Thunder Bay (ship)

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The Thunder Bay is a Canadian bulk carrier cargo vessel, built and launched in China in 2013.[1][2] She is owned by the Canada Steamship Lines and operated on the North American Great Lakes by V. Ships Canada.

She was launched on May 13, 2013, made her first transit of the St Lawrence Seaway in July, 2013, and visited her namesake port, Thunder Bay, Ontario, on September 27, 2013.[3][4] Louis Martel, President of CSL, Vance Badawey, mayor of Port Colborne, and Rick Dykstra, Member of Parliament for nearby St Catherines, Ontario, presided over a celebration of the vessel's first cargo, on August 8, 2013, when she passed through Port Colborne, bound for Quebec City with a shipment of iron ore pellets from Escanaba, Michigan.

Like her three sister ships in CSL's Trillium class, the Baie St. Paul, the Baie Comeau, and the Whitefish Bay she is a self-unloading bulk carrier, with a conveyor belt on a long boom that can be deployed over port or starboard sides.

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1. ↑ MV Thunder Bay celebrated in namesake port, Thunder Bay Port Authority, 2013-12, p. 2. Retrieved on 2014-01-03.
2. ↑ Canada Steamship Lines unveils 'Thunder Bay' ship: Canada Steamship Lines has plans to celebrate in the city, later this year, CBC News, 2013-08-07. “Canada Steamship Lines says its second new Trillium Class Laker is named the Thunder Bay as part of the revival of the trusty ‘Bay’ series in the St. Lawrence and Great Lakes fleet, and in honour of the Port of Thunder Bay. CSL’s first Thunder Bay was a bulk carrier built in 1952 at Port Arthur Shipyard. She was converted into a self-unloader in 1969 and renamed the Stadacona.”
3. ↑ James Murray. CSL MV Thunder Bay Arrives in Port Today, News Net Ledger, 2013-09-27. “The Thunder Bay is the third of four new Trillium Class vessels to join CSL’s Great Lakes fleet. Conceived and built as part of CSL’s ambitious fleet renewal program, Trillium ships are equipped with the most advanced, sustainable and safe technologies available on the market today.”
4. ↑ Dave Johnson. Thunder Bay moves through Niagara, Welland Tribune, 2014-08-08. “After the ceremony, which saw St. Catharines Conservative MP Rick Dykstra, Port Colborne Mayor Vance Badawey and Martel speak — and all greeted by blasts of Thunder Bay’s horn, the vessel was headed to Quebec City to discharge its load of iron ore pellets that were loaded in Escanaba, Mich.”