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capt wrote:Algoma Tankers do not use agents in Canadian Ports

Algoma Tankers are their own agents according to Halifax Daily Status Report, as far as their bulkers, the Halifax Daily status report gave Kent Lines as their agents. This was for The Algoma Spirit when she arrived under a foreign flag. Other ports give SMT as agents for some of the Algoma and ULS bulkers.

Yes they owned Guard Mavoline. It was a converted RN naval vessel, built as a "Dance" class or "Tree" class trawler. It ended up in Mexico, renamed as Superior.

Algoma Tankers do not use agents in Canadian Ports

didnt chargeurs unis or i believe united cargoes in english use to own a small coastal freighter registered in halifax called the guard mavoline i recall her loading in the old welland canal at union carbide in welland in 1972

Thanks Jim
The Kent Line agent thing is a bit odd (Irving tugs are the only tugs in Halifax these days) but I guess Algoma does not have regular agents in Halifax. Kent Line would have been their agents when they went to Saint John with salt when Sauniere was running. Algoma Tankers would likely use Kent Line as agents too.
To get back to this topic, Victorian Marie belonged to Euclide Bouchard, but when he folded ownership passed to d'Auteuil Lumber Co (which was owned by Irving) before going to Chargeurs Unis(Desganes) and becoming Blanc Sablon.

hello mac good photos of the algoma spirit you can tell kent line is her agent in halifax because they are using atlantic towing tugs regards jim gallant

Thank you very much - great to have this additional information.

The Ghislain photo is dated 1969, and there are leaves on the trees. The Blanc Sablon is dated Sept. 27, 1970.

I would be very interested in learning the dates of the photos. Ghislain was disabled in a storm off Bermuda in March 1969, returned to Dartmouth, NS for drydocking in April/ May. By August she was laid up in Quebec, then sold. She returned to Halifax January 10, 1970, and had been renamed Anik by the end of the month. So the photo must have been in June or July 1969.
Blanc Sablon only became Blanc Sablon on September 23, 1970, so the photo must have been taken that autumn, or in a later year.

I knew I could count on you, Bill! Thanks. Al

The Ghislain was launched 18 January 1949 at Goole, England, by the Goole SB&RepairCoLtd as Falster, hull no. 468, for Angbats AB, Ferm, Sweden: 200.5 x 33 x 18.5; 1134 gt, 530 nt; 5-cylinder Atlas-Diesel, 340mm x 318, 815-bhp. Later Sappho (1960), Ghislain Marie (1966), Ghislain (1967), Anik (1970), Maya (1971), and Anik (1973). She was sold for Cayman Islands service in 1971 and believed to have been broken up in 1975.

Blanc Sablon was launched 30 November 1948 at Glasgow, Scotland, by the Fairfield CoLtd as Rupertsland, hull no. 742, for The Hudson's Bay CoLtd, Montreal: 162.6 x 31.6 x 11.9; 663 gt, 341 nt; twin Fairbanks, Morse 5-cylinder Diesels, 215mm x 290, 600-bhp. Lengthened 1957 at Troon: 183.6; 754 gt, 395 nt. Later Victorian Marie (1961), Blanc Sablon (1971), Marine Voyager (1974), and Freda 1 (1993), and flagged at Belize. Deleted from Lloyd's Register 1999, "Existence in doubt."

i believe the name is ghislain marie and the blanc sablon was owned by maritime agency i didnt know she came up the seaway

I have photos of two goelette or coastal type freighters, photos taken by Alfred Sagon-King in the Welland Canal in 1969 and 1970. The vessels are the Ghislain and the Blanc Sablon. Can anyone give me information about either or both?