CSL Tadoussac
{{Short description|Canadian lake freighter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
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|infobox caption= |display title=CSL Tadoussac }} {{Infobox ship image |Ship image= CSL Tadoussac in Detroit River (May 2021).jpg |Ship caption= CSL Tadoussac travelling south along the Detroit River }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship name=CSL Tadoussac |Ship owner=Canada Steamship Lines |Ship operator=*Canada Steamship Lines |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Collingwood Shipbuilding, Collingwood, Ontario |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number=192 |Ship way number= |Ship laid down=25 June 1968 |Ship launched=29 May 1969 |Ship completed=October 1969 |Ship christened= |Ship acquired= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship identification={{IMO|6918716}} |Ship fate= |Ship status=In service |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship type=Bulk carrier/Lake freighter |Ship tonnage=*{{GRT|20634}} (as built)
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File:CSL Tadoussac allision Toldeo, Ohio DVIDS1125599.jpg
CSL Tadoussac is a lake freighter currently operated by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) on the Great Lakes. She was launched in 1969. Initially named Tadoussac, following her refit in 2001, she was renamed CSL Tadoussac She was the last freighter built for CSL in the traditional two superstructure design, which puts her bridge up in the ship's bow. The vessel primarily transports iron ore and coal.
Description
CSL Tadoussac has a gross tonnage of 20,101 and a deadweight tonnage of 30,132 tonnes.{{cite web |title=CSL TADOUSSAC |url=https://www.cslships.com/en/canada-steamship-lines/fleet/vessels-and-specs/csl-tadoussac |website=CSCL Group |access-date=21 February 2019}} The ship is {{convert|222.6|m|ftin}} long overall and {{convert|218.9|m|ftin}} between perpendiculars with a beam of {{convert|22.9|m|ftin}}. CSL Tadoussac is propelled by one shaft powered by a diesel engine. This gives the ship a maximum speed of {{convert|14.5|kn|lk=in}}.{{csr|register=MSI|id=6918716|shipname=CSL Tadoussac |accessdate=28 May 2016}} 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. The vessel transports primarily iron ore and coal.{{cite web |url=https://www.cslships.com/en/canada-steamship-lines/fleet/vessels-and-specs/csl-tadoussac |title=CSL Tadoussac |website=cslgroup.com |access-date=9 January 2018}}
Construction and service history
The vessel was built at Collingwood Shipyards in Collingwood, Ontario. The vessel's keel was laid on 25 June 1968 and Tadoussac was launched on 29 May 1969. 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. On 26 April 1984, Tadoussac ran aground in the St. Clair River in heavy ice. The vessel was freed on 28 April with the assistance of two tugboats. On 2 April 1990, the ship struck an abutment of a bridge in Port Colborne, Ontario. Tadoussac received an {{convert|11|ft|adj=on|0}} crack in her hull while the bridge supports were also damaged.Bawal Jr., p. 90 On 10 November 1990, the eve of the fifteenth anniversary of the sinking of {{SS|Edmund Fitzgerald}}, Tadoussac lost power in a serious storm off Whitefish Point, in Lake Superior. Edmund Fitzgerald was lost off Whitefish Point.
On 20 April 1997, the vessel lost power near the Eisenhower Lock in the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The ship required the assistance of tugboats to get to Port Weller, Ontario to undergo repairs, arriving on 25 April. On 9 July 1998, Tadoussac ran aground in the St. Clair River while carrying a load of coal. It took five tugboats to free the ship. Later that month, on 28 July, Tadoussac ran aground on a sandbank off of Detroit in Lake Erie. On 2 September 1999, the ship collided with a bridge in the Welland Canal. No significant damage was sustained. On 20 November 2000, the vessel went aground again at Sarnia, Ontario while preparing to unload her cargo of grain. Tadoussac was freed on 21 November.
Tadoussac was sent to Port Weller Shipyards in December 2000, for a $20 million CAD conversion. 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 completely replaced and 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 while carrying a load of iron ore on the Maumee River in Toledo, Ohio. Her bunker tank was pierced. No damage was done to the pier.{{cite web |url=https://maritime-executive.com/article/uscg-responds-to-vessel-allision-with-pier-on-maumee-river |title=USCG Responds to Vessel Allision with Pier on Maumee River |website=maritime-executive.com |date=12 December 2012 |access-date=9 January 2018}} CSL Tadoussac overwinters at Thunder Bay. The ship departed Thunder Bay on 12 April 2014, marking the latest the port had ever opened.{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-port-sees-latest-ever-start-to-shipping-season-1.2608763 |title=Thunder Bay port sees latest-ever start to shipping season |last=Burns |first=Adam |work=CBC News |date=14 April 2014 |access-date=9 January 2018}}
From late 2017 through to early 2018, CSL Tadoussac was refitted at the shipyard in Thunder Bay, marking the first large ship to undergo work at the yard since its reopening in 2017.{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-shipyard-milestone-1.4616749 |title=Thunder Bay shipyard reaches milestone with completion of first large-scale ship repair |work=CBC News |date=12 April 2018 |access-date=16 May 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413182638/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/thunder-bay/thunder-bay-shipyard-milestone-1.4616749 |archive-date=13 April 2018 }} In November 2020, the vessel leaked diesel fuel while transiting the Soo Locks while en route to Superior, Wisconsin, causing a {{convert|30|by|60|ft|adj=on}} sheen on the water. The leak forced the closure of the Soo Locks for two hours on Thanksgiving.{{cite web |url=https://www.9and10news.com/2020/11/26/soo-locks-reopen-after-freighter-leaking-diesel-fuel-causes-brief-closure/ |title=Soo Locks Reopen After Freighter Leaking Diesel Fuel Causes Brief Closure |last=LeHocky |first=Jim |work=9&10 News |date=26 November 2020 |access-date=16 May 2021 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201126183528/https://www.9and10news.com/2020/11/26/soo-locks-reopen-after-freighter-leaking-diesel-fuel-causes-brief-closure/ |archive-date=26 November 2020 }}
Citations
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{{cite news
| url = https://www.dvidshub.net/image/1125599/csl-tadoussac-allision-toldeo-ohio#.VYgWJ0aBoWA
| title = CSL Tadoussac allision Toldeo, Ohio
| website = Dvidshub
| date = 11 December 2012
| access-date = 22 June 2015
| quote = 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.
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| url = http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/csltadosac.htm
| title = Great Lakes Fleet Page Vessel Feature -- CSL Tadoussac
| website = boatnerd
| first = George
| last= Wharton
| access-date = 22 June 2015
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Sources
- {{cite book |last=Bawal Jr. |first=Raymond A. |date=2008 |title=Ships of the St. Clair River |publisher=Inland Expressions |location=St. Clair, Michigan |isbn=978-0-9818157-1-8}}