Joel Dinda's photos with the keyword: tanker

Another from my May 28, 1990, voyage on St. Clair: Tanker Gemini, apparently at Sarnia.

This Norwegian-flagged tanker was taking on cargo in Sarnia's Chemical Valley. Strangely, our tour guide could tell us nothing about this ship. Well, maybe not so strangely. My sister and I were carrying the 2009 and 2010 editions of Know Your Ships and found nothing about her in either book, which suggests she's an uncommon ship on the Seaway . Nonetheless, the Knutsen has a claim to Great Lakes fame: The Detroit-based mail boat J.W. Westcott II was attempting to deliver a river pilot to this ship when the Westcott sank in October of 2001. While no one blames Knutsen for the incident, you might suppose a tour guide would be aware of it. ===================== I gotta say the Yahoo Maps' choice to call this location "Old Towne Port Huron" is pretty annoying. Evidently Ontario doesn't count.

Port Huron, Michigan, 1995. This was the first time I saw this barge (and the first time I took Joan out boat watching). Real fresh paint that day. Not the prettiest thing on the lakes, and a dreadfully dull name for the barge. But an interesting vessel. Photo taken with my Genesis III and very fast film. Most of the pix in the set have that streak....