CSL Tadoussac
 CSL Tadoussac shortly after colliding with a mooring on the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name: | CSL Tadoussac |
| Owner: | Canada Steamship Lines |
| Operator: | Canada Steamship Lines |
| Builder: | Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario |
| Yard number: | 192 |
| Laid down: | 25 June 1968 |
| Launched: | 29 May 1969 |
| Completed: | October 1969 |
| Identification: | IMO:6918716 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Bulk carrier/Lake freighter |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | 22.9 m (75 ft 2 in) |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft, diesel engine |
| Speed: | 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) |
CSL Tadoussac is lake freighter currently operated by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL), on the North American Great Lakes. She was launched in 1969.[1] Initially named Tadoussac, following her refit in 2001, she was renamed CSL Tadoussac.[2] She was the last freighter built for CSL in the traditional two superstructure design, which puts her bridge up in the ship's bow. She was designed and built with a self-unloading boom and self-unloading hoppers. Her boom pivots from her aft superstructure.
Description
CSL Tadoussac has a gross register tonnage of 20,634 tons and a deadweight tonnage of 29,262 tons. The ship is 222.6 metres (730 ft 4 in) long overall and 218.9 metres (718 ft 2 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 22.9 metres (75 ft 2 in).[2]
CSL Tadoussac is propelled by one shaft powered by a diesel engine. This gives the ship a maximum speed of 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph).[2]
Construction and service history
The vessel was built at Collingwood Shipyards in Collingwood, Ontario.[1][2] The vessel's keel was laid on 25 June 1968 and Tadoussac was launched on 29 May 1969.[2] Her launch was marred by an accident that released the vessel 15 minutes early. Two workers died and 35 were injured. The ship was completed in October 1969.[2]
On the eve of the fifteenth anniversary of the sinking of SS Edmund Fitzgerald, 10 November 1990, Tadoussac lost power in a serious storm off Whitefish Point, in Lake Superior.[1] Edmund Fitzgerald was lost off Whitefish Point.
On 28 July 1998 Tadoussac ran aground on a sandbank off of Detroit in Lake Erie.[1]
Tadoussac was sent to Port Weller Shipyards in December 2000, for a $20 million CAD conversion.[1] CSL initiated the conversion to comply with contractual obligations to clients in the cement clinker and iron ore trades. She was widened; her self-unloading machinery was totally replaced; she had dust suppression equipment installed. The changes resulted in a modest increase in her maximum capacity for most cargoes, but reduced her capacity for carrying coal. On 1 March 2015, after her conversion, she was rechristened CSL Tadoussac, instead of merely Tadoussac.
On 11 December 2012, CSL Tadoussac collided with a pier on the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio.[3] Her bunker tank was pierced.
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Wharton, George. "Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature -- CSL Tadoussac". boatnerd. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "CSL Tadoussac (6918716)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 28 May 2016. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "CSL Tadoussac allision Toldeo, Ohio". Dvidshub. 2012-12-11. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
Coast Guard responders and investigators responded to the scene where the CSL Tadoussac (background), a 730-foot Canadian-flagged bulk carrier, allided with the pier, causing a puncture in the starboard stern bunker tank.