Some tug boats and a bulk freighter heading to a wood pellet terminal

[blackomega]

Here is my latest in my tug boat series

Please check out and comments are always welcome

 

[Photo Joe]

Great footage! Neat to see those boats in action.

 

[blackomega]

Great footage! Neat to see those boats in action.

Thanks. I have a lot more tug boat videos inside the channel

 

[Meta4]

Here is my latest in my tug boat series

Really good work on that.
Is it common to use regular bulk carriers there for woodchip cargoes?
Because woodchip is so much lighter than coal/iron ore etc they usually use dedicated woodchip carriers that have much higher sides.

 

[blackomega]

Really good work on that.
Is it common to use regular bulk carriers there for woodchip cargoes?
Because woodchip is so much lighter than coal/iron ore etc they usually use dedicated woodchip carriers that have much higher sides.

Hey thanks for your remarks. The product that they are loading is wood pellets.

Here is a link to their webpage

Home - Drax North America

www.pinnaclepellet.com

 

[Meta4]

Hey thanks for your remarks. The product that they are loading is wood pellets.

The pellets must be more dense than woodchip.
Here's what the woodchip carriers look like:

 

[blackomega]

The pellets must be more dense than woodchip.
Here's what the woodchip carriers look like:

Ok gotcha. We have a terminal that exports wood chips but they load them onto a Seaspan barge

Amix Flight

 

[Meta4]

Ok gotcha. We have a terminal that exports wood chips but they load them onto a Seaspan barge

I guess they aren't sending it very far in that barge.

 

[blackomega]

I guess they aren't sending it very far in that barge.

Nice picture by the way
I think it’s between Prince Rupert and Vancouver