Pineglen
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The Pineglen is a bulk carrier owned and operated by Canada Steamship Lines.[1] She was built at the Collingwood Shipyards, in Collingwood, Ontario in 1984, to a single superstructure lake freighter design. Unlike more modern lake freighters she was built to a "straight-deck" design -- ie. she was not equipped with a self-unloading boom.
She was built for N.M. Paterson & Sons Limited, and was the last vessel to be built at the Collingwood Shipyards.[1] N.M. Paterson operated her as the Paterson from her first voyage on June 27, 1985, until March 2002. In 2002 N.M. Paterson sold the Paterson and the two other vessels in their fleet, the Cartierdoc and Mantadoc to Canada Steamship Lines, which renamed her the Pineglen
She is powered by a single diesel engine, which drives a single variable pitch propeller, which can propel her at 15 knots.[1]
The vessel has mainly carried grain on eastbound voyages and iron ore on westbound voyages.[1]
The Pineglen's captain was awarded the traditional top hat in 2005, for being the first vessel to transit the Welland Canal in 2005.[2] She was the last vessel to use the St Lawrence Seaway in 2007.[3] She was the first vessel to transit Snell Lock in 2012.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 {{cite news | url = http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/pineglen.htm | title = Pineglen: (Paterson 1985 - 2002) | publisher = boatnerd | author = George Wharton | date = | page = | location = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140703050305/http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/pineglen.htm | archivedate = 2014-07-03 | accessdate = 2015-01-01 | deadurl = No | quote = The keel for this modern Great Lakes bulk freighter was laid on Nov. 5, 1984 at Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON as their hull # 231 and was launched on April 18, 1985 for N.M. Paterson & Sons Ltd. as the Paterson (2).
- ↑ "ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY OPENS FOR BUSINESS TODAY". St Catherines, Ontario: St Lawrence Seaway Corporation. 2005-03-23. Archived from the original on 2013-12-22. https://web.archive.org/web/20131222230646/http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/news/press-releases/pr20050323a.html. Retrieved 2015-01-01. "Captain Feroze Irani of the MV Pineglen was presented with the ceremonial top hat at Lock 3 this morning, when the Welland Canal, the westernmost part of the St. Lawrence Seaway, officially opened for its 176th consecutive year of service."
- ↑ "2007 Navigation Season comes to a close". St Lawrence Seaway Corporation. 2008. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606060829/http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/pdf/slsdc_newsletter_winter_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2015-01-01. "This ship officially closed the Montreal-Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence Seaway ending the binational waterway’s 48th navigation season at 283 days."
- ↑ "Seaway 2012 opening and outlook". St Lawrence Seaway Corporation. 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-06-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20130606060829/http://www.greatlakes-seaway.com/en/pdf/slsdc_newsletter_winter_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2015-01-01. "The first ship to transit the U.S. locks in Massena was Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) PINEGLEN as it entered Snell Lock at 10:51 p.m. March 22nd."
