This morning the tug TENACIOUS shifted from her berth in front of the WITTE 4003 and turned around, securing in the notch of the barge and lashing up to it. The crew of the tug TENACIOUS reports that they are waiting on paperwork and expect to depart sometime on Wednesday.
JAMES A. HANNAH and barge HANNAH 5101 passed on waiting weather in Erie, choosing to press on toward her final destination of the Nicholson Dock in Detroit (Ecorse), Michigan, in ballast from Tracy, Quebec. The duo had spent all day Sunday and much of Monday waiting weather in Port Colborne, Ontario so the crew probably decided it was better to keep going.
Bahamian-registered bulker DAVIKEN is due in Montreal, Quebec at around 0500 on Friday. After unloading for a day, she'll sail for Erie, where she'll arrive sometime on Tuesday, November 27 with cargo from Antwerp, Belgium.
Former Erie visitor CALUMET arrived at Wharf 12 of the Welland Canal in Port Colborne, Ontario, on Monday morning so that employees of her owner, Lower Lakes Towing Company, can remove equipment from the 1929-built vessel before it heads for the scrapper's torch in Port Colborne.
One year ago today I launched Erie Shipping News. Since that first post, I've added 203 more, along with more photos than I'm willing to count right now. And along the way I've met a lot of great people. I'd like to thank everyone who has made this possible for me: Eric Guerrein and his staff at Lakeshore Towing, Ned Smith and the staff at Erie Shipbuilding, and Rich Pompeani and his staff at Great Lakes Electrical Services, along with every other contributor and viewer of this blog. And lastly, I'd like to thank my family for their constant support and encouragement.
TENACIOUS secured in the stern of the WITTE 4003.
Bow view of the WITTE 4003 and TENACIOUS
Stern view.
A crane from Erie Shipbuilding lifts one of the chains on the bow of the WITTE 4003 onto the deck of the barge.
CALUMET, downbound out of Lock 8 of the Welland Canal, passes the JAMES A. HANNAH and barge on Monday.
The classic CALUMET.
Stern view of the CALUMET.
A short distance north of Lock 8 in the Canal, the CALUMET turns around to head back upbound to Wharf 12.
Heading to the layup dock.
Stern view of the CALUMET.
Letting off steam from the winches and machinery and pumping off ballast for the last time.
This is the last dock the CALUMET will ever secure to under her own power.
Three other vessels in the Welland Canal on Monday have previously called on Erie. The upbound ALGONORTH visited Erie on July 8, 1997, when it docked at the West Slip for a tour by the governors of Great Lakes states. The conference, held in Erie that year, was hosted by then-Governor Tom Ridge and the ALGONORTH was here to show off a prototype ballast water filtering system.
The tugs DONALD C. HANNAH and JAMES A. HANNAH have both waited weather in Erie in the past. The DONALD C. HANNAH was the most recent one, having last visited Erie on December 30 and 31, 2004, when it docked at the Mountfort Terminal.
JAMES A. HANNAH waiting at Wharf 12.
Stern view.
DONALD C. HANNAH pushing a barge upbound at Allenburg, Ontario.
ALGONORTH upbound.
