Ship Details
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Registry #1	(Canada)	Registry #2		Registry #3
IMO#		MMSI#		VRN#

 

Name 1	1974	Northern Transporter	Name 6
Name 2			Name 7
Name 3			Name 8
Name 4			Name 9
Name 5			Name 10

 

Year Built	1974	Place	North Vancouver	Area	BC	Country	Canada

 

Designer	Talbot, Jackson & Associates Ltd.	Measurement (imp)	255' x ? x ?
Builder	McKenzie Barge & Marine Ways Co. Ltd.	Measurement (metric)	?m x ?m x ?m
Hull	Steel	Displacement
Gross Tonnage		Type 1	Barge, covered
Registered Tonnage		Type 2
Engine		Engine Manufacture	(nk)
Repower		Propulsion	Non-powered
Rebuilds		Call Sign
Pendant  #		Masters

 

Owner(s)
In 1974 she was owned by Northland Shipping Co. (a subsidiary of Nortland Navigation).

 

Fate	Registry closed	Date	0000-00-00

 

Named Features
Significance of Name

 

Anecdotes
This vessel had a 3,000 ton capacity, an insulated deckhouse, with thermostatically controlled heating and ventillation, a 900 ton tank for carrying cement and electrical connectors for refrigerated containers.

 

References
H. W. McCurdy Marine History of the Pacific Northwest 1966 to 1976 (Ed. Gordon Newell) 1977;
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