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  • Ship, Group of 14 at Anchor

    Ship, Group of 14 at Anchor

    TYPE: 6 lakers and 8 salties

    DATE: October 28, 2023

    LOCATION: Lake Ontario (anchorage off St. Catharines)

    STORY: There was a Seaway strike so ships started collecting at the north and south anchorages off the Welland Canal. Here I document the Group of Fourteen on the Northern Anchorage, St. Catharines.

    Group of 14 ships at Welland Canal
    Group of 14

    SHIP PHOTOS ONE BY ONE (Top Left to Bottom Right):

    SHIPTYPEGROSS TONNAGE
    John D. LeitchLaker (Bulk Carrier)22,080 Tons
    Whitefish BayLaker (Bulk Carrier)24,430 Tons
    Ocean CastleSaltie (Bulk Carrier)18,825 Tons
    Baie ComeauLaker (Bulk Carrier)24,430 Tons
    BBC Edge
    Manitoulin
    Algoma Guardian
    Sunda
    GreenwingSaltie (Bulk Carrier)1,8311 Tons
    Harbour Fountain
    Northern Spirit
    Hinch SpiritSaltie (Chemical/Oil Tanker)8,660 Tons
    Federal Kumano
    Lyulin

    Sweeping left to right, showing all 14 ships

    All ship photos on this site are strictly Ⓒ Copyright Paul Singer. All rights reserved.

  • Ship, WHITEFISH BAY

    Ship, WHITEFISH BAY

    One of the “Group of Fourteen.”

    Featured image photo: Panasonic, 372 mm, 1/640 s, F/5.6, ISO 100

    IMO: 9639880

    TYPE: bulk carrier (self discharging); laker (as opposed to a “saltie”)

    TONS: 24430

    LENGTH: 225 m

    DATE: October 28, 2023

    LOCATION: Lake Ontario (anchorage off St. Catharines)

    DESTINATION: Back and forth in the Great Lakes.

    RECENT PORTS:

    Whitefish Bay

    WHERE WAS SHE ON? x Today: per VesselFinder.

    All ship photos on this site are strictly Ⓒ Copyright Paul Singer. All rights reserved.

  • Ship, JOHN D. LEITCH

    Ship, JOHN D. LEITCH

    One of the “Group of Fourteen.”

    Featured image photo: Panasonic, 786 mm, 1/1000 s, F/5.6, ISO 100

    IMO: 6714586

    TYPE: bulk carrier (self discharging); laker (as opposed to a “saltie”)

    TONS: 22080

    LENGTH: 223 m

    DATE: October 28, 2023

    LOCATION: Lake Ontario (anchorage off St. Catharines)

    DESTINATION: Back and forth in the Great Lakes.

    RECENT PORTS:

    John D Leitch (Canon 250 mm, 1/320 sec, F/7.1, ISO 100)

    WHERE WAS SHE ON? x Today: per VesselFinder.

    All ship photos on this site are strictly Ⓒ Copyright Paul Singer. All rights reserved.

  • Ship, OCEAN CASTLE 2 (Revisited)

    Ship, OCEAN CASTLE 2 (Revisited)

    One of the “Group of Fourteen.”

    MAIN POST FOR OCEAN CASTLE IS HERE!

    Featured image photo: Panasonic, 681 mm, 1/600 s, F/6.3, ISO 100

    IMO: 9315537

    TYPE: bulk carrier; saltie (as opposed to a “laker”)

    TONS: 18825

    LENGTH: 185 m

    DATE: October 28, 2023

    LOCATION: Lake Ontario (anchorage off St. Catharines)

    DESTINATION: Thunder Bay, then back through the Seaway to Gibraltar, followed by Alger (Algeria)

    RECENT PORTS:

    Ocean Castle
    Ocean Castle (with Toronto in background). Ship was shot at a distance of several miles.

    WHERE WAS SHE ON? x Today: per VesselFinder.

    All ship photos on this site are strictly Ⓒ Copyright Paul Singer. All rights reserved.