Name Whitefish Bay Port of registry Canada Completed May 2013 Length 226 m Builder Jiangyin | Operator Canada Steamship Lines Yard number 9303 Identification IMO number 9639880 Draft 9 m | |
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Whitefish Bay is a self-unloading lake freighter the entered service with Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) in 2013. The vessel is the third of CSL's Trillium-class ships. Her sister ships are Baie Comeau, Baie St. Paul and Thunder Bay.
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Design and description
According to the Miramar Ship Index Whitefish Bay has a gross tonnage (GT) of 24,430 and a 37,690 metric tons deadweight (DWT). However, on the CSL website, the ship is stated as having a GRT of 24,430 and DWT of 34,500 tons.
Whitefish Bay is 225.5 metres (739 ft 10 in) long overall with a beam of 23.76 metres (77 ft 11 in). Whitefish Bay has a maximum draught of 9 metres (30 ft). The ship 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 is equipped with five holds and has a net hold capacity of 41,917.96 cubic metres (1,480,319 cu ft). The vessel has an average unloading rate of 5,450 tonnes (5,360 long tons; 6,010 short tons) per hour. CSL asserts that the new vessels will be more efficient than existing vessels, and will leave less pollution.
Construction and career
Whitefish Bay was constructed at the Chengxi shipyard in Jiangyin, China with the yard number 9303. The ship was completed in May 2013. Comedian Rick Mercer broadcast a recording of his visit to Whitefish Bay as it transited the lowest lock on the Welland Canal.
The ship went aground on 12 July 2016 at Hamilton Island in the Saint Lawrence Seaway east of Cornwall, Ontario while carrying a load of coal. According to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the ship suffered a massive power failure, which caused it to run aground. The ship was refloated on 14 July with the aid of tugboats and was to be taken to Saint-Zotique, Quebec for inspection.