Yard number 231 Status in active service Draft 8.8 m | Completed June 1985 Launched 18 April 1985 | |
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Name Paterson (1985-2002)Pineglen (2002-present) Identification IMO number 8409331 8409331 | ||
Ship pineglen at glendale lift bridge welland canal
Pineglen is a bulk carrier owned and operated by Canada Steamship Lines. She was built at the Collingwood Shipyards, in Collingwood, Ontario in 1985, to a single superstructure lake freighter design. Initially named Paterson, the vessel was sold to Canada Stemship Lines in 2002 and renamed. Unlike more modern lake freighters she was built to a "straight-deck" design -- ie. she was not equipped with a self-unloading boom.
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- Ship pineglen at glendale lift bridge welland canal
- 2016 10 12 1835h whitefish bay meeting pineglen
- Design and description
- Career
- References
2016 10 12 1835h whitefish bay meeting pineglen
Design and description
Pineglen is a bulk carrier that is 20,370 gross register tons (GRT) and 32,713 long tons deadweight (DWT). The vessel is 224.5 metres (736 ft 7 in) long overall and 218.5 metres (716 ft 10 in) long between perpendiculars and has a beam of 23.2 metres (76 ft 1 in). The ship has a maximum draught of 8.8 metres (28 ft 10 in). The vessel has four holds with a net capacity of 42,169 cubic metres (1,489,200 cu ft). She is powered by a single diesel engine, which drives a single variable pitch propeller, which can propel the ship at 13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph).
Career
The ship was built for N.M. Paterson & Sons Limited, and was the last vessel to be built at the Collingwood Shipyards. The vessel was launched on 18 April 1985 and completed in June. N.M. Paterson operated her as Paterson from her first voyage on 27 June 1985, until March 2002.. In 2002 N.M. Paterson sold Paterson and the other two last active vessels in their fleet, Cartierdoc and Mantadoc to Canada Steamship Lines. Following the ship's transfer, the vessel was renamed Pineglen. The vessel has mainly carried grain on eastbound voyages and iron ore on westbound voyages.
Pineglen under the command of Captain Feroze Irani was presented with the ceremonial top hat at Lock 3, for being the first vessel to transit the Welland Canal, the westernmost part of the Saint Lawrence Seaway, when it officially opened for its 176th consecutive year of service on 23 May 2005. She was the last vessel to use the Saint Lawrence Seaway in 2007. She was the first vessel to transit Snell Lock in 2012.