McKeil Spirit
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The McKeil Spirit is a freighter operated by McKeil Marine.[1] She was originally an ocean-going vessel, but, in the late 2010s she was converted to serve as a dedicated cement carrier, intended to operate on the Great Lakes.
McKeil converted her to replace the Stephen B. Roman, which carried cement from Picton, Ontario, to Toronto, Rochester, and other great lakes ports.[1][2] The freighters are shorter and shallower than seawaymax freighters, so they could moor in smaller ports.
According to Rochester First, when she made her first trip of the yeat to Rochester, in 2021, the captain had to put the ship into reverse when the lift-bridge at the mouth of Rochester's Genesee River failed to rise.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Steve Orr (2018-12-24). "The Stephen B Roman, a fixture on Lake Ontario and the Genesee, has been scrapped". Democrat and Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2020-01-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129112121/https://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2018/12/24/stephen-b-roman-ship-visited-rochester-30-years-no-more/2404638002/. Retrieved 2022-01-21. "Jeff Sieg, a spokesman for Texas-based Lehigh Hanson Inc., which owns the cement plant near Turning Point Park, verified that the McKeil Spirit had replaced the Roman on the Picton-Rochester run."
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 John Kucko (2021-03-21). "Canadian freighter McKeil Spirit makes 1st trip of 2021 into Rochester". Rochester First. https://www.rochesterfirst.com/kucko-camera/canadian-freighter-the-mckeil-spirit-makes-1st-trip-into-of-2021-into-rochester/. Retrieved 2022-01-21. "News 8’S John Kucko pulled out the drone to catch this 459 foot long freighter on its wait into the Genesee River."
