Niagara Christened at Port Weller Dry Docks

July 27, 1999

The largest-ever Canadian ship built for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence was christened at Port Weller Dry Docks at the Lake Ontario entrance to the Welland Canal. CSL Niagara is the newest member of the Canada Steamship Lines fleet, and the first of three ships built by Port Weller as part of a $100 million fleet reinvestment program by CSL. Measuring 740 x 78 x 48 ft., Niagara required more than 6,000 tons of steel for construction. The unique shipbuilding project saw an entirely new hull constructed and joined to the engine room portion of J.W. McGiffin. Niagara is the first ship to be built to the St. Lawrence Seaway's new maximum-size allowances, and features the most up-to-date self-unloading system available, unloading cargo at rates up to 6,000 tons per hour. Niagara Christened at Port Weller Dry Docks The largest-ever Canadian ship built for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence was christened at Port Weller Dry Docks at the Lake Ontario entrance to the Welland Canal. CSL Niagara is the newest member of the Canada Steamship Lines fleet, and the first of three ships built by Port Weller as part of a $100 million fleet reinvestment program by CSL. Measuring 740 x 78 x 48 ft., Niagara required more than 6,000 tons of steel for construction. The unique shipbuilding project saw an entirely new hull constructed and joined to the engine room portion of J.W. McGiffin. Niagara is the first ship to be built to the St. Lawrence Seaway's new maximum-size allowances, and features the most up-to-date self-unloading system available, unloading cargo at rates up to 6,000 tons per hour.

Niagara Christened at Port Weller Dry Docks

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