McKeil Spirit

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The McKeil Spirit in her homeport of Picton, Ontario.

The McKeil Spirit is a freighter operated by McKeil Marine.[1] She was originally an ocean-going vessel, but, in 2017, she was converted to serve as a dedicated cement carrier, intended to operate on the Great Lakes.[2]

She was built, in the Netherlands, as the Ardito.[2]

McKeil converted her to replace the Stephen B. Roman, which carried cement from Picton, Ontario, to Toronto, Rochester, and other great lakes ports.[1][3][4] 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.[3]

References

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 "McKeil Spirit: IMO 9347023". boatnerd. Archived from the original on 2020-01-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20201105010132/https://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/McKeilSpirit.htm. Retrieved 2022-01-21. "The former saltwater cargo vessel Ardita was acquired by McKeil Marine in early 2016 from Setramar, based in Ravenna, Italy." 
  3. 3.0 3.1 John Kucko (2021-03-21). "Canadian freighter McKeil Spirit makes 1st trip of 2021 into Rochester". Rochester First. Archived from the original on 2021-11-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20211106015936/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." 
  4. "Icebreaking tugs in Bay of Quinte and Picton Bay". Belleville Intelligencer. 2021-03-08. Archived from the original on 2021-06-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20210608215818/https://www.intelligencer.ca/news/local-news/icebreaking-tugs-in-bay-of-quinte-and-picton-bay. Retrieved 2022-01-21. "The McKeil Spirit is a Canadian-flagged cement carrier, owned and operated by McKeil Marine Limited. She measures just under 140 metres in length and is 21 metres wide."