The Beatrix Unloads in Windsor

One nice thing about Belanger Park is that you get a pretty good view of the grain elevator in Windsor.  

There is normally a ship or two nearby.  Most of the time they are foreign ships.

In this case, the ship was the Beatrix belonging to Wagenborg of the Netherlands.

I didn't realize grain was so dusty.
 

The Beatrix Passes Port Huron

I decided to head to Port Huron on Wednesday night.  I saw that I had a chance to catch the Paul Tregurtha, a salty and possibly the Mesabi Miner.  Well, with it being construction season in Michigan, I wasn't able to make it up in time to catch the Mesabi Miner.

 I hoped that I would catch this at the Blue Water Bridge but I didn't make it time.  Fortunately, I made it in time to catch her at a point still in Port Huron.  I wasn't sure my light would hold out much longer.

 She was passing an old restaurant and the parking lot has a pretty good view of the river.

 My mom pointed this out to me.  I kind of like the reflective in the window of the restaurant.

 I'm not sure where she came from, but she was on her way to Liverpool.

 I'm not sure what she was carrying either.

But it was nice to catch her.  As I type this post, she is just past the St. Lawrence Seaway and is in the Atlantic somewhere.

The Beatrix Leaves the Soo Locks

For the next pair of ships, I decided to head over to the West Pier in order to catch them.  I've seen some pictures from overhere where people get up on some hills or something to get over the fence.

 The Beatrix is a ship that is new to this blog.  Her company isn't and her look certainly isn't.

 The Beatrix was built in 2009 and I presume she's named after the now former Queen of the Netherlands since that is the home of Wagenborg.

 I think she was heading up to Duluth where she loaded for her current destination of Montreal.  After that, I'm not sure where she is headed.

Unlike so many other foreign ships, she is actually registered in the country of the company that owns her.