The tug W.N.Twolan which arrived in Halifax December 12 [see post of that date]with its barge NT 1802 finally sailed Sunday January 8. Once again it did so without pilot, despite the barge exceeding 1000 gross tons. The tug was in port to load some components for the McInnis Cement facility on Port Daniel, QC.
The cargo was loaded at PSA Fairview Cove, but the process was barely visible from any shoreside vantage point. Several cranes were employed initially, but the very large red crane in the photo above was not one of them. It is employed in dismantling the smallest of the container cranes.
It is possible that the presence of the ship Rosaire A. Desgagnés at Fairview Cove at the same time might be connected in some way to the McInnis cargo, but I have no inside info. [see previous post]
Today January 9 there was another departure for Quebec.
The Oslo Bulk 1 arrived from New Haven, CT on January 7 and anchored offshore until this morning when it came alongside Pier 28. It appears to have taken on bunkers from trucks and did not handle any cargo. It sailed mid-afternoon for Quebec City. It is rather small for the usual bulk carriers calling at that port, so bears watching for future developments.
The ship was built as Oslo Bulk 1 in 2010 by Jiangsu Yangzijiang in Jiangyin and is a 5629 gt, 8040 dwt vessel fitted with two 25 tonne cranes. It also carries its own grabs for bulk cargo. It was renamed Corral from 2010 to 2012, then reverrted to its orginal and current name. The ship is termed a "single deck, open hatch, boxy bulker". In other words the ship has no 'tween decks, its hatches are the same size as its holds, which are generally box shaped. Its three holds have ventilation and the ship can carry 109 (empty) TEU containers on deck or 48 x 20 ft @ 14 tonnes, or 24 x 40 ft @24 tonnes loaded containers on deck.
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