Southbound off Vancouver Island; May 11, 2019;

self loading/self dumping log barge;
towed by tug Seaspan King, IMO 6823052;

owners:
1974-1999: Kingcome Navigation Company. Ltd., Vancouver, BC;
2001-2004: Seaspan International Ltd., Vancouver, BC;
2012-2019: Seaspan ULC, North Vancouver, BC;
In May 1981 she was stranded and broke her back in Tolmie Passage, BC;
vessel was salvaged and placed back in service;
was the world’s first carrier to self-load and self-dump
without the need to use tug boats and cables;
This made the transport of logs in British Columbia less treacherous in high seas;
was the most revolutionary vessel built in British Columbia in 1974;
this 423-foot self-propelled, self-loading self-unloading log barge was designed by
Talbot-Jackson & Associates of North Vancouver and built by Yarrows Ltd. for
Kingcome Navigation Co.;
Resembled the modern towed log barges, but was fitted with quarters for a 12-man
crew, fully-equipped pilot house and powered by two GM diesels providing 7,200
horsepower;
she operated independently at a service speed of 12 knots, making a round trip in
five days, compared to the seven days required by the towed barges;
In 2005 the Haida Monarch was renamed the Seaspan Survivor, now a towed barge.
The Haida Monarch was the world’s first log carrier to self-load and self-dump without
the need to use tug boats and cables. She carried 15,000 tons of logs (equal to the
contents of 400 logging trucks), two 50-ton deck mounted cranes can load the vessel full
in 18 hours;

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