First voyage of the season
The CWB Marquis ship opens the St. Lawrence seaway with strong cargo volumes expected. The ship, laden with 29,000 tonnes of iron ore, will be followed through the locks by two new vessels. Canada Steamship Lines, a Montreal company, operates 21 ships built for the Seaway. Photos by Christinne Muschi at the Port of Montreal for The Globe and Mail.
A crew member watches as supplies are loaded onto CSL St-Laurent at the Port of Montreal. Canada Steamship Lines, a Montreal company operates 21 ships built for the Seaway.
Algoma Central Corporation's, CWB Marquis (L) CSL St-Laurent (C) and CSL Welland docked at the Port of Montreal. The CWB Marquis laden with 29,000 tonnes of iron ore will be followed through the locks by two new vessels.
A crew member does last minute inspections on the bridge in Algoma Central Corp.'s CWB Marquis docked at the Port of Montreal. For CWB, the season marks its first as a shipowner. Another vessel, named the CWB Strongfield, will arrive from China in the coming weeks and it, too, will join a pool operated by Algoma Central Corp.
The stairs leading up to the bridge on Algoma Central Corp.'s CWB Marquis docked at the Port of Montreal.
Algoma Central Corporation's, CWB Marquis (R) seen docked in front of CSL St-Laurent at the Port of Montreal. April 2 marks the start of a season that is expected to see strong cargo volumes.
A view of the front deck of CSL St-Laurent seen from the bridge while docked at the Port of Montreal.
A crew member walks past the five cylinder engine in Algoma Central Corporation's, CWB Marquis docked at the Port of Montreal. The CWB Marquis is named for an old variety of wheat.
A view of the deck from a porthole on CSL St-Laurent docked at the Port of Montreal.
CSL St-Laurent docked at the Port of Montreal. The Seaway’s shipping season was delayed one week by ice throughout the 3,700-kilometre trade route that links North America’s industrial and agricultural core with markets in Europe and Africa.
Ian White (L) president and CEO of the CWB (Canadian Wheat Board) poses outside their ship with Algoma Central Corp.'s Captain Seann O'Donoughue on the deck of CWB Marquis at the Port of Montreal.