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The ships are used as dry-bulk lake freighters (two gearless bulk freighter and three self-unloading vessel). [29] The first in the series, Algoma Equinox, was launched in 2013. Trillium class – a new class of lake freighter delivered for Canada Steamship Lines in 2012 (Baie St. Paul) and 2013 (Whitefish Bay, Thunder Bay and Baie Comeau).
Baie Comeau is a self-unloading lake freighter in service on the North American Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway.The fourth of the CSL Trillium class, [1] [2] the vessel, according to the Miramar Ship Index, has a gross tonnage (GT) of 32,000 tons and a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 37,690 tons. [3]
CSL Tadoussac is a lake freighter currently operated by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) on the Great Lakes. She was launched in 1969. Initially named Tadoussac, following her refit in 2001, she was renamed CSL Tadoussac She was the last freighter built for CSL in the traditional two superstructure design, which puts her bridge up in the ship's bow ...
The class is divided into three subclasses; the self-discharging lake freighters, the lake bulk carriers, and the Panamax self-discharging bulk carriers. Initially a nine-ship building program, six are operated by Canada Steamship Lines for use on the Great Lakes, while three are operated by CSL Americas for international trade.
Baie St. Paul, commissioned in 2012, was the first lake freighter Trillium-class ship. [9] The other ships in this fleet, Whitefish Bay , Thunder Bay and Baie Comeau entered service in 2013. Rt. Hon. Paul E. Martin , entered service in 2012, was the first panamax Trillium-class ship. [ 10 ]
MV Edwin H. Gott is a very large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. This vessel was built in 1979 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, and included self-unloading technology. The ship is 1,004 feet (306 m) long and 105 feet (32 m) at the beam.
The lake freighter's keel was laid down on 11 May 2012 and was launched on 23 July 2012. The ship was completed on 8 May 2013. [4] Comedian Rick Mercer broadcast a recording of his visit to Whitefish Bay as it transited the lowest lock on the Welland Canal. [7] The vessel is registered in Canada. [4]
Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship Company [11] 1952 [43] 1987 [15] Lengthened by 72 feet (22 m) in 1957; converted to self-unloader in 1980; [43] sold in 1987 as part of the spin off of the Interlake Steamship Company in a management buyout. [15] SS Frank Armstrong: Conventional dry bulk Lake freighter Interlake Steamship ...