List of Ships Seen December 2022

ALGOMA STRONGFIELD
ALGOMA GUARDIAN
FEDERAL HUDSON
SCOT BREMEN
FEDERAL SETO
ALGOMA EQUINOX

Seaway Traffic (FEDERAL HUDSON, SCOT BREMEN, FEDERAL SETO, ALGOMA EQUINOX)

Mix of sun and cloud... With the closing of the Seaway season, decided to take one last trip to the river in hopes of capturing some color off the hull of a few vessels.

Early in the morning, the AIS map indicated that there were three vessels crossing Lake Ontario, due to arrive in Iroquois by the afternoon. The "surprise ship" of the day was the FEDERAL HUDSON, suddenly appearing in the channel, heading downbound after loading at Johnstown.



FEDERAL HUDSON (built 2000)

The stern

The bow

Heading out of the lock

Big red ship navigating the channel

Ice on the lock wall

SCOT BREMEN (built 2003)

Had previously seen one of the SCOT tankers in the fall, but the glare made it impossible to get a good look at the vessel. Two of these tankers each took a single trip through the Seaway in 2022.

Wanted to get up close to take a look at the unusual exhaust system on either side of the superstructure.

The approach

Re-named in 2015, previous name: WAPPEN VON BREMEN

A look at the unusual stern

Smoke from the exhaust

FEDERAL SETO (built 2004)

Lots of mud on the anchor

Departing the lock

Crewmen outside on the bridge wing

Out on the open water

ALGOMA EQUINOX (built 2013)

It's possible that the ALGOMA EQUINOX has crossed my path more times than any other vessel in 2022. Have seen this one at least nine times this season...

Filling the lock

The bow

The superstructure

The "smokestack" with a man door

Sailing away

A couple ships I've never seen - Plus a FedNav ship that I had only seen once from a distance...
Plus a vessel I'd previously seen just once, along with a final ship that's become quite familiar...

ALGOMA STRONGFIELD

Figured the accumulated snowfall would prevent me from getting too close to the river...
Luckily, the snow had compressed enough to check out the 2017-built ALGOMA STRONGFIELD.

Very calm and glassy... Almost no wind, and barely below zero. Wearing a fall jacket on the dawn of winter.

This time last year, there were dozens of people at the Iroquois Lock. Today, the place was deserted, save for delivery vans and workers clearing snow from the sides of the lock.

Saw the ship's exhaust from above the treeline, so I knew she was getting close...

Here she comes!

The bow

The stern

The superstructure

The bridge

With impeccable efficiency, the vessel eased into the lock, quicker than I've ever seen a SeawayMax vessel perform the feat.

Hats off to the hands at the helm who made the job look easy!

2022 Seaway Photo Yearbook...

The Unofficial 2022 Seaway Photo Yearbook

Front cover:
ALGOMA CONVEYOR

Ships of the St. Lawrence River

Putting the finishing touches on this year's album...
An exhaustive collection of Seaway ships from the 2022 season.

Over 70 bound pages, featuring full-color original photographs of approximately 80 domestic and foreign vessels.

Blue-hulled ALGOMA CONVEYOR gracing on the front cover, with FEDERAL CARIBOU majestically sailing away on the back.









Some of the inside pages:

CSL ASSINIBOINE, TUNDRA, PEYTON LYNN C

IRDYA, JANIS, ALGOMA HARVESTER, FEDERAL LEDA, CCGS GRIFFON

ALGOMA COMPASS, CANADIAN EMPRESS, ALGOMA INTREPID

OCEAN NAVIGATOR, FEDERAL MAYUMI, ALGOMA COMPASS, CAPE

Back cover:
FEDERAL CARIBOU