In yesterday's post ( March 17 ) I noted the activity at Pier 9C where the Asian Empire sailed after delivering RoRo cargo, and Algoscotia moved from Imperial Oil to Pier 9C. The latter ship, on its usual route from Halifax to Sydney, NS and other ports such as Corner Brook and Sept-Iles delivering refined oil products, would not normally have a reason to go the Pier 9C, since that pier has no bulk liquid cargo facilities, and at present is nearly full of RoRo and wind farm tower sections.
This time however the ship was met by at least two tank trucks from GHL Inc, a Transforce / TFI International company based in Anjou, QC. That is quite near Imperial Oil's Montreal East refinery, so they were likely carrying some product most likely MDO (Marine Diesel Oil) to refuel the ship itself.
The ship was flying a red warning flag from the foremast (along with the Algoma company flag) to indicate it was working flammable material. Since there is no longer a bunkering barge in the port, ships rarely refuel here, but when they do it is usually with product from Irving Oil - a competitor of Imperial, and delivered by truck, usually to Pier 27-28.
At Pier 9B another Thorco ship, this time Thorco Liva, completed taking on cable racks and sailed this afternoon for Portsmouth, NH to load subsea fibreoptic cable direct from the SubCom factory in suburban Newington.
The ship arrived March 11 and loaded the racks in sections, which were then assembled in the ship's hold with the assistance of its own cranes. The ship, and several of its fleet mates have called here many times before, always to load the single use racks. What becomes of the racks after the cable is delivered is a mystery - they never seem to come back.
Built in 2012 by the family-owned Honda Shipyard in Saiki, Japan, Thorco Liva is a 13,110 gt, 16,901 dwt ship. It is fitted with portable pontoon tween decks and a pair of 50 tonne SWL capacity cranes.
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