Re: Het Welland Canal.
Geplaatst: 19 sep 2016 00:32
Goed gezien Roy.
Het is de voormalige, HOLMSUND, MENOMINEE, gebouwd bij AB Lindholmens Varv at Gothenburg, in 1967.
Kathryn Spirit was built as Swedish-flag Holmsund in 1967 by AB Lindholmens Varv at Gothenburg, Sweden for SCA Transport, later SCA Transforest, the shipping arm of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget. Holmsund and her two sister ships Tunadal and Munksund were open hatch bulk carriers, with their own gantry cranes, designed for SCA's pulp and forest products exports, in a new integrated transport system utilising the company's own terminals.[3][5] Holmsund was operated by SCA for some 26 years and then sold to Swedish shipowner Gorthon Lines.
In 1997 Holmsund was sold to a Norwegian operator for service between the Great Lakes and Europe, and renamed Menominee.[1][6] McKeil Marine Ltd of Hamilton, Ontario purchased Menominee in 2006, renaming her Kathryn Spirit and transferring her to Canadian registry.[1]
She was primarily used for the transport of bulk commodities on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. In 2007 Kathryn Spirit became the first ship to be used to ship wheat from the Port of Churchill to another Canadian domestic port, Halifax, Nova Scotia.[7]
het schip ligt daar al sinds 2012.
In 2011, after a period of lay-up, Kathryn Spirit was sold to the Groupe St-Pierre for scrapping. The company decided that they would carry out the demolition at Beauharnois in the Greater Montreal Area, Quebec, on the shores of Lake Saint-Louis. The mayor of Beauharnois opposed the operation, even though it would take place in an area zoned for industry, due to fears about environmental pollution.[8] His concerns were shared by Member of Parliament Anne Minh-Thu Quach.[9][10]
In August 2012, in the face of continued opposition from the municipality, the Quebec Ministry of the Environment and environmental groups, the Groupe St-Pierre decided to withdraw from the demolition project and resold Kathryn Spirit to the Mexican company Reciclajes Ecológicos Marítimos.[11] The American-owned, Bolivian-flagged tug Craig Trans, built in 1944, was hired to tow her to Mexico, but was detained at Halifax by Transport Canada due to safety deficiencies and poor living conditions.[12] The tug's crew were later repatriated with charitable donations, and the tug arrested by creditors.[13]
By May 2013 there were further delays in the departure of Kathryn Spirit, due to water ingress, lack of survey for the voyage and other environmental concerns, and a fear that lower water levels might prevent her departure until 2014.[14] In January 2016 the condition of the ship, unmoved, had deteriorated to a serious extent, causing concern about potential pollution of the St. Lawrence River.[15] A committee made up of federal and provincial representatives suggested that the ship be broken up without moving the ship.
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wat de Montreal Gazette schrijft:
Government officials say an out-of-commission cargo ship languishing in Lac-St-Louis poses no immediate threat to the environment. Still, it would seem prudent to dispose of the rusting hulk — the sooner, the better.
The Kathryn Spirit, built in 1967, has been docked and decaying near Beauharnois for more than four years now. Concerns that it might leak toxic contaminants have been heightened by the recent bankruptcy of its Mexican owners. Equally worrisome, a local firm that had been hired to carry out minimal maintenance has abandoned the vessel, too, because it is no longer being paid.
The mayor of Beauharnois, Claude Haineault, says this is a recipe for an environmental disaster. Rain and snow are accumulating in the hold of the ship, and with all pumping operations stopped, he worries it might eventually capsize, releasing water tainted with oil and other pollutants into the lake and, by extension, the St. Lawrence River.
Aside from fears about risks to aquatic fauna and other wildlife — the area is designated as an environmentally protected zone — there are questions about the possible effects on Montreal’s drinking water. Mayor Denis Coderre is sufficiently concerned that he’s asked for a meeting with federal government officials. For his part, Haineault says he’s repeatedly urged Ottawa and the province to intervene, to no avail.
This week, the Quebec environment ministry suggested fears are exaggerated, saying there are no contaminants in “significant quantities” in the ship’s hold. The Canadian Coast Guard — which now has jurisdiction over the Kathryn Spirit — also played down possible risks. A spokesperson has been quoted as saying that the “majority of accessible pollutants” were removed in 2013, and the vessel is not discharging contaminants “in its current state.” If it does leak, she suggested, the Coast Guard will “respond immediately in order to contain and remove the pollutants.”
It’s difficult to see how waiting will help. This is not a problem that will go away on its own. Sooner or later, what’s left of the ship will have to be taken apart and sold for scrap, presumably after the ship is moved to a dry dock, to avoid the risk of a spill. The prospects of finding someone other than taxpayers to foot the bill seems unlikely, given that the previous owners are out of the country and bankrupt.
There are other risks to waiting. Haineault said the decrepit hulk has been the target of vandals, and given its precarious state, firefighters might not be able to board in the event of a blaze.
All the more reason to get the Kathryn Spirit out of there.
Het is de voormalige, HOLMSUND, MENOMINEE, gebouwd bij AB Lindholmens Varv at Gothenburg, in 1967.
Kathryn Spirit was built as Swedish-flag Holmsund in 1967 by AB Lindholmens Varv at Gothenburg, Sweden for SCA Transport, later SCA Transforest, the shipping arm of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget. Holmsund and her two sister ships Tunadal and Munksund were open hatch bulk carriers, with their own gantry cranes, designed for SCA's pulp and forest products exports, in a new integrated transport system utilising the company's own terminals.[3][5] Holmsund was operated by SCA for some 26 years and then sold to Swedish shipowner Gorthon Lines.
In 1997 Holmsund was sold to a Norwegian operator for service between the Great Lakes and Europe, and renamed Menominee.[1][6] McKeil Marine Ltd of Hamilton, Ontario purchased Menominee in 2006, renaming her Kathryn Spirit and transferring her to Canadian registry.[1]
She was primarily used for the transport of bulk commodities on the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway. In 2007 Kathryn Spirit became the first ship to be used to ship wheat from the Port of Churchill to another Canadian domestic port, Halifax, Nova Scotia.[7]
het schip ligt daar al sinds 2012.
In 2011, after a period of lay-up, Kathryn Spirit was sold to the Groupe St-Pierre for scrapping. The company decided that they would carry out the demolition at Beauharnois in the Greater Montreal Area, Quebec, on the shores of Lake Saint-Louis. The mayor of Beauharnois opposed the operation, even though it would take place in an area zoned for industry, due to fears about environmental pollution.[8] His concerns were shared by Member of Parliament Anne Minh-Thu Quach.[9][10]
In August 2012, in the face of continued opposition from the municipality, the Quebec Ministry of the Environment and environmental groups, the Groupe St-Pierre decided to withdraw from the demolition project and resold Kathryn Spirit to the Mexican company Reciclajes Ecológicos Marítimos.[11] The American-owned, Bolivian-flagged tug Craig Trans, built in 1944, was hired to tow her to Mexico, but was detained at Halifax by Transport Canada due to safety deficiencies and poor living conditions.[12] The tug's crew were later repatriated with charitable donations, and the tug arrested by creditors.[13]
By May 2013 there were further delays in the departure of Kathryn Spirit, due to water ingress, lack of survey for the voyage and other environmental concerns, and a fear that lower water levels might prevent her departure until 2014.[14] In January 2016 the condition of the ship, unmoved, had deteriorated to a serious extent, causing concern about potential pollution of the St. Lawrence River.[15] A committee made up of federal and provincial representatives suggested that the ship be broken up without moving the ship.
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wat de Montreal Gazette schrijft:
Government officials say an out-of-commission cargo ship languishing in Lac-St-Louis poses no immediate threat to the environment. Still, it would seem prudent to dispose of the rusting hulk — the sooner, the better.
The Kathryn Spirit, built in 1967, has been docked and decaying near Beauharnois for more than four years now. Concerns that it might leak toxic contaminants have been heightened by the recent bankruptcy of its Mexican owners. Equally worrisome, a local firm that had been hired to carry out minimal maintenance has abandoned the vessel, too, because it is no longer being paid.
The mayor of Beauharnois, Claude Haineault, says this is a recipe for an environmental disaster. Rain and snow are accumulating in the hold of the ship, and with all pumping operations stopped, he worries it might eventually capsize, releasing water tainted with oil and other pollutants into the lake and, by extension, the St. Lawrence River.
Aside from fears about risks to aquatic fauna and other wildlife — the area is designated as an environmentally protected zone — there are questions about the possible effects on Montreal’s drinking water. Mayor Denis Coderre is sufficiently concerned that he’s asked for a meeting with federal government officials. For his part, Haineault says he’s repeatedly urged Ottawa and the province to intervene, to no avail.
This week, the Quebec environment ministry suggested fears are exaggerated, saying there are no contaminants in “significant quantities” in the ship’s hold. The Canadian Coast Guard — which now has jurisdiction over the Kathryn Spirit — also played down possible risks. A spokesperson has been quoted as saying that the “majority of accessible pollutants” were removed in 2013, and the vessel is not discharging contaminants “in its current state.” If it does leak, she suggested, the Coast Guard will “respond immediately in order to contain and remove the pollutants.”
It’s difficult to see how waiting will help. This is not a problem that will go away on its own. Sooner or later, what’s left of the ship will have to be taken apart and sold for scrap, presumably after the ship is moved to a dry dock, to avoid the risk of a spill. The prospects of finding someone other than taxpayers to foot the bill seems unlikely, given that the previous owners are out of the country and bankrupt.
There are other risks to waiting. Haineault said the decrepit hulk has been the target of vandals, and given its precarious state, firefighters might not be able to board in the event of a blaze.
All the more reason to get the Kathryn Spirit out of there.