BBC HOUSTON first vessel of the “LakerMax” series completing passage into the Great Lakes

Having proceeded to the first lock in the system, the St. Lambert Lock in Montreal, the BBC HOUSTON and her Captain Andrei Kostrov were welcomed by a small committee consisting of Mr Ricardo D’Amore as the representative of The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, Mr Ross Fletcher, BBC Chartering’s Owners Representative in Canada, and Mr Lou Holmes and Ms Jennifer Holmes, both Holmes Maritime, the ship’s agent in Canada. While the vessel was sluiced in the St Lambert lock, plaques commemorating the event were handed over to the Seaway authority and the vessel in a small ceremony. Ultimate destination of the BBC HOUSTON was Erie in Pennsylvania, where the vessel discharged a full shipload of windmill blades.