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 Over the last few days Irving Oil has had three tankers in quick succession at its Woodside terminal.

On Wednesday, September 20 it was the company tanker Acadian. (It arrived late Tuesday and anchored until Wednesday morning, when it went alongside.)  Meanwhile the Harbour Progress arrived Wednesday and anchored awaiting its turn. (The arriving autocarrier Morning Claire is in the background in this photo taken September 20):

A chemical tanker of 13,239 gt, 19,175 dwt, Harbour Progress was built in 2010 by the Yangfan Group in Zhoushan. Although built as Harbour Progress it was delivered as Nordtank Charcot but soon reverted back to Harbour Progress. 

The ship arrived from New York, but had previously been in Argentia, NL August 19, then went to Montreal (August 23), entered the St.Lawrence Seaway the next day and returned to Montreal August 27. It spent from September 3 to 17 in New York (some of that time was likely sitting out Hurricane Lee.) 

It moved from anchor to the Woodside terminal on Thursday September 21 and departed in the early hours of this morning (September 22) again for Montreal. It is likely carrying some special chemical components used in blending fuel.

On Thursday, September 21 another tanker, the Torm Cavatina*, arrived from Amsterdam and anchored offshore until the Harbour Progress sailed.

The ship is a MidRange type of 27,061 gt, 46,067dwt, built in 2010 by Brodotrogir in Trogir, Croatia. Launched as Siteam Ranger, it was delivered as Cavatina and renamed Team Cavatina in 2020. The ship was acquired by the Danish company Torm A/S in 2021, and is registered under the Danish International Register.

The Torm funnel marking was applied, but so far the ship has not acquired the unique burnt orange colour superstructure that identifies Torm tankers. The ship's colours are therefore still the same as previous owners Team Tankers International [previously Eitzen Chemical ASA] a longstanding Norwegian / Danish and Singapore (Siteam) tanker owner / operator.

In the photo, some of the mooring arrangements for Irving's Woodside terminal are visible. Both head and tail lines are run to mooring buoys and a line boat is needed when ships arrive and depart. Dominion Diving provides this service, including the skilled hands, who are usually trained divers.

[ * "Cavatina" is a slow operatic song, sometimes modified as a piano tune for early learners.]

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