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| View Original: | Algoma Navigator moored in the channel to Toronto's turning basin, 2014 01 01 -a.jpg (4320x3240) | |||
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| Keywords: Algoma Navigator moored in the channel to Toronto's turning basin, 2014 01 01 -a.jpg The Algoma Navigator moored in the channel to Toronto's turning basin If you look closely you can see this vessel has a long boom Self-unloading bulk-carriers can swing out their booms to unload their cargoes Their holds have V-shaped bottoms with a conveyor belt below them When doors at the bottom of a hold opens the cargo starts to drop to the lower conveyor belt The cargo is carried to some kind of lifting devices which places it on the upper conveyor belt on the boom Older bulk carriers that are not self-unloading still carry cargo but self-unloading vessels are now more common Lake vessels which are not exposed to salt water can remain in service for decades longer than a saltie and a considerable number of older vessels have been retrofitted with self-unloading machinery If you look closely you can see a logo on the smokestack of a bear -- the logo of Algoma Central one of larger Canadian shipping lines own 2014-01-01 Geo Swan <span class signature-talk >talk</span> 43 38 56 68 N 79 21 51 15 W source exif_heading 2014 in water transport in Toronto Freighters in Toronto Algoma Navigator ship 1967 Frozen Toronto harbour Eastern Gap Taken with Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS10 Photographs by Geo Swan ImageNote 1 1266 1295 110 80 4320 3240 2 Algoma Central uses a logo of a bear ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 1856 1413 2426 203 4320 3240 2 The vessel's long self-unloading boom ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 1510 1257 325 160 4320 3240 2 Ship's bridge ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 3987 1645 316 1050 4320 3240 2 The bows of the Algoma Progress ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 1190 1240 249 245 4320 3240 2 Smokestack ImageNoteEnd 5 | ||||
