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| A former FedNav vessel (likely FEDERAL PATRIOT) downbound on the Seaway June 6, 2008 |
Without cargo ships to watch on the St. Lawrence River for several weeks, I found myself digging through some old archives to locate photos of former Seaway vessels.
Did not have a name to go with this ship, but thankfully shipfax.blogspot.com pointed me in the right direction. Learned that the photo was likely FEDERAL PIONEER or one of her sisters.
Leaning towards the vessel being FEDERAL PATRIOT, especially considering she had been in the St. Lawrence Seaway System at the time: http://www.1000islandimages.com/federalpatriot.html
Another specific detail was her YELLOW crane rest.
Many of the other vessels had a RED structure instead.
Some of the sisters also did not have the "FEDERAL" name prefix at the time.
FEDERAL PATRIOT (formerly BBC RUSSIA, ATLANTIC PROGRESS, HAL PATRIOT, ATLANTIC PATRIOT)
IMO: 9223904
Built: 2003 (has YELLOW crane rest)
(now sailing as MSC SUN F)
SISTER SHIPS:
FEDERAL POWER (formerly SEABOARD POWER, ATLANTIC POWER)
(has red crane rest with yellow ladder)
(became FEDERAL POWER until 2007-2013)
IMO: 9190119
Built: 2000
(now sailing as MSC ADA F)
FEDERAL PENDANT (ATLANTIC PENDANT, BBC KOREA, HAL PENDANT)
IMO: 9223899
Built 2003
(has RED crane rest)
(now sailing as SSL SABARIMALAI)
FEDERAL PIONEER (formerly SEABOARD PIONEER, CCNI TUMBES, ATLANTIC PIONEER, ONEGO PIONEER)
IMO: 9190080
Built: 1999
(has RED crane rest)
(now sailing as SEA XPRESS)
This would have been (at least) the third FEDERAL PIONEER on FedNav's history:
Another vessel sailed as FEDERAL PIONEER from 1981-1985 (built 1970 as CARL GORTHON and eventually became CECELIA DESGAGNES).
Back in 1946 the company actually named their very first vessel "FEDERAL PIONEER" (formerly BELL PARK)
FEDERAL PRIDE (formerly ATLANTIC PRIDE, SEABOARD ROVER, SEABOARD CHILE II, HAL PRIDE, ATLANTIC PROGRESS, OSLO WAVE 2)
IMO: 9190107
Built 2000
(has RED crane rest, did not become FEDERAL PRIDE until 2010)
(now sailing as POLA DUDINKA)