Re: Het Welland Canal.
Geplaatst: 19 jun 2017 02:38
Damia Desgagnés
New tanker Damia Desgagnés aground near Mariatown.
6/16 - Massena, N.Y. 3 p.m. update – St. Lawrence.
Seaway traffic is temporarily suspended until a ship that went aground Thursday evening near Iroquois Lock is back in the channel and continuing on its journey.
Andrew K. Bogora, communications officer for the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp., said the Damia Desgagnés, on her first trip up the Seaway, went aground Thursday night just east of Iroquois Lock because of a mechanical issue and, as of early afternoon Friday, was resting against the side of the channel.
“There’s no pollution observed and no injuries. The vessel currently has one tug on station and another tug is en route. Once the second tug arrives, they will simply pull the vessel back into the channel and it will be on its journey,” Bogora said. Until then, vessel traffic has been halted on the Seaway, he said.
“We are currently seeing higher water flow. In a typical season we would contemplate allowing ships to pass by. However, given the higher-than-usual water flows, we’re being extra cautious,” Bogora said. However, he added, the grounding had nothing to do with the high water flows.
“It was simply a mechanical issue,” he said.
The 442-foot-long vessel was built in Istanbul, Turkey, and is owned by Quebec-based Groupe Desgagnés. According to the company’s website, Damia Desgagnés is an asphalt tanker propelled by dual-fuel engines allowing the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG), marine diesel oil (MDO) or heavy fuel oil (HFO).
Meanwhile, the saltwater vessel Alina has made her way upbound at the Iroquois Lock, which has been closed since the tanker Chem Polaris struck a ship arrestor bar, damaging the cable within, on Thursday. The downbound Vikingbank and Baie St. Paul were still on the lock wall as of 2 p.m. Friday, as was Chem Polaris, as crews worked to repair the cable.
Watertown Daily Times
Damia Desgagnés
www.desgagnes.com
Damia Desgagnés undergoing inspection after being refloated
6/18 - The tanker Damia Desgagnés, which was freed Saturday morning after going aground Friday on the St. Lawrence River between Iroquois and Morrisburg, Ont., is docked at Johnstown, Ont., for inspection and possible engine repairs.
The grounding has been blamed on a mechanical problem. This is the new tanker’s maiden voyage in to the Seaway system. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the incident. The tugs Ocean Georgie Bain and Ocean Serge Genois pulled the vessel free and escorted her to the dock.
The tanker was traveling west from Montreal to the Lake Erie community of Nanticoke in Ontario when the engine failed, according to Serge Le Guellec, the president of Transport Desgagnés, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Quebec-based Group Desgagnés.
After the engine failed, the ship drifted and ended with its nose grounded on sand about three nautical miles east of Iroquois, Ont., Le Guellec said. The ship was carrying what he described as heavy fuel, but he said no spill has occurred.
een van de sleepboten bij het los trekken van de tanker.
New tanker Damia Desgagnés aground near Mariatown.
6/16 - Massena, N.Y. 3 p.m. update – St. Lawrence.
Seaway traffic is temporarily suspended until a ship that went aground Thursday evening near Iroquois Lock is back in the channel and continuing on its journey.
Andrew K. Bogora, communications officer for the St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corp., said the Damia Desgagnés, on her first trip up the Seaway, went aground Thursday night just east of Iroquois Lock because of a mechanical issue and, as of early afternoon Friday, was resting against the side of the channel.
“There’s no pollution observed and no injuries. The vessel currently has one tug on station and another tug is en route. Once the second tug arrives, they will simply pull the vessel back into the channel and it will be on its journey,” Bogora said. Until then, vessel traffic has been halted on the Seaway, he said.
“We are currently seeing higher water flow. In a typical season we would contemplate allowing ships to pass by. However, given the higher-than-usual water flows, we’re being extra cautious,” Bogora said. However, he added, the grounding had nothing to do with the high water flows.
“It was simply a mechanical issue,” he said.
The 442-foot-long vessel was built in Istanbul, Turkey, and is owned by Quebec-based Groupe Desgagnés. According to the company’s website, Damia Desgagnés is an asphalt tanker propelled by dual-fuel engines allowing the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG), marine diesel oil (MDO) or heavy fuel oil (HFO).
Meanwhile, the saltwater vessel Alina has made her way upbound at the Iroquois Lock, which has been closed since the tanker Chem Polaris struck a ship arrestor bar, damaging the cable within, on Thursday. The downbound Vikingbank and Baie St. Paul were still on the lock wall as of 2 p.m. Friday, as was Chem Polaris, as crews worked to repair the cable.
Watertown Daily Times
Damia Desgagnés
www.desgagnes.com
Damia Desgagnés undergoing inspection after being refloated
6/18 - The tanker Damia Desgagnés, which was freed Saturday morning after going aground Friday on the St. Lawrence River between Iroquois and Morrisburg, Ont., is docked at Johnstown, Ont., for inspection and possible engine repairs.
The grounding has been blamed on a mechanical problem. This is the new tanker’s maiden voyage in to the Seaway system. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating the incident. The tugs Ocean Georgie Bain and Ocean Serge Genois pulled the vessel free and escorted her to the dock.
The tanker was traveling west from Montreal to the Lake Erie community of Nanticoke in Ontario when the engine failed, according to Serge Le Guellec, the president of Transport Desgagnés, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Quebec-based Group Desgagnés.
After the engine failed, the ship drifted and ended with its nose grounded on sand about three nautical miles east of Iroquois, Ont., Le Guellec said. The ship was carrying what he described as heavy fuel, but he said no spill has occurred.
een van de sleepboten bij het los trekken van de tanker.