Mignon

 The auto carrier Mignon made a double stop in Halifax today, first at Autoport to offload automobiles, then at Pier 9C for machinery. Classed as a Large Car and Truck Carrier (LCTC), three of its cargo decks, numbers 4, 6 and 8, are strengthened for heavy units. The three decks immediately above them are hoistable to allow for extra height cargo. Deck number 6 is the main cargo loading deck.

 The wind turbine tower sections that arrived last month are still stored on Pier 9C. 

[see the October 19 post]

The ship was built in 1999 by Daewoo Heavy Industries in Okpo, South Korea. Along with four sister ships it was lengthened in 2005 by Hyundai Vinashin in Ninh Hoa, Vietnam by the insertion of a new 28m midsection. The "elongation", as some websites call it, resulted in an increase in overall length from 199m to 227m. The corresponding increase in tonnage was 57,018 to 67,264 gt and 14,841 to 28,126 dwt. Car capacity thus increased from about 5,800 to 7,300 RT43.  

The ship's 125 tonne capacity stern ramp is skewed 27 degrees to starboard off the centre line and serves deck 6. The small side ramp, serving deck 7, is perpendicular to the ship's centre line.

 At Pier 9C the ship offloaded a variety of machinery.

The ship is operating on Wallenius Wilhelmsen's transatlantic route and arrived from Goteborg, Sweden and is carrying the usual array of forestry, mining, farming and other wheeled and unwheeled machinery. It will be sailing on to New York. As a Wallenius ship, it was once painted green and white. Due to the 2005 elongation, the large banner lettering on the ship's side is off centre.

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