The Gemini , A Great Lake Freighter on Byng Inlet

For your interest the Table above is Byng Inlet's Earth Reference

Taken From Our Property May 21, 2001. Rare sight, but The Big Boats Still Ply The Small Harbours. The Gemini, a twin-screw petroleum tanker built by Levingston Shipbuilding Co., Orange, TX for Cleveland Tankers Inc., Cleveland, OH, was launched on May 13, 1978. She is powered by twin Alco V-16 cylinder 2575 horsepower diesel engines giving her a rated service speed of 12 knots. The Gemini is capable of carrying 73000 barrels of clean petroleum products or 68000 barrels of heavy fuel oil in 6 tanks (equivalent of 10099 tons) at her maximum mid-summer draft of 23 feet. She has 3 separate pumping systems allowing her to transport a variety of cargos without contamination. Considered a specialty carrier, the Gemini's cargos may consist of gasoline, distillates, and petrochemicals. Because of her tank coating and construction, she can also carry calcium chloride, caustic soda, and nitrogen fertilizers. These cargos are delivered to customers along the Great Lakes, St. Lawrence Seaway, and the East Coast of Canada and the United States.

Gemini's maiden voyage was from Baytown, TX with a load of fuel oil for Detroit, MI thus becoming the largest U.S. flagged tanker on the Great Lakes.

Currently owned by Cleveland Tankers (1991) Inc., Cleveland, OH and operated by Cleveland Tankers Ship Management Inc., the Gemini sails under charter to Algoma Tankers Ltd., Dartmouth, NS. Algoma Tankers reportedly owns 25 percent of Cleveland Tankers Inc..

Overall dimensions
Length	432'06"
Beam	65'00"
Depth	29'04"
Capacity (barrels)	73,000