. My assumption is that when the new ship replacing the Sunnanvik is completed, they will no longer need two ships operating out of Bath. The article announcing its construction stated that it will "replace two older vessels". For years the English River was the sole boat on this run, and I believe they are aiming to return to that.
This arrangement with the Petite Forte also implies, to me, that St. Marys Cement does not need a second boat running out of Bowmanville currently. My guess is that this is due to the boats from Charlevoix now frequenting the company terminals in Toledo and Cleveland, which was extremely uncommon until about 2020. Most of the Petite Forte's deliveries for St. Marys were to these two docks.