Janey Anderson has posted an extensive history and 19 photo tour of the terminal. I used an incognito window to confirm that anyone should be able to use that link even if they do not have a Facebook account. So I'm not going to copy her material since it is extensive. I will briefly summarize. This terminal was built in 1948 by Bethlehem to load iron ore pellets from their Marmora Iron Ore Mine to their Lackawanna Plant. The mine and terminal were closed in 1978 because the steel market collapsed in the mid-1970s. The lake now at Marmora is 750' deep. The tour shows steel being unloaded from the Federal Shimanto. I wonder where that steel came from.
Janey Anderson posted three photos with the comment: "My first time seeing the two new electric ferries - the 1st of their kind in North America. They are truly state-of-the-art!
This is Picton Terminals - where the WOLFE ISLANDER IV & AMHERST ISLANDER II have been docked since October 2021. The FEDERAL SHIMANTO is also there offloading steel.
I was fortunate enough to visit the terminal yesterday as well and more pictures will follow. Was truly an amazing day! As a side note - Picton Terminals is NOT open to the public yet for tours. My day job also affords me opportunities to visit some clients in the shipping industry.
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The Wolf Island ferry service uses the dock in Kingston, ON, on the mainland side.
The Amherst Island ferry service uses the dock in Millhaven, ON, on the mainline side.
Ferries are a good scenario for electric power because they can recharge while docked. Thus they don't have to go far between recharges. And charging stations need to be installed at just two docks. (Actually, three in the case of the Wolfe Island service since it uses a different route in the winter.)
During construction.
The Super Servant 4 has been submersed to allow the ferries to float off. Note the three men standing on the ship to the left of center of the photo.
Ferries are a good scenario for electric power because they can recharge while docked. Thus they don't have to go far between recharges. And charging stations need to be installed at just two docks. (Actually, three in the case of the Wolfe Island service since it uses a different route in the winter.)
The two electric ferries were built in Damen Shipyard, Galati, Romania. The ferries have been docked at Picton Terminals since Oct 2021. At least they got them through the Black Sea before Russia invaded Ukraine and shutdown the Black Sea. The reason they went to Picton Terminals was training. Evidently there are some slow learners because several sources said they were to go into service in the Spring of 2022. Note that Janey's photos were taken in June 2022. So it is going to be a very late Spring before they are in service.
"Built and designed to take over ferry service to both Wolfe and Amherst Islands, the Wolfe Islander IV, at 98m (322 ft) long by 19.8m (65 ft) wide, will carry 83 cars and 399 passengers. The Amherst Islander II, at 70.4m (231 ft) long by 19.8m (65 ft) wide, will carry 42 cars and 300 passengers....Both ferries are equipped with four electric twin propellers STP 260FP from Schottel of Canada, each with an input power of up to 550 kw (737hp). This system will reduce emissions by the equivalent of 7 million kg of carbon dioxide per year. Both vessels are equipped to be zero emission-fully electric, but also have twin diesel generators to allow hybrid and full diesel propulsion. Both ships have 1B ice class hulls and 1A ice class azimuth (360ยบ) thrusters." Wolfe Islander III was designed to carry 50 cars, but they learned how to squeeze 55 cars aboard. It can carry 294 passengers. [ThousandIslandsLife] The capacity of the ferries has changed a little bit: "The Wolfe Islander IV...holds up to 399 passengers and 85 vehicles. The Amherst Islander II...holds up to 299 passengers and 45 cars." [kingstonist]
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| ThousandIslandsLife Both new ferries alongside Picton Terminals, Prince Edward County on Oct. 18, 2021 [Photo courtesy Sk Eye Stream] The $61m contract with the shipbuilder was announced Nov 6, 2017. [The ferries ended up costing $93m. [kingstonist]] The Amherst Islander II was launched on schedule on Nov 14, 2019. But the pandemic slowed the construction of the Wolfe Islander IV, and it did not float out of its drydock until Sep 11, 2020. |
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| ThousandIslandsLife New ferries aboard heavy load carrier Super Servant 4, Galati, Romania, Aug 26, 2021 [Photo Damen Construction] The "169m (555 ft) long by 32m (105 ft) wide ship carrier" delivered them at Quebec City, Canada, on Sep 27, 2021. [Actually, the ferries sailed on their own keel to Constanta. That is where they were loaded onto the semi-submersible. [damen]] |
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| ThousandIslandsLife At Three Rivers. [I looked on a satellite image for those cranes, but I could not find them.] |
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| ThousandIslandsLife Wolfe Islander IV salutes her new home port of Kingston. "She did a casual pirouette with all fire nozzles spraying. 'So very sleek and quiet,' remarked Shauna Kingstone. 'It was fun to watch her circle around and throw water in salute.' " [Looking at a map, it had to pass Kingston to get to Picton Terminals.] |
A video of the launch of Wolfe Islander IV
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| 1:29 video @ 1:08 |
During construction.
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| Damen [This web site has a lot of photos of the construction of the ferries.] |
The Super Servant 4 has been submersed to allow the ferries to float off. Note the three men standing on the ship to the left of center of the photo.
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| 1:14 video @ 0:22 via loyalist |
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