When the Argentia Desgagnés was here in early May (see May 11) I titled the post "Seeing Double" because it was a rare event to see two Desgagnés ships in port at the same time. (Fleet mate Marcellin Desgagnés was the other ship.)
The rare event has occurred again as the Argentia Desgagnés, which arrived yesterday, was joined today by the Acadia Desgagnés.
The Argentia Desgagnés sailed from Pier 9C on May 16, but did not go far. It only went to an offshore anchorage, off Cow Bay, a little to the east of the usual offshore anchorages. Its AIS signal indicated "military exercises". (The former naval gunnery firing range at nearby Osborne Head, is now used for naval electronics testing. such as radar.)
The ship has returned to anchor inside the harbour.
The ship reflagged from Barbados to Canada during its previous visit and is due to sail tomorrow.
The other Desgagnés visitor is today's arrival (June 1) the Acadia Desgagnés, which tied up at Pier 9B. It was flagged out to Barbados on October 1, 2014 and has been working internationally. It was reported in Incheon, South Korea March 22, then Balboa, Panama May 12, Corpus Christi, TX, May 19 to 22 and Brownsville,TX, May 21 to 22. (It may also need to undergo a Canadian Food Inspection Agency examination before proceeding on to other Canadian ports.)
It is in port to shift back to Canadian flag, and to embark a Canadian crew. This afernoon a truck arrived with two cargo grab buckets of 8 cubic meters capacity each. It will also be entering the salt trade out of Pugwash, NS.
Acadia Desgagnés was built in 2013 by Shandong Baibuting Shipbuilding Co Ltd in Rongcheng, China. It was ordered as Montelena, but the name was changed during construction to BBT Ocean but was changed again before it was launched as Sider Tis. Transport Desgagnés took delivery and renamed the ship in Ravenna, Italy in March 2017 and it arrived in Shelburne, NS April 30, 2017. It was then refitted for Canadian service and registered in St.John's, NL, May 12, 2017. The ship registers 7875 grt, 10,936 dwt (11,353 at summer draft of 8.46m) with box shaped holds and a pair of cranes rated at 40 tonnes SWL. It can carry break bulk or bulk cargoes and is rated for containers totalling 164 TEU on deck.
The ship is not normally intended for northern supply work and has Lloyd's lowest ice class of 1D. However this year it is due to make one northern voyage for Desgagnés Transarctik sailing from Cote-Ste-Catherine, QC on August 22 for Deception Bay September 2 to 4 and Iqaluit September 6 to 9 and returning to Cote-Ste-Catherine September 16.
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