The Gardno Passes By

 Turns out this ship is new to this blog.

The Gardno is owned by the Polish Steamship Company and is registered in Nassau.

She was built in 2018.

She is 199 meters long and 24 meters wide.  That allows her to go through the Welland Canal.

She can carry roughly 36,000 tons of cargo.

She is heading to Montreal and I assume that she is carrying grain.

I suspect she will pick up another cargo in Montreal and then head somewhere overseas.

The river was calm enough yesterday that I was getting a nice reflection.

I like the look of these ships.

Although, this one looks a little beat up.

I love the reflection in this shot.

The river was almost glass like.

Almost perfect.

She continues.

The passes the Isa as she heads to Montreal.

The Isa at Anchor

There was a ship waiting for me when I got there.

It was the Isa, which belongs to Polish steamship.  I'm not sure what she was waiting for.  If I had to guess, I would say a pilot.

She ended up leaving after I was there.  She is on her way to Montreal.  I believe she will pick up another cargo in Montreal and head somewhere overseas.
 

The Miedwie on a Rainy Day

 My dad came down and we decided to do some ship watching.  First we went to Port Huron where I hoped that we would catch the Lee A. Tregurtha.  Unfortunately, she just passed when we arrived there.  I didn't want my day to be a bust, so I looked at Marine Traffic and I saw that there was a pair of ships heading up.  So we headed down to Marine City where we could catch them.

It wasn't the best of days to go boatwatching.  When we got to Marine City, it started to rain and that put a nice haze on the river.

I suppose that I should count my blessings because it has been pretty nice so far.  This is the first really nasty day that we've had in a while.

The ship is the Miedwie which is owned by Polish Steamship.

I'm not sure where it was heading from.  I presume from somewhere on the other side of the Welland Canal.

She was heading up to Thunder Bay.

I assume that she will be picking up a load of grain there.

I will also assume that she will probably be heading to Europe from there as the end of the shipping season is rapidly approaching.

I think because of the Seaway strike, they pushed the end of the shipping season back a week.  Normally it would end at Midnight on December 31st but I think this year it will end on January 8th, 2024.

At any rate, it was pretty nice to see this ship.

My First Saltie of the Season

 I headed down to Marine City.  I was hoping to catch the Kaye Barker so I could get her with my regular camera.  I dallied too long, so I wasn't able to catch her.

But I was able to catch this ship even though I wasn't sure if I could.

She was heading from Cleveland.

She was heading to Portage.

I'm not sure what she is carrying though.

I do know she's been to the Lakes a few times.

One more shot before calling it a day.

Catching the Isadora

 I was hoping to catch more ships but as I said in the last post, I passed two of them on the way to catch the Barker.  After getting pictures of the Barker, I headed back to Port Huron.  The one ship was already well onto Lake Huron.  The other was at the mouth of the river, so I knew I wasn't going to catch her.

The Isadora was about an hour out when I arrived at the park.

I'm not sure where she was heading down from because that is gone from Marine Traffic.  It currently shows her origin port as Port Colborne but I know that is not correct.

She is heading up to Les Ecoumins which is up in the mouth of the St Lawrence River.

I am guessing, she is going to pick up something there before heading back to Poland.

At any rate, I think it's cool when I see salties.

For the most part, it seems like Polish Steamship takes care of their ships.

I just see the usual wharf scraping but they are usually painted pretty well.

She makes the turn for the rest of the St Clair River.

And then I switched to my drone.

It was a little windy out but the sun was pretty nice.  I didn't realize this was proceeding today's weather.

I wish I would have gotten my drone a little higher but it was yelling at me.

A beam shot.

And she continues on.

According to Marine Traffic, she will be at her destination on Wednesday.  If she left from Duluth, that means her trip is about 5 days long.  If she is going to her foreign port, that is roughly 2 weeks.

The Wicko Again

 Since I had some battery in my drone, I decided to get another picture of the Wicko.

Unfortunately, this was as close as I could get to her.  I still like the picture but I was hoping for more of a side shot.

Another shot with my regular camera.

The Wicko Unloading in Windsor

 So on Saturday, I went down to Bellanger Park.  I saw that there were a couple of ships that would be passing by.

While I was there, I saw this ship unloading in Windsor.  It is the Wicko and I think she was unloading.  As I type this, she is heading for the Belle Isle anchorage.  I'm not sure where she is heading after that.  She was built in 2010 and can carry a little over 30,000 tons of cargo.  She is 623 feet long.

The Narie Unloading in Sarnia

So of course there is the other reason for me to go up to Port Huron.  I think Port Huron represents the best shipping views on the Great Lakes.

 As I got to my normal spot for ship watching, I couldn't help but notice this scene.  I don't normally take pictures of ships loading (or unloading) but I liked this one.  I think the Narie was unloading cargo for Sarnia.  I don't know if that is typical but since they typically come from Europe, it would make sense to make the trip a revenue generating trip.

 I moved slightly and tightened in the camera to get a different view.

She was done unloading a couple hours after I left.  Then she headed up to Duluth where she picked up another load.  As I type this, she is heading to Montreal.  Typically, they will transfer cargo there and continue on.