Busy day on the St. Lawrence Seaway. Was able to catch ten of the sixteen vessels that transited the system.
There was pretty much (at least) one ship in view for the entire day.
Unexpected rain to start, water was considerably calm... Fog everywhere, could barely see any of the islands.
Happened to see a bright red dShip Carrier BRUCE when I got to the river.
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| BRUCE is downbound |
The ALGOMA NIAGARA had been anchored (along with G3 MARQUIS) off Ault Island at 4AM.
(The G3 MARQUIS was on my list for yesterday, but never materialized)
Figured it would be neat to see it today instead...
Missed the MARQUIS, but the ALGOMA NIAGARA was an unexpected surprise.
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| The ALGOMA NIAGARA made her way upbound |
Have another grey day (in December) with
pics of WHITEFISH BAY - although that day may have been a tad brighter -
and had cool sea smoke.
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| WHITEFISH BAY was downbound. |
Such a busy day in the channel that I'd completely forgotten about ALGOMA BUFFALO.
For
the second day in a row, got to see a couple of ships pass (or meet)
each other.
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| WHITEFISH BAY meets the ALGOMA BUFALO near Goose Neck Island Shoal. |
When
the ALGOMA BUFFALO passed by, she was travelling incredibly slow -
Seeming to indicate that she was waiting for other ship(s) to clear the
lock. Also noticed a "wind sock" on her self unloading boom.
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| ALGOMA BUFFALO upbound |
Anticipated another downbound ship in about an hour....
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| Downbound tanker DAMIA DESGAGNES. |
Another big green ship with a cool sounding one-word name...
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| Saltwater vessel RUDDY heading downbound. |
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| RUDDY appeared to anchor just off Ault Island. |
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| After swinging on her chain for a while, RUDDY continues eastbound. She's approaching the Eisenhower Lock, located several miles downriver. |
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| RUDDY departing the Wilson Hill Anchorage and back into the channel. It's unusual for me to ever see a ship at this angle. |
ALGOMA HANSA would also head to Ault Island and anchor there - However she spent the rest of the day there, presumably for crew rest, as she's often known to do.
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| The ALGOMA HANSA heading downriver |
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| Cement carrier NACC ARGONAUT upbound for Oshawa |
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| SPARTAN & SPARTAN II upbound for Detroit. |
After the SPARTAN tug & barge, was still waiting for PEYTON LYN C, hoping she hadn't been delayed. But there was a ship on the horizon...
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| ALGOMA HANSA anchored at Wilson Hill, just off Ault Island. PEYTON LYN C makes her way upbound navigating past Cat Island Shoal. |
Also encountered the downbound CANADIAN EMPRESS which appeared to arrive at Crysler Marina.
Was originally going to swing by Ault Island to see the HANSA at anchor... But couldn't resist continuing upriver to catch the bright red PEYTON LYN C.
Less than two hours before sunrise provided some spectacular colors.
First couple times I saw PEYTON LYN C, she had a large number of colorful containers visible... During this leg of her trip, she only had about one row of visible containers - Making her not look much like a container ship at all.
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| PEYTON LYN C with a lot more scuffs and scratches than the last time I saw her |