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Sep 17, 2022

Seaway Traffic (FEDERAL MOSEL, ALGOMA SAULT, LE BELLOT)

Decent crop of relatively new vessels...
A red ship, blue ship, and a new ship.

The 2017-built FEDERAL MOSEL upbound for Oshawa



Always intrigued by the shape of the bow on some of these FedNav ships...

Optics of the curve...


Dwarfed by the mighty superstructure

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FEDERAL MOSEL disappearing in the distance
Always amazed at how the ships zig-zag through the channel



Shorebirds hunting for Crayfish



Waiting for the next ship, the downbound ALGOMA SAULT

Nothing in sight just yet...


The 2018-built ALGOMA SAULT

ALGOMA SAULT approaching


Downbound for Quebec City



Definitely has newer paint than some of her fleetmates (Especially the EQUINOX and HARVESTER)

Closeup of the bow




Upbound passenger vessel LE BELLOT meets the downbound ALGOMA SAULT

The two vessels meet in front of MacDonald Island


The 2020-built LE BELLOT

Passenger vessels like this are becoming more common on the Seaway.

Can just barely see the colors of the French flag

The two vessels had practically upbound lock times at Eisenhower and Iroquois. They met close to MacDonald Island. Specularing that it's approximately the "halfway point" between locks... Guessing an hour from their in either direction to the lock? Arrival time plus one hour and forty-five minutes?