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Shipping News and information / Tanker JO SPIRIT runs aground near Montreal, Quebec.

« on: October 19, 2015, 04:42:43 PM »

Tanker JO SPIRIT ran aground earlier today near Montreal. The Saint-Lawrence Seaway traffic has been stopped while inspectors and crews prepare for the removal operations. No visible damage on ship.

Steve Geronazzo

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Shipping News and information / CCGS ANN HARVEY taking on water

« on: April 02, 2015, 01:32:55 AM »

CCGS ANN HARVEY has hit ground today and taking on water 5 nautical miles off Burgeo, Newfoundland.

CCGS LOUIS S. ST-LAURENT, CCGS TELEOST, cormorant helicopters and warship HMCS MONTR

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Shipping News and information / CECON PRIDE

« on: August 26, 2014, 03:16:41 AM »

Canada

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Shipping News and information / Shipspotting in Vancouver, British Columbia

« on: June 07, 2014, 06:40:34 AM »

Hi all. I will be in Vancouver in the coming days. I'd like to know the best spots to go to take pictures of ships. Could someone please  give me that information?

Thank you,

Steve Geronazzo

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Shipping News and information / SIR ROBERT BOND ferry stuck in ice off Port au Choix, Newfoundland

« on: February 08, 2014, 05:45:39 PM »

The SIR ROBERT BOND left Corner Brook (Newfoundland) on Friday the 7th of Feb at about 9AM. A passenger onboard let me know that they have nor yet arrived to the their destination, Blanc-Sablon (Qu

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Shipping News and information / CCGS AMUNDSEN helicopter crashed : 3 dead

« on: September 10, 2013, 05:40:37 PM »

A helicopter operating with the Canadian Coast Guard research icebreaker Amundsen crashed into the Arctic Ocean yesterday.

Three crew aboard the helicopter died. There were no survivors.

Here are articles on the this story :

In English :

CBC :
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2013/09/10/north-chopper-crash.html

Global news :
http://globalnews.ca/news/830767/3-dead-in-canadian-coast-guard-helicopter-crash-in-arctic/

The Telegram :
http://www.thetelegram.com/News/Local/2013-09-10/article-3381717/UPDATE%3A-Helicopter-crash-in%E2%80%88Arctic/1

The Globe and Mail :
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/three-die-in-canadian-coast-guard-helicopter-crash-in-northwest-territories/article14216223/

Sun News :
http://www.sunnewsnetwork.ca/sunnews/canada/archives/2013/09/20130910-111007.html

En fran

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Shipping News and information / Question concerning beam length on the Great Lakes

« on: July 17, 2013, 12:36:46 PM »

Does anybody have the answer to the following question?


I have a question: What is the MAX permitted beam of the salties
passing through the Seaway & Welland canal locks?

Nowhere I can find that information....

I noticed the heavy lift US flagged Maersk Illinois & Texas have 23 mtr and they visited Milwaukee, so they have cleared all
the locks without any problem.

Also noticed several Federal Bulkers with a beam of 27 mtrs, but
not so sure they go all the way up to CHI/Milwaukee area..

Thank you for your assistance.

Rgds, Capt. Bill Waldmeier
[email protected]

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Shipping News and information / New Great Lakes Bulker : WHITEFISH BAY

« on: July 10, 2013, 12:02:13 PM »

Glad to see this new ship arrive. Five shipspotters were waiting for its arrival on the St-Lawrence Seaway. Pictures were taken from Quebec City, Trois-Rivi

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Shipping News and information / BELLA DESGAGN

« on: June 01, 2013, 04:27:48 PM »

After only one month of operation on the Lower North Shore, the BELLA DESGAGN

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Shipping News and information / LOUIS JOLLIET aground near l'

« on: May 16, 2013, 09:24:52 PM »

At about 15h00 today the tour boat LOUIS JOLLIET ran aground near l'

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Shipping News and information / Shipping routes : Straight of Belle-Isle Canada

« on: March 21, 2013, 01:19:57 PM »

Hi all. I would like to know if the Straight of Belle-Isle is used frequently as a shipping route. I will be working in Blanc Sablon for a period of six months and wondering if it is a good spot for shipspotting.

Bonjour

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Shipping News and information / OOCL BELGIUM : Stuck in the ice in the Straight of Belle-Isle

« on: March 01, 2013, 05:24:26 PM »

Story from the CBC :

Help is en route for a cargo ship stuck in heavy ice on the Strait of Belle Isle.

The 225-metre OOCL Belgium called the coast guard for assistance early Thursday morning. It was on its way from Montreal to England.

The icebreaker Henry Larsen is expected to arrive in the area by 4:00 p.m. Friday. The Belgium is about 10 miles southeast of Red Bay, Labrador.

The Larsen left the Fogo Island area Thursday, and has to veer through thick ice to reach the ship.

The Belgium, owned by the Oceanic Orient Container Line, is carrying a quanitity of hazardous cargo, but coast guard officials said it's not a concern to public safety.

Paul Veber, the coast guard's superintendent of ice operations in Atlantic Canada, said two significant factors created the thick ice.

"We're looking at ice at least 70 centimetres thick in that area," said Veber. "We have the Labrador current, which is bringing the heaviest ice from the Labrador coast down into the northeast coast in the Strait of Belle Isle."

While Veber said the latest ice information was relayed to the vessel's crew, as well as a recommendation to use an alternate route, the ship still decided to travel through the strait.

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Shipping News and information / Collision between the MAPLE LEA and the CCGS LOUIS S. ST-LAURENT

« on: February 24, 2013, 01:14:13 AM »

There was a collision between the MAPLE LEA (IMO : 9358034) and the CCGS LOUIS S. ST-LAURENT. The icebreaker was escorting the Cargo ship after having lost its engines.

Here are a few photos from my friend DON MERRITT :

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200767434931980&set=a.2329188712921.137068.1345820316&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200767468972831&set=a.2329188712921.137068.1345820316&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200767708258813&set=a.2329188712921.137068.1345820316&type=1&relevant_count=1

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10200768170830377&set=a.2329188712921.137068.1345820316&type=1&relevant_count=1

* Links used with permission.

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Shipping News and information / CCGS TERRY FOX called to help stranded ice canoe team

« on: February 11, 2013, 12:54:03 AM »

Today was held the 'Course de canot

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Shipping News and information / Great Lake Bulkers Sailers : Is this safe?

« on: December 30, 2012, 05:42:53 PM »

Here is what I saw yesterday as the Great Lakers Bulker ATLANTIC HURON was docking in Quebec City :

Youtube video :
http://youtu.be/I06VVBsYkyM

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=1712735

Is it me or this is a dangerous way to do things. Someone told me once that to save docking charges the sailors from the ships get off this way and handle the cables during the docking maneuvers.

I wonder how many work accidents are caused by this way of doing things.