Wednesday, February 13, 2013.
We start our story from the cape-size, bulk carrier M/V 'Sivota'.
The 292 M vessel has come here from a USA load port with a partial cargo of coal. She is too large to load to full capacity in the States, and has come to our port in order to load a remaining cargo of coal.
Pilot boat 'Strait Falcon' can also be seen here awaiting the disembarking pilot from 'CSL Acadian'.
The smaller, (yet very large) M/V 'CSL Acadian' is seen coming-about in back ground. She has come to transfer more coal into the 'Sivota' so that vessel can sail to Asian destinations and discharge the coal. We also see the 'Strait Rider', my faithful taxi/tow service.
The Point Valiant was on a busy schedule today. Here the tug can be seen laying into the 'CSL Acadian' holding both vessels in position -
- While Captains S. Kalyuzhny of CSL Acadian, and S. MacDonald of Atlantic Pilotage maneuver this 245 M vessel along side the 'Sivota'.
We start our story from the cape-size, bulk carrier M/V 'Sivota'.
The 292 M vessel has come here from a USA load port with a partial cargo of coal. She is too large to load to full capacity in the States, and has come to our port in order to load a remaining cargo of coal.
Pilot boat 'Strait Falcon' can also be seen here awaiting the disembarking pilot from 'CSL Acadian'.
The Point Valiant was on a busy schedule today. Here the tug can be seen laying into the 'CSL Acadian' holding both vessels in position -
This operation took approximately 30 hours to complete and both vessels sailed away in the end. 'Sivota' is on her way to Asia while the 'CSL Acadian' and her hard working crew is on the way back to the USA for another load of coal, for yet another cape-size vessel.
Good work Flip.
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