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The 1981-built, 19,954-dwt, 13,379-grt, oil and
chemical tanker Nordic Sun - Monrovia, Liberia is seen in this
photograph transiting upbound in the Welland Canal during the morning
hours of April 12th, 1988. At the time this picture was taken the tanker
was sliding along the north approach wall below lock 2 about to enter
the lock in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. She was built in Shimonoseki, Japan at the Hayashikane
Shipbuilding & Engineering drydock for the Sun Company Ltd. (SUNOCO) and
she entered service as Nordic Sun. Since her construction she has sailed
as Nordic Sun (1989), Nordic (1994) and when this picture was added to
the archives she was still listed as operational under the name Nordic
Blossom (1999). |
Name: NORDIC SUN Launch Date: 1/20/1981
Type: Tanker Date of completion: 7/1981
Flag: LBR
Tons: 11781
DWT: 19980 Yard No: 1244
Length overall: 154.0
LPP: 145.0
Beam: 22.7 Builder: Hayashikane
Location of yard: Shimonoseki
Number of
screws/Mchy/
Speed(kn): 1D-14.5
Subsequent History:
89 NORDIC - 94 NORDIC BLOSSOM
Photo credit: http://www.wellandcanal.ca/
December
2006 - She's still running as the Nordic Blossom. While discharging
cargo from the Maritrans Diligence, at the Hess dock in Baltimore, MD, I
noticed her up stream at a consolidated oil terminal.
