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Port of Montreal welcomes 1st ocean-going vessel of 2019

[ January 4, 2019   //   Gary G Burrows ]

The Virginiaborg became the first ocean-going vessel to reach the Port of Montreal without a stopover in 2019, by crossing the downstream limits of the Port at Sorel on January 2. The Virginiaborg, under the command of Captain Volodymyr Yurchenko, is a bulk carrier operated by Wagenborg Shipping and represented in Montreal by the Lower St-Lawrence Ocean Agencies Ltd.

The Virginiaborg left the Port of Porsgrunn, Norway, on December 20. It docked early the morning of January 2 at Berth 42 at the terminal operated by Logistec.

Captain Yurchenko received, as part of an official ceremony, the Gold-Headed Cane, a trophy awarded each year to the Master of the first ocean-going vessel to reach the Port of Montreal without a stopover. This ceremony will mark the 180th anniversary of this great tradition in the shipping community.

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