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Arsene Simard (1974)
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Arsene Simard (1974)
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Arsene Simard (1974)
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Gaspé Transport (1979/05/11)
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Gaspé Transport (1984/07/22)
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Gaspé Transport (1984/11/20)
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Gaspé Transport (1985/10/02)
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Gaspé Transport (1986/07/01)
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Enerchem Avance (1987/06)
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Enerchem Avance (1988/06/18)
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Enerchem Avance (1988/06/18)
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Enerchem Avance (1988/07)
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Enerchem Avance (1988/07)
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Enerchem Avance (1989/12/18)
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Enerchem Avance (1992/04)
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Enerchem Avance (1992/05/24)
  IMO: 7208601  
Details/Construction
Builder:Marine Industries Ltd. (MIL)Location:Sorel, Quebec, CanadaHull #:404
Keel Layed:1971/08Launched:1972/03/18Commissioned:1972/05/26
Propulsion
As builtType:1 MAN 8L40/54A 4-cylinder diesel engineOutput:13.25 knots
Manufacturer:Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg AG (MAN) - Augsburg, Germany
 
Dimensions
As builtLength (oa):131.93 m (432.8 ft)Gross Tonnage:5844
Length (lbp):121.93 m (400.0 ft)Net Tonnage:4025
Beam:18.47 m (60.6 ft)Dead Weight:9015
Depth:8.54 m (28.0 ft)Displacement:
Draft:6.839 m (22.4 ft) 
Owner HistoryFleet History
OwnerManagerFromUntil
Branch Lines Ltd. - Sorel, Quebec, Canada1972/051981
Halco Inc. - Canada19811986/12
Enerchem Transport Inc. - Montreal, QuebecEnerchem Ship Management Inc. - Canada1986/121993
Limber Maritime Inc. - Liberia19931999
Integrated Oil & Gas Ltd. - Nigeria19992006
Neptune Maritime Inc. - St. Kitts & Nevis20062010/12
FleetFromUntil
Name HistoryRegistration History
NameUntil
Arsene Simard1979
Gaspé Transport1986
Enerchem Avance1993
Leona II1999
Eringa2006
Lady Anna2010
NumberPortCall SignMMSIFromUntil
Can 331744 Sorel, Quebec, Canada VCGZ 1972/05 1979
Can 331744 Toronto, Ontario, Canada VCGZ 1979 1993
Monrovia, Liberia 1993 1999
Lagos, Nigeria 1999 2006
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis 2006 2010/12
Description
By Skip Gillham - from his book - Branch Lines and Socanav Tankers of the Great Lakes.

Completion of the tanker ARSENE SIMARD brought the first Canadian built vessel classed for benzene and naptha into the Branch Lines fleet. The vessel was christened at the Marine Industries shipyard at Sorel on May 27, 1972 and she sailed a few days later. ARSENE SIMARD was fully welded, carried an Ive Class III rating and had an electric bow thruster. The 131.9 meter (432’9”) long by 18.29 meter (60’) wide ship was registered at 5,844 gross tons and was able to carry up to 66,000 barrels of cargo per trip. Power was supplied by an M.A.N. Diesel engine of 4,390 horsepower and she had a crew of 21..

Service included the usual Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Riger runs but each summer this was extended north into the Canadian Arctic. After only 6 years of trading in Bramch Lines colours she was sold to the Hall Corporation on December 15, 1978 and delivered to Sorel three days later. Renamed GASPÉ TRANSPORT she sailed for Halco until their tanker fleet was disbanded. The vessel moved to Enerchem Transports Ltd. late in 1986 and became ENERCHEM AVANCE early the next year..

A seven hour grounding in the St. Marys River below Sault Ste. Marie on April 18, 1989 left only slight damage. ENERCHEM AVANCE was the last of the season up the Welland Canal on December 23, 1989. In January 1991 the ship was re-registered in the Bahamas for deep sea trading that included at least one trip to Nigeria. She returned to Canadian registry on July 11, 1991..

ENERCHEM AVANCE tied up at Halifax, Nova Scotia on December 21, 1992 and remained there until April 24, 1993. She departed Canada for the last time as LEONA II under the management of Limber Maritime Inc. She was originally under the flag of Liberia but was transferred to Nigerian registry by subsequent “unspecified” owners..

In 1999 the vessel was again sold. Integrated Oil & Gas Ltd. of Nigeria renamed the ship and operated her as ERINGA for Alpha Maritime Services of Guinea. By 23 December 2010 it was recorded that she had been scrapped however information on her final disposition are unknown..
Disposition
Description/LocationScrapped in an unknown location
Arrival at Yard2010/12/23Beached:Work Began:
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