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Tadoussac April 9 2024 (I hustled down to shoot CSL Tadoussac just after 0700 on April 9 as I wanted a shot before it departed. I found out after it is on the Colborne Clarkson run so I will see it frequently. First pictures of the season.)

AMUR STAR 04-01-24 (Third visitor to Petro Can Lubricants 2025 Season)

Manas March 30 24 (Tanker Manas arrived March 29 from France. Picture taken March 30.
This was the second arrival at Petrocan Lubricants.)

scot flensburg first of season 2024

1985-10-28 Dock job Marquette MI

CSL Assiniboine (A rare visitor to Clarkson.
December 6 2023 with a load from Conneaut Ohio.)

Charlie Danko Container Ship 1 (My on-line friend Charlie Danko who lived in New Jersey died on October 7 2023. It was unexpected, he had just returned from Florida . He sent me these pictures of container ships at Charleston SC.)

Charlie Danko Container Ship 2 (Charleston SC.)

Algoma Sault 10-06-23

M T Atlantic Spirit 10-06-23 (After leaving Clarkson it sailed to Montreal and then was headed to Germany to the Kiel Canal.)

Saginaw at Pt Colborne - AWM

ADFINES SEA - 2019 (First of the Season 2019. There might have already been two arrivals in Clarkson before April 9 but this was the first picture of the season.
** Update November 2020** This vessel might have been renamed Northern Spirit but still flagged in the Marshall Islands.)

Adfines Sea 2017 (Built 2011
flag - Malta
Home Port - Valetta)

Adfines Star December 9 2018 (Late season rush at Petrocan has Adfines Star at the pier following two others the previous day.
Blt 2011
Flag- Malta
**renamed Atlantic Spirit in 2020***)

Alangova (M/T Alangova.
Flag Turkey
Home Port Istanbul
Arrived July 28 2021 from Zeeland Refinery Netherlands.)

Algolake in Clarkson ` (Another casualty of Algoma Central's modernization program the Algolake was built in 1976 at Collingwood.
Her maiden voyage was in 1977 and she sailed for 40 seasons being laid up at the conclusion on the 2017 season. She was sold for scrap and towed to Turkey in 2018 .)

Algolake off port credit (October 10 2008
Probably identified through the Boatnerd website. The Algolake has just appeared over the horizon inbound to Clarkson St. Lawremce Cement.)

Algoma Conveyor ("Equinox" Class ship blt 2019.)

Algoma Enterprise (Built in 1979 as Canadian Enterprise for Upper Lakes Shipping it was transferred to Algoma Steamships with the rest of the Upper Lakes fleet in 2011.
Retired and scrapped at Port Colborne. 2021)

Algoma Intrepid (From Algoma's Website:
The Algoma Intrepid is the second 650-foot self-unloading dry-bulk carrier built in the Equinox Class design for the Algoma domestic fleet. Delivered late in 2020, the ship entered service in the Great Lakes trading area immediately, joining her sister ship Algoma Innovator. Designed with Equinox Class specifications, the vessel has been engineered to be another leader in the river class business. The forward-mounted boom permits the cargo to be delivered in niche spaces, allowing flexibility and greater access for the customer.)

Algoma Mariner (Built in China 2011
Flagged Canadian 2011
Great Lakes Bulk Freighter
Seaway Max.740 foot length
Home Port Port Colborne.)

Algoma Niagara 08-11-2021

Algoma Niagara 4-7-21 (Arnold W. Mooney photo)

Algoma Niagara visits Clarkson (Algoma Niagara
Equinox Class built 2017)

Algoma Olympic (Algoma Olympic spring voyage to Clarkson. April 2017.
This ship finished the 2017 season and was towed to Turkey for scrapping.)

Algoma Olympic (Built in 1976 as Canadian Olympic (the 1976 Olympics were held in Montreal) for Upper Lakes Shipping it came to Algoma Steamships with the rest of the Upper Lakes fleet in 2001. I was able to catch it near the close of the 2016 shipping season but it sailed another year after that.)

Algoma Sault (The Algoma Sault, built in 2017, is the second self-unloading Equinox Class 740-foot bulk carrier. The vessel name pays tribute to the long-standing relationship between Algoma Central Corporation and the City of Sault Ste. Marie and recognizes the important role that marine shipping plays within this community.)

Algoma Spirit 1 (Passing under Burlington Canal Liftbridge.
Talia Archer photo.)

Algoma Spirit enters Lake Ontario (The Algoma Spirit was originally built in Yugoslavia . It has left service on June 19 2021 and will be taken to Turkey to be scrapped.
Talia Archer photo.)

Algoma Strongfield (Talia Archer photo, Entering Hamilton Harbour.)

Algoma Strongfield - AWM

Algoma Transport (Built at Port Weller in 1979 as Canadian Transport for Upper lakes Shipping. Transferred with rest of ULS shipping fleet to Algoma Steamships in 2011. Renamed Algoma Transport.
**UPDATE** Algoma Transport completed its final voyage hauling pellets from Superior WI to Hamilton arriving on January 3 2024. It will be moved to Port Colborne for scrapping.)

Algonova (Bronte is a Lake Ontario tanker terminal. Located in Oakville it serves Suncor - Petro Canada for refined products. Algonova , Algoma Tankers, was tied to the jetty in August 2017. Built in Turkey - launched 2008.)

ALGONOVA in Port Colborne (A.W. Mooney photo
April 12 2019)

Algosar(2) Being Scrapped. (Algosar (II) was being scrapped in Port Colborne ON in May 2016. Launched in Texas in 1977 as Gemini - flagged Canada in 2005. Sailed till end of 2015 season.)

Algosoo (Built 1974 Collingwood Shipyards
Sailed in Algoma fleet entire career
Scrapped at Port Colborne 2019)

amelia desgagnes (Amelia Desgagnes was built in 1976 as Soodoc fro N M Paterson at Collingwood Shipyards. Cranes were added in England in 1977. In 1990 she was acquired by Groupe Desgagnes and renamed Amelia Desgagnes. She was sold in 2017 and scrapped in Turkey.)

Atlantic Spirit (Tanker Atlantic Spirit , formerly Adfines Star, is tied at the pier at Petro-Can Clarkson. Operated by McKeil Marine of Hamilton it is flagged under Marshall Islands.)

Atlantic Spirit - First in 2021 (Atlantic Spirit was the first arrival of the 2021 shipping season, arriving March 31. It had also been the last to leave in 2020 and served around Europe during the winter .)

Atlantic Spirit December 10 21 (Atlantic Spirit (McKeil Marine) ex Adfine Star at Petro-Canada Lubricants pier December 10 2021.)

BLAIR MCKEIL (Another recent acquisition and rename by the McKeil Marine fleet. This is the former Gagliarda. flagged Malta. that was Canadianized and rechristened in June 2019.)

ccgv caribou isle (Buoy Tender)

Clarkson Cement Pier (The Robert S. Pierson and the NAAC Argonaut at the CRH Cement company pier in April 2021. The Pierson was bringing in limestone while the Argonaut would be loading cement.)

Clarkson December Dusk (The Robert Pierson arriving at 17:00 December 14 2021.)

Clarkson Port (Radcliffe T Latimer (Algoma central) and Amelia Desgagnes (Grp Desgagnes) both at CRH Cement pier.)

Clarkson Port 6-24-18 (Adfines Star and Bro Anna were moored at the PetroCan jetty Sunday June 24 2018)

Clarkson Traffic August 20 2021 (Algoma Conveyor is off loading a cargo at the cement company pier while Northern Spirit stands in to the PetroCan Lubricants pier.)

Colorado Star (Tanker Flagged Malta.
Photo taken just after sunset Wednesday August 9 2023. It had come from a port in France and was going to Toledo Ohio after leaving Clarkson.)

CSL Baie Comeau

CSL in Hamilton (Photo taken in August 2017 across the Hamilton Harbour and the Burlington Spit of a CSL vessel unloading coal for the Hamilton Coke Works.)

december 8 2018 erria swan

December 8 2018 jana desgagnes

December 8 2018 Robert S Pierson (Robert Pierson is delivering another load of limestone to the CRH dock.)

December 8 2018 two in clarkson (December 8 and the Great Lakes -St. Lawrence Seaway shipping season is drawing to a close with only a couple of weeks left till the Seaway and Welland Canals close.
The PetroCan pier is fully occupied.)

Elevit in Clarkson

Erria Swan (Erria Swan, DK, Blt. 2006. A misty, gloomy December 1 2018 morning at Petro Can Clarkson.)

Esta Desgagnes (Tanker built 1992 in Germany. Chartered to Petro-Nav from Montreal. Flag - Canada. Home Port Quebec.)

Ganges Star at Clarkson (Built in Y2010 in Korea.
Flagged - Malta
Home Port - Valletta)

HARBOUR FEATURE

Harbour Fountain in Clarkson 7-24-15 (Built China 2011
Flagged Portugal)

Harbour Progress (Petro Canada April 2021
Flagged Portugal.
June 26 2021 she was sailing in the Baltic between Sweden and Finland.)

Henda (Tanker Henda
Built 2012
Flag - Malta
Arrived in Clarkson from Pascagoula MS and then departed for Becancour QC)

Hinch Spirit (Renamed and re-flagged Hinch Spirit is operated by MCKeil Marine for Petro Canada Lubricants.)

Hinch Spirit 2021

Jana Desgagnes (A late season visit from Jana Desgagnes at the Petro Canada pier. December 2017
Blt 1993 in Germany.
405.87 feet long.
Chartered to Petro-Nav from Montreal
Flag Canada Home port - Quebec)

John B. Aird (Built Collingwood Shipyards 1982
In Service 1983
Retired 2016
Scrapped in Turkey 2017
Seaway Self Unloader 735 foot .)

John B Aird (Algoma Central Steamships
Blt 1982 - Collingwood Shipyards and Port Arthur Shipyards.
Launched 1983
Scrapped 2017 in Turkey.)

John D Leitch (Built at Port Weller Drydocks in 1967 and launched as Canadian Century . Refitted and renamed John D Leitch in 2002. Transferred with rest of Upper Lakes fleet to Algoma Central in 2011.)

John J Boland (US Flagged Vessel
680 feet length,
American Steamship Company Buffalo NY
Built 1973 Bay Shipbuilding as Charles E Wilson. Renamed Y2000.)

Leadale (We start with Captain Norman Reoch who had risen from ships captain to General Manager of Canada Steamships Lines.
He resigned from C.S.L. and struck out on his own acquiring 4 canaller type vessels from the Diamomd Steamship Company in 1952.
In 1959 the St Lawrence Seaway made the short canallers obsolete. Roech started acquiring longer "Upper Lakers"
usually from US based fleets.
Each ship was usually incorporated as a steamship line.
One of these was Westdale Shipping which moved its offices to Port Credit from Montreal in 1969 after Norman Reoch retired.
This ship in particular was built back in 1910 at Great Lakes Engineering near Detroit and in 1934 was lengthened and self unloading machinery added.
It joined the Roech fleet in 1962 under the Westdale Shipping management.
So: it sailed for nearly 20 years as Leadale until you shot it in May 1981. Later that year it grounded in Lake St.Louis (near Montreal) and about 2500 tons of coal had to be removed into lighters to refloat it.
Then in December 1982)

M/T HARBOUR PROGRESS (Built in China in 2010
Sailing under flag Portugal (PT))

M/T Ramelia (Third visitor of 2021.
Flag: Sweden.
Homeport - Donso SE
Built 2019
Operator - Rederi AB Alvtank
Dual fuel, Ice Strengthened)

Maersk in Charlestown SC (Charlie Danko sent this shot from his hotel room window of a Maersk vessel in Charlestown SC, July 2021)

Maria Desgagnes

mt swan biscay (Swan Biscay Blt 2008 and flagged in Marshall Islands)

MV Brant unloading at Redpath 10-9-15 (Bulk Carrier
Built 2008
Flagged Cyprus
Was delivering bulk sugar when seen in Toronto Harbour in 2015)

MV Clipper Mari (At the Petro Can pier in May 2013
Clipper Mari is renamed Nordic Mari
Built 2010 at Fukuoka Shipyard Japan.
As Clipper Mari flagged Bahamas
As Nordic flagged Malta. Now Denmark
Currently operated by Nordic Tankers Trading of Copenhagen. (March 2019))

NACC Alicudi 08-11-21 (Cement Carrier
Flagged Malta
Home Port Valetta
Operated by Nova Marine Carriers - Lugano Italy
First catch of this ship.)

Northern Spirit (One of the McKiel fleet.
Flagged in Marshall Islands.
Formerly Adfine Sea)

Octonaut 2021 (Tanker Octonaut, flagged Marshall Islands ,arrived Halloween night after a voyage from Zeeland Refinery in NL. Built 2007.)

Ojibway enters Hamilton Harbour (The Ojibway - Lower Lakes Towing, Port Dover Ontario, enters the Burlington Canal to enter the Hamilton Harbour at sunset July 25 2018.
Apparently 2021 was the final season for the Ojibway.
Update - It was moved to Port Colborne under its own power to be scrapped. April 2022.)

Pechora Star (Oil/Chemical tanker. Flagged Malta. Blt 2011. 128.6 m x 21 m
At Petro-Can pier 10-29-20)

POLSTEAM OSHAWA (A picture of a Polsteam vessel unloading steel products in Oshawa Ontario by Ray Ellis . Oshawa is operated by the Hamilton Port Authority and is a destination for foreign vessels during the shipping season.
THANKS TO RAY ELLIS for sending me this picture.)

Port Colborne - Waiting to be Scrapped

Port Colborne - Algoma Emterprise (March 21 2019
Algoma Enterprise ex Canadian Enterprise.
Blt 1979 at Port Weller Drydocks St. Catharines Ont.
Spent Winter 18-19 layup at wharf 17 Port Colborne)

Port Colborne - CSL ASSIBOINE (Blt 1977 at Davie Shipbuiling Lauzon Quebec.
Named Jean Parisien for vice chairman of Power Corp who was the actual owner - CSL as vessel manager
rebuilt at Port Weller Drydocks 2004 and renamed CSL Assiboine. Relaunched 2005
It spent the 2018/19 winter layup season at Wharf 16 in Port Colborne.)

Port Colborne - CSL Assiniboine - 2 (A view of the stern of CSL Assiniboine.
Interesting to see it is home port St.Catharines not Montreal.)

Port Dover working harbour (Port Dover on Lake Erie is home to a commercial fishing fleet. Pleasure craft have their own harbour further upstream.)

Portola (Arrived in Clarkson on June 24 2021 from Pascagoula MS via Montreal.)

Quetico in Welland Canal 1976 (Self unloader Quetico in Welland Canal 1976.
Ex Whitefish Bay(1)
Renamed Whitefish Bay again 1982.
Arnold Mooney photo)

Radcliffe R Latimer (The 2017 shipping season is winding down as Radcliffe R Latimer , Algoma Steamships, unloads at Clarkson on December 2. ex-Algobay(2) exx-Atlantic Trader nee Algobay(1) 1978. Algobay(2) was rebuilt in China 2005 and then renamed.)

Ralph Misener (Blue Water Bridge August 1985
Mooney photo.)

Ralph Misener under Blue Water Bridge. (A.W. Mooney Photo
August 1985
Ralph Misener built 1968 at Canadian Vickers shipyard in Montreal. Originally a self unloader the machinery failed and was removed in 1977; the ship converted to a straight decker. Misener fleet sold to Upper Lakes Shipping in 1994. Ship was renamed Gordon C. Leitch . ULS fleet sold to Algoma Central Marine 2011. As Gordon C. Leitch ship sailed till December 2011. Sold for scrap in 2012 and taken to Turkey.)

Ridgetown (Moored off Port Credit as a breakwall.
Blt. 1905.)

robt pierson 12-09-18 (The late season rush to fill the cement company with limestone for winter's production had the Robt Pierson return loaded on Sunday December 9 2018. It was maneuvering to the pier.)

Robt Pierson October 2020

Sarah Desgagnes 5-14-17 (See picture of Sarah Desgagnes at anchor for ship information.)

NACC Alicudi (NACC - Nova Algoma Cement Carriers
Built 2011 - China
Flagged Panama.
Visited Clarkson on August 11 -12 2021.)

Sarah Desgagnes at anchor 5-15-17 (Blt 2007 in Turkey.
ex Besikas Greenland
acquired and renamed 2008.)

selasse (M/T Selasse.
Registered Gibralter.)

Sichem Hiroshima at Clarkson May 14 2012 (2022- the ship has been renamed ptobably Pamcaran Infinity.)

Sloman Herakles at Clarkson 8-4-15 (Built China - 2012
Flagged Antigua-Barbuda)

Spirits in Clarkson (Monday August 23 2021 found two from the McKeil Marine fleet at the PCLI jetty. Wicky Spirit in the fore with Northern Spirit behind.)

Sprucebranch enters Burlington Canal (Built 1944 as OTTERBURN PARK. Sold 1946 to Branch Lines Ltd. built by Marine Industries at Sorel Quebec. Lengthened and deepened in 1960 at Marine Industries in Sorel. Last trip in fall 1973. Sold in 1974 and scrapped in Vigo Spain. Canadian book closed October 10 1974.
Arnold Mooney photo)

Storm approaches (Robert S. Pierson, Lower Lakes Towing Port Dover Ontario, is unloading a cargo of limestone at the CRH (St.Lawrence Cement) pier at Clarkson as a thunderstorm bears down.)

stormy morning (Jana Desgagnes is at the Petro Canada pier in Clarkson on Friday November 9. It will depart about half an hour after I took this picture.)

Thalassa Desgagnes 17-7-15 (Built Norway 1975. renamed Rio Orinoco 1981. Aground on Anticosti Island 1990. Total loss and abandoned by owners. Recovered by Groupe Desgagnes 1991. Awarded ship by Canadian Government, taken to Davie Shipbuilding for repairs, rebuilding. Relaunched as Thalassa Desgagnes 1993. Laid up 2015 and sold 2017. Renamed Asphalt Princess. On August 3 2021 Asphalt Princess was involved in a hijacking incident in Gulf of Oman, the United States accusing Iran. The boarders left the next day with the ship resuming command by its crew.)

the whaleback John Ericsson - 1968 (Arnold Mooney shot the last whaleback steamer on the Great Lakes the John Ericsson near Hamilton in 1968
Built in 1896 by American Steel Barge . Owned by Bessemer Steamship which was absorbed by Pittsburgh Steamship it was "Sold Canadian" in 1930 to James Playfair's Great Lakes Transit Company . 1938 sold to Upper Lakes Shipping. Sailed till 1963 when retired. Transferred to City of Hamilton as historic attraction but sat at Confederation Park till 1968. Scrapped in Hamilton 1968.)

VS Salome (VS Salome arrived from Pascagoula MS after anchoring off Port Weller for several days.
Built 2007
Flagged Malta
LOA - 121 M
Photo taken just after 17:00 December 14 2021
Last picture of 2021.)

Wicky Spirit (At Petro-Can April 28 2021)

William Rennie (Toronto Island ferry William Rennie has just left the Jack Layton Ferry Terminal for a trip across Toronto Bay to Centre Island.)

WINDOC (Grounded in Burlington Bay. March 2002.

Arnold Mooney Photo with permission)

WINDOC 2 (An ill starred ship; built originally in Germany in 1959 as Rhine Ore it was transferred to Canada by the Halco Shipping Company as Steelcliffe Hall in 1977. When Halco folded it was purchased by the N.M.Paterson company and renamed Windoc in 1988. All Paterson vessels had "doc" in their names. In 2001 while transiting the Welland Canal Windoc collided with Bridge 20 when the bridge operator dropped the bridge surface onto the ship shearing off the funnel. It was towed to Toronto to unload and then to Hamilton for repairs. While in Hamilton, March 2002, it was blown loose from it's moorings and across the harbour and bay coming to rest in shallow water off Burlington. For a short time it was a barge and was scrapped in Port Colborne in 2011.

Arnold Mooney photo with permission)

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