Baie Comeau (2013 ship)

Baie Comeau is the fourth and last self-unloading lake freighter in Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) Trillium class. Like her sister ships, Baie St. Paul, Thunder Bay, and Whitefish Bay she was built in China.[1][2]

Baie Comeau leaving Two Harbors, Minnesota
History
Name: Baie Comeau
Operator: Canada Steamship Lines
Port of registry:  Canada
Builder: Chengxi shipyard, Jiangyin
Yard number: CX9304
Completed: June 2013
Identification:
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: Trillium-class freighter
Tonnage:
Length: 225.5 m (739 ft 10 in)
Beam: 23.76 m (77 ft 11 in)
Draught: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Installed power: 1 x IMO Tier III MAN B&W 6S50ME diesel engine, 8,750 kW (11,730 hp)
Propulsion: 1 shaft

Design and description

Baie Comeau was constructed at the Chengxi shipyard in Jiangyin, China with the yard number CX9304.[3] According to the Miramar Ship Index the ship has a gross tonnage (GT) of 32,000 tons and a deadweight tonnage (DWT) of 37,690 tons.[3] However, on the CSL website, the ship is stated as having a GT of 24,430 and DWT of 34,490 tons.[4] While Equasis, the ship registry of the French Ministry of Transport states the gross tonnage of the vessel is 24,430 and the deadweight tonnage is 34,402.[5]

Baie Comeau is 225.5 metres (739 ft 10 in) long overall with a beam of 23.76 metres (77 ft 11 in).[3] Baie Comeau has a maximum draught of 9 metres (30 ft). The ship is powered by one IMO Tier III MAN B&W 6S50ME diesel engine driving one shaft creating 8,750 kilowatts (11,730 hp).[6]

The ship is equipped with five holds and has a net hold capacity of 41,917.96 cubic metres (1,480,319 cu ft). The vessel has an average unloading rate of 5,450 tonnes (5,360 long tons; 6,010 short tons) per hour.[4]

Service history

Baie Comeau left China on 30 June 2013, arrived in Montreal on 24 August.[7] In an inaugural salute to the completion of its first voyage, carrying cargo, Claude Dumais, CSL's vice president of technical operations, presented Christine Brisson, mayor of Baie-Comeau, with an 2.4-metre (7.9 ft) model of the vessel, which will be displayed in the city's municipal offices.[8]

The Quebec & Ontario Transportation Company launched an earlier vessel named Baie Comeau in 1954.[9]

References
  1. "The Baie Comeau, CSL's fourth Trillium-Class laker, arrives from Transoceanic voyage". canadiansailings.ca. 23 September 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2016. Canada Steamship Lines welcomed the final of four Trillium Class self-unloading lakers, the Baie Comeau. The vessel arrived in the port of Montreal on August 24. The Baie Comeau's maiden voyage began on June 30 when it set sail from Chengxi Shipyard in Jiangyin, China.
  2. "Maiden voyage begins for Baie Comeau, the latest Trillium Class self unloader". Boatnerd.com. Archived from the original on July 22, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-02. The Baie Comeau was preceded by the Whitefish Bay and Thunder Bay, both departing in May on their maiden voyages, and also by the award-winning Trillium Class self-unloader Baie St. Paul in 2012.
  3. "Baie Comeau (9639892)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  4. "Baie Comeau". CSL Group. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  5. "Baie Comeau (9639892)". Equasis. French Ministry for Transport. Retrieved 15 January 2018.
  6. "CSL'S Trillium Class Laker". CSL Group. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  7. "The MV Baie Comeau, CSL's Fourth Trillium Class Laker, Arrives from Transoceanic Voyage". CSL Group. 24 August 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  8. "The MV Baie Comeau Celebrated in Namesake City". Canada Steamship Lines. 2013-10-07. Archived from the original on 2014-01-25. Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) held a celebration today to salute the maiden voyage of the fourth newly built Trillium Class Laker, the MV Baie Comeau, to her namesake city.
  9. Gillham, Skip (7 November 2013). "Unknown end for old Baie Comeau". Port Colborne Leader. Retrieved 22 June 2016. Lloyds Register for Shipping deleted the ship from its listings in 1986 with the notation "continued existence in doubt".
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