Name Baie St. Paul Port of registry Canada Completed September 2012 Draft 9 m | Operator Canada Steamship Lines Yard number 9301 Length 226 m | |
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Builder Chengxi Shipyard, Jiangyin | ||
Baie St. Paul is a Trillium-class lake freighter operated on the Great Lakes by the Canada Steamship Lines (CSL). The ship entered service in 2012.
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Design and description
Baie St. Paul has a gross tonnage of 24,430 tons and a deadweight tonnage of 37,690 tons according to the Miramar Ship Index. However, according to the CSL website, Baie St. Paul has the same gross tonnage but the ship has a deadweight tonnage of 34,500 tons. The vessel is 225.5 metres (739 ft 10 in) long overall with a beam of 23.76 metres (77 ft 11 in). The ship has a depth of 14.75 metres (48 ft 5 in) and a maximum draught of 9 metres (30 ft). The vessel has a crew of 15–18.
The freighter is powered by one IMO Tier III MAN B&W 6S50ME diesel engine driving one shaft creating 8,750 kilowatts (11,730 hp). The ship has five holds and has a capacity of 41,917.96 cubic metres (1,480,319 cu ft).
Service history
The vessel was built at the Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China with the yard number 9301. The ship was completed in September 2012, the first vessel in CSL's Trillium class. Her sister ships are Baie Comeau, Whitefish Bay and Thunder Bay. CSL asserted that the new vessels would be more efficient than existing vessels, and would leave less pollution.
CSL operated an earlier vessel called Baie St. Paul, launched in 1962. She was scrapped in 1995.