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The Algonova , A Great Lake
Freighter on Byng Inlet
| Latitude
| 45.7667
| Longitude
| -80.5500
| Altitude (feet)
| 606 |
| Lat (DMS)
| 45° 46' 0N
| Long (DMS)
| 80° 32' 60W
| Altitude (meters)
| 184 |
For your interest the Table above is Byng
Inlet's Earth Reference
Taken From Our Property Oct. , 2004. The
freighters are back this year after new docks have been built in
Byng Inlet.
Launched Dec.11, 1968 as the Texaco
Chief (2); this tanker was built to Ice Class 2 standards by
Collingwood Shipyards, Collingwood, ON for Texaco Canada Ltd.,
Toronto, ON. She is powered by two Fairbanks Morse 2000 horsepower
12-cylinder diesel engines giving her a rated service speed of 13
knots and is equipped with a 350 horsepower bow thruster. Her 15
bunker tanks (some of which are heated) can hold 53,002 barrels
(equivalent to 6,435 tons) of petroleum products at her maximum
mid-summer draft of 22 feet 4 inches
| Algonova |
400'06" |
54'02" |
26'05" |
54,241
barrels |
The Jade Star On Byng Inlet
This picture was taken one week after the
Algonova arrived Oct. 2004
Rigel Shipping Canada Inc. is domiciled in
Shediac Cape, New Brunswick. The Company owns and operates three
10,500 DWT, modern, ice classed, double hulled chemical / oil
tankers. The ships are capable and licensed for worldwide
trading, and are chartered long term to Ultramar Canada Inc. The
three ships together with four other tankers owned by Groupe
Desgagnes of Quebec City are sub-chartered to PetroNav Inc. of
Montreal.
| Jade
Star |
405'11" |
58'01" |
34'09" |
68,018
barrels |
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