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CMISA posted an articleRepairs will be done to a bulk carrier damaged when its engine failed and it struck a wharf. see more
THUNDER BAY — The owners of the Thunder Bay shipyard have landed a contract that will result in the idled yard mobilized for the winter.
Hamilton-based Ontario Shipyards Inc. will use local labour to do repair work on the bulk carrier Federal Yoshino.
The ship, which sails under the flag of the Marshall Islands, was recently moved to the yard near the mouth of the Current River.
According to the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, the Federal Yoshino was damaged in late November when its stern struck a submerged portion of a wharf on the Kam River after it sustained "total engine failure."
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CMISA posted an articleHeddle Shipyards is working to revitalize the historic Thunder Bay shipyard which it purchased see more
THUNDER BAY — The MS Chi-Cheemaun, the 643-passenger ferry and vehicle ferry that runs between Manitoulin Island and Tobermory on the Bruce Peninsula, has arrived at the Heddle Shipyards in Thunder Bay.
The ship will be in dry dock for about six weeks for its mandatory five-year safety inspection.
The Chi-Cheemaun has been to Thunder Bay for previous inspections, but the last one – in 2016 – was conducted at a shipyard at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.
A spokesperson for the ferry operator, the Owen Sound Transportation Company, says the location for the work is selected through a procurement process.
The ferry is expected to return to Owen Sound harbour to spend the winter by early December.
Heddle Shipyards is working to revitalize the historic Thunder Bay shipyard which it purchased in 2016.
In August, it announced the acquisition of Thunder Bay's Fabmar Metals, a fabrication and marine repair specialist
Earlier this year it also announced that it will play a role in building Canada's new Polar-class icebreaker.
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