Monday, November 25, 2013

Bulk Freighter, Oshawa Harbour

 Bulk freighter Three Rivers

On a windy but sunny Saturday in mid November, my husband and I were out looking for water birds. In the harbour at Oshawa we found no birds but did find this huge bulk carrier, sometimes known as a bulk freighter or bulker.

 Close up of back end

A bulker is a merchant ship that carries unpackaged cargo such as ore, coal cement, grains, or...

 Mountain of salt

salt.  Yep, this is the stuff used to melt ice on our winter roads. I'm sure I have never before seen such a mountain of salt.

Loading salt into trucks

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41 comments:

  1. JudyNovember 25, 2013 at 5:34 AM

    Wow! I am amazed at the sheer size of both the freighter and the mountain of salt!!!

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  2. RevrunnerNovember 25, 2013 at 5:54 AM

    I betcha there's a lot of that being spread around the U.S. today. :-)

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  3. AndyNovember 25, 2013 at 6:01 AM

    With the lack of birds you still managed to get to get some excellent photos. There's plans to build a ethanal plant somewhere on the harbour. That's got a lot of people ticked off.

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  4. Margaret Birding For PleasureNovember 25, 2013 at 6:44 AM

    HI EG That is a massive boat and salt pile! Great shots.

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  5. Our photosNovember 25, 2013 at 6:47 AM

    Nice photos!

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  6. KateNovember 25, 2013 at 8:12 AM

    Your photos remind me of the harbor in Duluth, MN that we often visit. It's cold in the winter, but delightful in the summer and tourist flock to watch the boats navigate the area. Fun to watch all the foreign carriers.

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  7. Gail DixonNovember 25, 2013 at 9:14 AM

    I have never, ever seen a mountain of salt. Too cool!!!

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  8. MadSnapperNovember 25, 2013 at 9:26 AM

    this is to cool for words. we have no need for salt here, so this is something i would never see. we do have the freighters, but ours are rusty, really rusty. this one looks new, the ship i mean...

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  9. UnknownNovember 25, 2013 at 9:31 AM

    The dump trucks looks like toys next to the massive salt stack.

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  10. TexWisGirlNovember 25, 2013 at 9:58 AM

    very cool! thanks for sharing that behemoth!

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  11. KarenNovember 25, 2013 at 10:22 AM

    Great shots! I like to sit at the harbour and watch the ships.

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  12. JudyNovember 25, 2013 at 10:23 AM

    That is something very interesting. I hadn't known how the salt was brought in to the cities other than by truck.

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  13. Linda W.November 25, 2013 at 10:45 AM

    Wow - that's a huge salt pile!

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  14. AnonymousNovember 25, 2013 at 11:08 AM

    It might not be a bird, but you got some great photos!

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  15. RedPatNovember 25, 2013 at 11:58 AM

    Wow - I guess that's another sign that winter is on its way!

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  16. AnonymousNovember 25, 2013 at 12:44 PM

    That's a very impressive mound of salt!

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  17. LONDONLULUNovember 25, 2013 at 1:45 PM

    Seeing those vehicles dwarfed by that mound really speaks to the scale!

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  18. Ruth KellyNovember 25, 2013 at 2:24 PM

    Wow, that is some salt mountain. The vehicles look like kids toys next to it.

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  19. cieldequimperNovember 25, 2013 at 3:18 PM

    Impressive vessel. And I'm always amazed at how white salt is! :-)

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  20. Ruth HiebertNovember 25, 2013 at 3:33 PM

    Those ships are massive.I find them interesting since we obviously don't see that on the prairies.

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  21. Photo CacheNovember 25, 2013 at 4:02 PM

    wow where did that salt come from and how did they transport it?

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  22. Sylvia KNovember 25, 2013 at 4:16 PM

    WOW! What great shots, EG! That is a LOT of salt!! Amazing!! I thought I had seen a lot of different ships when I lived in Seattle, but never one like this!! Great post!! Hope you have a wonderful week! Enjoy!

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  23. CynthiaNovember 25, 2013 at 4:19 PM

    That freighter is huge! Interesting cargo also.

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  24. aspiritofsimplicityNovember 25, 2013 at 4:39 PM

    These came into Portsmouth harbor when I lived in NH...and we used that salt for our roads also.

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  25. UnknownNovember 25, 2013 at 4:48 PM

    Big aren't they?? Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River.

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  26. eileeninmdNovember 25, 2013 at 5:01 PM

    Those ships are huge! The salt is important for the winter roads. Have a great evening and week ahead!

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  27. Billy Blue EyesNovember 25, 2013 at 5:18 PM

    Amazing size and the amount it can carry

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  28. Sallie (FullTime-Life)November 25, 2013 at 5:24 PM

    Isn't that interesting! Can you imagine working and living on that ship! And wow that is a lot of salt. We saw a mountain of sugar once down near the Salton Sea in California (and people were going to eat that!).

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  29. AnonymousNovember 25, 2013 at 5:39 PM

    Wow ~ Quite the large freighter ~ excellent photography ~ thanks, carol, xxx

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  30. JillNovember 25, 2013 at 6:38 PM

    Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

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  31. William KendallNovember 25, 2013 at 8:07 PM

    Quite a pile of salt!

    Excellent shots!

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  32. CarverNovember 25, 2013 at 8:36 PM

    Great shots of the bulk freighter and the mountain of salt is incredible.

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  33. RandyNovember 25, 2013 at 8:54 PM

    I can't believe how big they are.

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  34. IndraniNovember 25, 2013 at 11:00 PM

    That is gigantic! Great captures.

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  35. StephanieNovember 25, 2013 at 11:33 PM

    Wow, what a huge boat! Love the boldness of colors in your photos today.

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  36. AnonymousNovember 26, 2013 at 12:13 AM

    What a huge mountain of salt!

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  37. Kay L. DaviesNovember 26, 2013 at 1:10 AM

    Great stuff!
    K

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  38. HalcyonNovember 26, 2013 at 3:45 AM

    It's always interesting to watch the freighters. They play an important role in moving things around. Hope you won't need all that salt this winter though! :)

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  39. Cezar and LéiaNovember 26, 2013 at 6:56 AM

    A busy day at this port, the ship is wonderful!
    Léia

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  40. MaggidNovember 26, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    That ship looks HUGE - Super Enormous.
    Still, Once it's out at sea, I bet it's dwarfed . . . Nope, i don't think that would be a life for me.

    It's most excellent to learn about it, though.

    THANKS!!!

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  41. RoseNovember 26, 2013 at 9:17 PM

    Very interesting...I would love to live where I could watch ships like this.

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