Tundra (ship)

The Tundra unloading raw sugar at the Redpath Sugar Refinery on June 14, 2015.

The Tundra is a bulk carrier.[1] She was launched in 2009. The maritime site Boat nerd reports she is operated by Navarone SA of Limassol, Cyprus, and leased to Canfornav Incorporated of Montreal, the Canadian Forest Navigation Group. Marine Link however reports that she is owned by Canfornav.[2][3]

Early in the morning of June 21, 2015, after delivering a cargo of raw sugar to the Redpath Sugar Refinery in Toronto, she ran aground near the western end of the St Lawrence Seaway.[4]

According to the Times Colonist, following an earlier grounding in the Seaway in 2012, Transportation Safety Board accident investigators concluded there had been "fatigue and ineffective communication between the pilot and bridge officers."[5]

Marine Link noted that the 1am grounding occurred hours after the Seaway was re-opened after the French cruise ship Saint Laurent forced a closure by alliding with the Eisenhower Lock.[2]

The Tundra will be one of a class of sixteen vessels.[6] Her sister ships include Andean, Barnacle, Blacky, Brant, Chestnut, Labrador, Maccoa, Mottler, Ruddy, Shoveler, Torrent, and Tufty.[7]

specifications[1]
length 185 metres (607 ft)
width 23.7 metres (78 ft)
draft 14.6 metres (48 ft)
gross tonnage 19,647
deadweight tonnage 30,930

References

  1. 1 2 "Foreign Ship Data & Photo Gallery: 2015 Season". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  2. 1 2 Aiswarya Lakshmi (2015-06-22). "Tundra Aground in St. Lawrence Seaway". Marine Link. Retrieved 2015-01. The 185 meter long drybulk vessel MV Tundra (30,892dwt, built 2009) owned by Canfornav, part of the Canadian Forest Navigation Group, has run aground overnight on the St. Lawrence Seaway at Lancaster, Ontario in Canada. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ Wendy Larsen (2015-06-21). "Bulk Carrier Grounds in St. Lawrence Seaway". Marine Executive. Retrieved 2015-06-22. Authorities have deployed a team of investigators to assess the situation. Reports state that two tugs were dispatched to the scene to help refloat the bulker.
  4. ↑ "Tundra remains aground in Seaway as investigation begins". Boatnerd. 2015-06-22. Retrieved 2015-06-22.
  5. ↑ "Bulk carrier Tundra runs aground near Summerstown shortly after seaway reopened". Victoria Times Colonist. 2015-06-21. Retrieved 2015-06-22. There has been a second mishap on the St. Lawrence seaway this week as the bulk carrier Tundra ran aground only hours after the seaway reopened following an incident with a passenger cruise ship.
  6. ↑ "Naming Ceremony of a new Canfornav vessel at the Port of Montreal". Market wire. 2008-11-03. Retrieved 2015-09-18.
  7. ↑ "Highlights: Canadian Forest Navigation (Canfornav)". Hwy H2O. Retrieved 2015-09-18. The M/V Torrent is one of 12 new bulk carriers of the same class and size built in the last three years for the Canfornav fleet suitable to trade the Great Lakes. Except for the Labrador, her sister ships, the Andean, Barnacle, Blacky, Brant, Chestnut, Maccoa, Mottler, Ruddy, Shoveler, Tufty, and Tundra have all visited the Great Lakes-Seaway System since the 2008 shipping season.
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