Algoscotia's replacement

 The tanker Qikiqtaaluk W. from the Coastal Shipping Ltd fleet has been brought in as a temporary replacement for the Algoscotia.

The Algoma Tankers' Algoscotia operates from Imperial Oil's Dartmouth terminal to ports in eastern Canada. It departed Sydney, NS on May 10 and is en route to Viana do Castelo, Portugal where it will be fitted with a new Ballast Water Treatment System (BWTS) at the West Sea Viana Shipyard. Fleet mate Algocanada received the new Teramtech BWTS system at the same shipyard last year. 

Built in 2004 by the Jiangnan Shipyard Group at the Qiuxin yard in Shanghai, the 13,352 grt, 18,610 dwt double hulled Algoscotia will also undergo a general refit and twenty-year survey.

Its stand-in, Qikiqtaaluk W. , usually serves far north ports in the summer months and trades internationally for the remainder of the year. This year it operated under the Marshall Islands flag from January 1 to  April 1 when it returned to Canadian flag. Since then it has ranged as far afield as Nanticoke and Sarnia, ON with delivery to Sept-Iles, QC. It arrived in Halifax May 5 and anchored until May 8 when it moved alongside Imperial Oil. It sailed early today, May 10, for Sydney, NS.  

Built in 2011 by Ikdas in Biga, Turkey as the Icdas-11 the ship is a 13,097 gt, 19,998 dwt vessel and was acquired as "nearly new" by Coastal Shipping Ltd the same year. The name "Qikiqtaaluk" refers to a region in Nunavut that incorporates much of the eastern arctic, particularly Baffin Island, for which Qikiqtaalauk is the traditional name in the Inuktitut language. The "W" refers to the Woodward family, owners of the Woodward Group of Companies, parent of Coastal Shipping and based in Happy Valley - Goose Bay, NL. 

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