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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Dec 22, 2021 11:20:33 GMT -8
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tak22
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Post by tak22 on Dec 23, 2021 10:01:01 GMT -8
If you're interested, I'm tracking the Salish Heron on my website at patbaywebcam.com/heron.php. This ship is sailing from Remontowa Shipbuilding in Gdansk, Poland, through the Panama canal, then to Victoria BC. Tracking now includes: Full SAT AIS tracking, voyage days, distance, Speed Knots last/max/avg, wind and weather forecast for current position, and whenever possible I include timelapse videos of the ship going through the Panama Canal. As always, if you have suggestions/requests/ideas for changes, let me know and I'll see what I can do. Previously I've tracked the Island Class ships (1,2,3,4,5,6), Salish ships (Orca, Eagle, and Raven), The Northern Seawolf, the Spirit of BC, and the Spirit of Vancouver. These transits are on the tracking archive page at patbaywebcam.com/tracking_archive.phptak
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Post by terrybc on Dec 26, 2021 11:03:53 GMT -8
What is the estimated transit time? Correct me if I'm wrong would it be shorter vs what Island 3-6 had?
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Post by Neil on Dec 26, 2021 11:45:55 GMT -8
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Post by tak22 on Jan 2, 2022 12:23:38 GMT -8
And another 'race' is on - Salish Heron vs Seaspan Transporter! The first leg is from shipyard to the Canary Islands. Salish Heron from Poland to Victoria, has been twiddling for days now waiting for a weather window to get out to the Atlantic Seaspan Transporter from Romania to Vancouver, has resumed after some sort of delay off northwest Turkey, and is gaining on Salish Heron. Both tracking pages have an updating race line.
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 3, 2022 12:47:14 GMT -8
Looks like the Salish Heron is making a run for it across the Bay of Biscay now. Her next destination, as reported on her AIS is now Ferrol, Spain, arriving Jan 5th.
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Post by Nickfro on Jan 6, 2022 15:41:14 GMT -8
Salish Heron looks to have bypassed Spain and is heading to the Port of Lisbon, arriving later tonight. Possible sighting HERE.
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Post by Nickfro on Jan 7, 2022 8:55:04 GMT -8
Salish Heron is at port in Lisbon. It's currently visible at times on this webcam HERE.
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Post by Nickfro on Jan 7, 2022 9:08:25 GMT -8
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Post by Ferryman on Jan 7, 2022 12:40:15 GMT -8
Another thing that’s interesting to note about the delivery voyage is that she’s currently a Norwegian Flagged vessel. From what I understand, Dutch based Redwise isn’t handling the delivery. The first 3 Salish, and all 6 Island Class had the flag of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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Post by Neil on Jan 13, 2022 22:17:39 GMT -8
Is this a first? As in, a BC Ferries vessel not stopping at Tenerife on her way across the Atlantic? I was going to say the Salish Heron bypassed the Canaries, but that's not accurate, as she sailed right through. I wonder why. I would think it would be slightly more direct to pass considerably to the north. Perhaps they took that route just in case.
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tak22
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Post by tak22 on Jan 14, 2022 8:13:05 GMT -8
Is this a first? As in, a BC Ferries vessel not stopping at Tenerife on her way across the Atlantic? ...... Also the next stop for Salish Heron is reported as Martinique and I don't remember any vessel stopping there. Maybe they stopped at Lisbon because of weather and decided to fuel and go, but that makes direct to Panama too far.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Jan 14, 2022 23:46:08 GMT -8
According to the reservation page Salish Heron will enter service on route 9a on May 8 with 2:25 pm sailing from Tsawwassen to Long Harbour.
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Post by cbachmeier on Jan 18, 2022 11:11:18 GMT -8
According to the reservation page Salish Haron will enter service on route 9a on May 8 with 2:25 pm sailing from Tsawwassen to Long Harbour. I am seeing May 6th as well, I also saw dates for later in the month showing Salish Heron, maybe this is the month Salish Heron will enter service, or maybe it is earlier than May.
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tak22
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Post by tak22 on Jan 29, 2022 11:28:27 GMT -8
Salish Heron has arrived at the Panama Canal and her transit could begin in hours or days from now. As usual I will attempt to grab enough images to create a time lapse video at each of the three locks. Here are the links you need to watch live: Panama Canal Webcams PageGatun LocksPedro Miguel LocksMiraflores LocksThe 'race' to BC between Salish Heron and Seaspan Transporter is quite lopsided as Transporter is currently moored in an industrial wasteland in Spain. We will keep on tracking however, never say never!
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Post by tak22 on Feb 5, 2022 14:47:32 GMT -8
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Post by paddlehardercafe on Feb 5, 2022 17:14:30 GMT -8
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Post by explorer on Feb 6, 2022 12:46:55 GMT -8
Looks like MV Salish Heron Heron is just transiting the Panama Canal. Assuming no delays, will it here by the end of February?
It's sporting a Norwegian Flag, do BC Ferries Crews Ferry it home or are the Norwegian's the delivery crew?
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Post by Ferryman on Feb 6, 2022 16:35:22 GMT -8
Looks like MV Salish Heron Heron is just transiting the Panama Canal. Assuming no delays, will it here by the end of February? It's sporting a Norwegian Flag, do BC Ferries Crews Ferry it home or are the Norwegian's the delivery crew? It happens to be a Norwegian crew sailing it here under the shipbuilding contract. A few BCF crew, usually Chief Engineers and/or Captains might be tagging along for the ride, but they don’t make up the crew compliment. The last ship to be delivered entirely by BCF crew was the Northern Adventure. Prior to that it was the Queen of Chilliwack.
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Post by explorer on Feb 6, 2022 21:50:44 GMT -8
Thanks!
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Post by explorer on Feb 8, 2022 9:34:27 GMT -8
tak22,
"If you're interested, I'm tracking the Salish Heron on my website at patbaywebcam.com/heron.php."
Obviously you're very passionate about your ships, well done. Would distance to run in Nm instead of Km be more helpful to most?
marinetraffic.com have an interesting bit of information at the bottom of their Position page. It gives the distance to run to your location, in this case Victoria. It shows the Vessel travelling at 9.8 Kts arriving Victoria Harbour late on February 20th.
How many fuel stops will they make from their current position?
Is the Vessel operating as a Hybrid on the delivery?
Thank you!
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tak22
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Post by tak22 on Feb 8, 2022 13:42:52 GMT -8
Obviously you're very passionate about your ships, well done. Would distance to run in Nm instead of Km be more helpful to most? marinetraffic.com have an interesting bit of information at the bottom of their Position page. It gives the distance to run to your location, in this case Victoria. It shows the Vessel travelling at 9.8 Kts arriving Victoria Harbour late on February 20th. How many fuel stops will they make from their current position? Is the Vessel operating as a Hybrid on the delivery? - Yes, nautical miles would be preferred, but I use KMs because the wider audience are more used to them. At some point I'll probably either display both or add a preference switch.
- The Estimated Time of Arrival used by marinetraffic has interested me before, and I wonder how their algorithm works. Could be as complex as distance based on expected route and a predicted average speed, or something quite basic. It's on my list to look at.
- Usually these ships make one scheduled stop between Panama and BC, with Heron now heading for Manzanillo, Mexico. But that could be unscheduled ...
- I believe the Salish Class are all just LNG, not hybrid. The Island Class are hybrid and aim to be battery only when infrastructure is complete.
Pleased to hear from you and hope this answers your questions.
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Post by Blue Bus Fan on Feb 8, 2022 13:53:13 GMT -8
Obviously you're very passionate about your ships, well done. Would distance to run in Nm instead of Km be more helpful to most? marinetraffic.com have an interesting bit of information at the bottom of their Position page. It gives the distance to run to your location, in this case Victoria. It shows the Vessel travelling at 9.8 Kts arriving Victoria Harbour late on February 20th. How many fuel stops will they make from their current position? Is the Vessel operating as a Hybrid on the delivery? - Yes, nautical miles would be preferred, but I use KMs because the wider audience are more used to them. At some point I'll probably either display both or add a preference switch.
- The Estimated Time of Arrival used by marinetraffic has interested me before, and I wonder how their algorithm works. Could be as complex as distance based on expected route and a predicted average speed, or something quite basic. It's on my list to look at.
- Usually these ships make one scheduled stop between Panama and BC, with Heron now heading for Manzanillo, Mexico. But that could be unscheduled ...
- I believe the Salish Class are all just LNG, not hybrid. The Island Class are hybrid and aim to be battery only when infrastructure is complete.
Pleased to hear from you and hope this answers your questions. I pretty sure that Salish and Spirit Class vessels are the dual fuelled vessels.
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tak22
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Post by tak22 on Feb 8, 2022 15:19:20 GMT -8
- I believe the Salish Class are all just LNG, not hybrid. The Island Class are hybrid and aim to be battery only when infrastructure is complete.
I pretty sure that Salish and Spirit Class vessels are the dual fuelled vessels. Yes and thanks for the correction, I gave too short an answer. I meant that Salish Class has LNG as the distinguishing difference from conventional diesel, while the Island Class has diesel-electric hybrid with battery-electric in the future.
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Post by explorer on Feb 8, 2022 18:24:13 GMT -8
Thank you both for the info. Excellent!
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