BULK CARGO FLEET ENVISAGED IN ARCTIC

If iron ore deposits on Baffin Island are developed, Canada may need at least 10 ice-strengthened bulk cargo ships in the next 10 to 15 years, a government official has said. Roy Illing, Marine Administrator in the Department of Transportation, told a recent Canadian Export Association Annual Meeting that the size of the ships needed for mineral transport would range up to 150,000 tons. He said the ships would be operable for about 100 days a year, and that these ships may be built and manned with federal government assistance.

• Corporate Authors:

  Transportation Development Agency Centre

  800 rene-Leveque Boulevard West, Suite 600
  Montreal, Quebec H3B 1X9,   Canada 
• Publication Date: 1976

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 18
• Serial:
  • Transport Development News
  • Publisher: Transportation Development Agency Centre

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Bulk carriers; Ice; Ore carriers; Shipping; Strength of materials; Vehicle design
• Geographic Terms: Arctic Regions
• Old TRIS Terms: Arctic shipping; Ice strengthening
• Subject Areas: Design; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00142629
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transportation Development Agency Centre
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 15 1976 12:00AM