Casualty – Oldest Laker CUYAHOGA Catches Fire – 15.03.2024
Around 1400 hrs Canada time of Friday 15th March, 2024 , the oldest laker that sails the Great Lakes – CUYAHOGA caught fire which a preliminary investigation found the cause to be welding, which ignited paint on the inside of the cargo hold and took about three hours to put out. According to the USCG […]
Ships from Canada – 1907 built steamship KEEWATIN
The world’s last Edwardian (TITANIC era) passenger steamship KEEWATIN was underway to her new home last Friday 28th April, 2023. She was built in 1907 by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Glasglow, Scotland as yard number 453. She was one of 3,800 similar ships built from 1900 to 1920 and is the same […]
Cruise Liner News – VIKING OCTANTIS maiden call at Port Colborne, Canada – 01.05.2022
On Sunday 1st May, 2022 the 378 passenger capacity ship VIKING OCTANTIS stopped in Port Colborne, Canada during her inaugural voyage in the Great Lakes. She is the first of two new purpose-built expedition ships from the Viking Cruise Line . She features a fleet of military pro zodiacs designed for professional use, a fleet […]
Cruise Liners – VICTORY I
VICTORY I built in 2001 by Atlantic Marine, USA is the former SAINT LAURENT trading until 2015 of which was initially owned by the company Haimark Line (subsidiary of the luxury river cruise tour operator Haimark Travel). Haimark declared bankruptcy in the end of 2015. Currently, the ship is owned by Clipper Group and chartered to Victory […]
Ships from Canada – Great Lakes Ship CUYAHOGA
The second oldest Canadian registered to date on the Great Lakes is the CUYAHOGA. she’s the sole survivor of the A1 class of Maritimers This “L6-S-A1” type (more commonly known as “Maritimer” class) steel bulk freighter was built in 1943 at an approximate cost of $1.97 million by the American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH […]
New Algoma Ship arrived in Canada. The ALGOMA NIAGARA, the first of two new Equinox class self-unloading lake bulk carriers from a Chinese shipyard arrived earlier during the early days of November 2017 after making her two-month journey to Canada according to its owner, Algoma Central Corp. The ALGOMA NIAGARA is the first of two […]
