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Nov 26, 2019

Searsport/Bucksport Shipping News July 16, 2017 to January 4, 2019

An archive of a bimonthly column by Ethan Andrews for Village Soup News, from 2017 to early 2019.  (Andrews currently writes for   FreePressonline.com)   He chronicles the  arrivals of bulk cargo and  tanker ships  at Searsport and Bucksport Maine,  their liquid and solid cargoes and their origin
Note: Village Soup has a paywall after a few  freebies   

January 1, 2019 back to July 16, 2017 

Shipping news, Dec. 19 - Jan. 1

Shipping news, Dec. 5 - 18



 Shipping news Aug. 2 - 14 Shipping news, July 21 - Aug. 1


Mack Point shipping news, July 9-16

July 9 Falcon Nostos, a 600-foot oil tanker, left Mack Point Cargo Terminal bound for New York City, making room



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2018

Shipping news, Dec. 19 - Jan. 1

Shipping news, Dec. 5 - 18



 Shipping news Aug. 2 - 14

Shipping news Aug. 2 - 14

Aug 14, 2017
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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsGenesis Liberty, a tugboat operated by Genesis Energy, passes near Saturday Cove in Northport Aug. 14, towing a fuel barge, not pictured.
Aug. 5
Iver Prosperity, a 600-foot oil tanker, returned to Bucksport after a quick round-trip to Saint John, New Brunswick, where Irving Oil has its refinery. It departed Aug. 8.
Aug. 6
Genesis Liberty, a tug owned and operated by Genesis Energy, pushed a 390-foot fuel barge into Mack Point from Boston, via Portland. Type of fuel unknown. Genesis Energy did not respond to a request for more information. The tug and barge departed that evening for New York.
Aug. 12
Torenia, a 620-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack Point from Fukuyama, Japan, and delivered road salt. The ship remained in Searsport through Aug. 14.
Aug. 14
Genesis Liberty returned to Mack Point from Portland, towing the same fuel barge it brought to Searsport Aug. 6. Tug and barge departed later that day for Boston.
Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

Oil tanker Iver Prosperity, a frequent visitor to the Midcoast, at anchor in Searsport Aug. 6. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Torenia, a 620-foot bulk carrier bearing road salt, stands at the cargo dock at Mack Point in Searsport Aug. 13. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Tugboat Genesis Liberty, right, towing a fuel barge near Islesboro Aug. 14. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)





 Shipping news, July 21 - Aug. 1




Shipping news, July 21 - Aug. 1

Aug 02, 2017
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Photo by: Ethan AndrewsIver Prosperity in Bucksport Aug. 1. The 600-foot tanker traveled to St. John, New Brunswick, and Portsmouth, N.H., since its last visit to the Midcoast July 21 when it was at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport.

July 21
Iver Prosperity, a 600-foot oil tanker, arrived in Searsport from Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, where Irving Oil has its headquarters and refinery.
Clipper Tarpon, a bulk carrier arrived from Providence, R.I., picked up scrap metal from Grimmel Industries, then traveled to Albany, N.Y.
July 23
Jia Sheng Shan, a 620-foot bulk carrier, arrived at Mack Point and delivered road salt to New England Salt Co. It departed July 27 for Portland and Baltimore.
JS Yangtse, a 655-foot dry bulk carrier, pulled up to the dock after four days at anchor in Searsport and added to the New England Salt Co. pile. It departed July 30 for Norfolk, Va.
Steve Clisham, owner of New England Salt Co., said the two ships brought just shy of 100,000 tons of salt, which he said should last the company until next summer.
New England Salt Co. leases pad space from Maine Materials Inc. in Searsport and has a second storage facility in Eastport.
July 24
Chemical Pioneer arrived at the dock at Mack Point. The 660-foot chemical tanker was constructed from the grafted halves of two ships. The stern notably belonged to Sea Witch, a Bath Iron Works-built container ship that was destroyed by fire in 1973 after crashing into an oil tanker in New York Harbor.
Palanca Luanda, a 435-foot asphalt bitumen tanker, arrived in Searsport and anchored in the harbor near JS Yangtse.
By July 25, there were four ships in Searsport, two at the dock and two at anchorage.
July 29
Tanja, a 600-foot bulk carrier arrived at Mack Point from Brazil, cargo unknown. It departed a day later for South Portland.
July 30
Maine Maritime Academy's training ship State of Maine arrived from Boston after two transatlantic voyages this summer with academy students. The 500-foot research vessel stopped briefly at Mack Point to pick up 134 people, including family members of MMA students and several legislators. They joined 219 cadets and 48 staff and crew members aboard for the school's traditional end-of-session "family cruise" from Searsport to Castine.
July 31
Iver Prosperity arrived in Bucksport from Portsmouth, N.H. The 600-foot oil tanker was last in the Midcoast July 21.
Shipping news is compiled by Republican Journal reporter Ethan Andrews using automatic identification system (AIS) data from marinetraffic.com and direct observation at local ports.

Dump trucks start a second mountain of salt at the New England Salt Co. storage site in Searsport. The company received almost 100,000 tons of salt at the end of July from two cargo ships. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Maine Maritime Academy's training ship State of Maine enters Castine Harbor July 31 at the close of a 90-day summer session that included two Atlantic crossings with stops in Spain, Ireland, Nova Scotia and points along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard.(Courtesy of: Maine Maritime Academy)

Oil tanker Iver Prosperity in Bucksport Aug. 1. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Bulk carrier Jia Sheng Shan, foreground, delivering road salt at Mack Point July 24. In the background are asphalt/bitumen tanker Palanca Luanda, left, and dry bulk carrier JS Yangtse(Photo by: Ethan Andrews)

Scrap metal is loaded onto the bulk carrier ship Clipper Tarpon at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport July 21. (Photo by: Ethan Andrews)
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Mack Point shipping news, July 9-16


Photo by: Ethan AndrewsThe cargo ship BBC Xingang unloads wind turbine components at Mack Point Cargo Terminal in Searsport July 17.
July 9
Falcon Nostos, a 600-foot oil tanker, left Mack Point Cargo Terminal bound for New York City, making room for Great Eastern, another 600-foot oil tanker that had been waiting at a mooring in the bay.
July 10
Great Eastern departed Mack Point in the late morning and made stops in Bucksport and Portland before returning to Saint John, New Brunswick, location of the Irving Oil's headquarters and refinery. An officer at Sprague Energy told The Republican Journal that Mack Point gets regular visits of from four tankers affiliated with Irving Oil, mostly for deliveries.
July 16
BBC Xingang, a 410-foot general cargo ship, arrived at Mack Point and was unloading wind turbine components for a wind farm in Canton, Maine. The cargo ship departed the next day for the Canary Islands.




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