MV Atlantic Huron was built in 1984 and converted to a self-unloading vessel in 1989. The vessel was retired in December 2025 and was responsibly dismantled and recycled at Sheet Harbour, Nova Scotia, in January 2026.
Vessel features included:
– A self-unloading system with hopper shaped cargo holds, hydraulic cargo gates, two tunnel conveyors, a ‘C’ Loop elevating belt and an unloading boom.
– A variable speed unloading system consisting of hoppered holds with 35-degree slopes and hydraulically operated gates.
– Two tunnel conveyors that ran the length of the vessel and fed two cross conveyors that ran athwartship.
– A single loop belt elevating system that raised the material to the main deck and onto the vessel’s 79 m unloading boom.
– The boom hood allowed for dust-free discharges.
MV Atlantic Huron was wholly owned and operated by CSL.
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