The Resko Passing By

I also had a chance to catch a ship in action.

 The Resko has appeared on this blog in the past.  She is one of many salt water vessels that perform her trade on the Great Lakes.

 I'm not sure if she was heading down from Duluth or Thunder Bay though.  Her last port on AIS is listed as the Soo Locks.

 She's heading to Montreal though.  She is a Polish owned vessel but like many of the salt water vessels, she is registered somewhere else.

 In this case, the Bahamas.

 Anyway, I am liking these ships and it is usually cool when I can catch one.

 It wasn't the nicest of days though.

 An almost beam shot.

And one more before moving on.

The Patras Docked in Sarnia

The next ship is making her debut on this blog.  Normally I don't count docked ships but I suspect this will be the only time I see her.

 The Patras is one of many salties that ply the Great Lakes.  She is owned by Harren and Partner Shiffahrts out of Bremen, Germany.

 She was built in 2007 and can carry 16,979 tons of cargo.

 I'm not sure if she was loading or unloading though.

A Docked Isa

Since they've demolished the Free Press Building near Riverside Park, you can move a little closer to the ships that are docked at Nicholson Dock.  Every so often there is salty there.

 The Isa belongs to Polish Steamship.  I'm not sure what she was delivering, but it makes for a nice picture.

 Like I said, I could get a little closer than I used to and that makes for some different angles.

One more shot of her.

Catching the Eeborg

Usually when I run across a new ship, it is a salty.  Tonight was no exception. 

 The Eeborg was built in 2012 and is owned by Wagenborg out of the Netherlands.  She flies the Dutch flag.

 I'm not sure where she is coming down from but since she is heading to Montreal, I'm going to guess that she is coming down from Thunder Bay with a load of grain.

 I will have to say that I like the looks of these ships.  Their color scheme is certainly unique (but not as unique as one of the ships I missed).

 I think the lighting was even more perfect as I was catching the golden light.

 She makes her way down the river.

I think she will be at her destination in 3 days.

The Federal Rhine Appears Again

I think a sign that I've been doing this for a while is when I start having multiple entries of the salties.  I'm sure that there are a few that frequently call on the Great Lakes and I'm not sure if this is one of them.

 The Federal Rhine has appeared on this blog before.

 And then she came back for a return engagement.

 This time, she is heading up to Thunder Bay and as I type this post, she is sitting outside the harbor.  I hear that the weather is pretty rough that way, so she may be waiting for a clearing in the weather.

 The salties are starting to grow on me.  Mainly because they generally have nicer color schemes than some of the lakers.

 Pretty much all of the Federal boats look the same with some slight variations but other salties are fairly unique.

 Framed by the Blue Water Bridge.

 Another shot of the Blue Water Bridge.

 Occasionally, I get to see pilot transfers.

 She heads out to Lake Huron.

 I think the weather was a little rough though.

One more shot.

The Lubie at Moonrise

One sign that you've been watching Great Lakes shipping for a while is when you start seeing repeats of Salties.

 The Lubie was making her way up the River as I was by Barbeau.  I've see her before.

 I decided that I wanted to go to Mission Point in order to catch the Lubie passing here.  As I was waiting, I was greeted by this pretty nice scene.

 And a bad moon rising.

 The Lubie started to get close enough that I could get pictures of her.

 A shot of her with the moon.

And one more as she is about to pass.

The Federal Barents Makes an Appearance

The next ship is on her first voyage on the Great Lakes.

 The Federal Barents is making her first trip on the Great Lakes.  I didn't catch her on the way up but I did manage to catch her on Sunday. 

 I do like the looks of the FedNav ships.  Especially as they stand out against the Blue Water.

This is a good example of the wear and tear that ships of the Lakes undergo.  You can see evidence of canal rash on her hull.

She was built in Oshima, Japan and started her trek over here on July 3rd.  She delivered wheat up to Thunder Bay from the Dominican Republic.

 The almost beam shot of her.

 A shot of her pilothouse.

I'm not sure what she was carrying back but I think she is on her way to Montreal.

The Salty Olza

If there is anything that I'm going to see that I haven't seen before, it will likely be a salty.   Tonight I saw a vessel that I don't think I've seen before.

 In this case, that ship happened to be the Olza.

 The Olza is owned by the Polish Steamship Company out of Szczecin, Poland.  It is named after the Olza River which divides Poland from the Czech Republic.

 Like many foreign vessels, she is registered in Liberia.

 She is on her way to Thunder Bay, where presumably she will pick up a load of grain.

 and probably deliver that back to Europe.

 She gives me the beam shot.

 And she continues on her way.

One more shot of her at the end of the fishing pier.