Groupe Desgagnés is a Canadian shipping firm. It operates a fleet of nineteen vessels. Gross earnings in 2014 were around $230 million.

Desgagnes Transarctik

Desgagnes Transarctik, a subsidiary of Groupe Desgagnés, is partners with

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, the Qikiqtaaluk Corporation, Sakku Investments Corporation and the Kitikmeot Corporation. Operating as Nunavut Sealink and Supply Incorporated they provide annual

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communities.

Fleet

All vessels fly the Canadian flag and are operated by Canadian crews, except a few vessels when used for international trade. was part of the fleet until her sale in 2007.

Tankers

* , , ''Paul A. Desgagnés'' and ''Rossi A. Desgagnés'': tankers with dual-fuel

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5RT-flex 60DF propulsion engines allowing the use of liquefied natural gas (LNG), marine diesel oil (MDO) or

heavy fuel oil Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) is a category of fuel oils of a tar-like consistency. Also known as bunker fuel, or residual fuel oil, HFO is the result or remnant from the distillation and cracking process of petroleum. For this reason, HFO is contaminate ...

(HFO), built in Turkey in 2016. They have ice class Polar 7. * :

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* ''Espada Desgagnés'' and ''Laurentia Desgagnés'': Panamax tanker vessels for the transportation of crude oil. * ''Esta Desgagnés'': chemical tanker * ''Gaïa Desgagnés'': chemical product carrier * ''Jana Desgagnés'' * ''Laurentia Desgagnés'': a Panamax tanker vessel dedicated to the transportation of crude oil * ''Maria Desgagnés'': a double-hulled tanker for transporting chemicals * ''Sarah Desgagnés'': double-hulled oil and chemical tanker built in Tuzla, Turkey in 2007. * : double-hulled oil and asphalt tanker, no longer in use, replaced by ''Damia Desgagnés'' and ''Mia Desgagnés''.

Cargo carriers

* : multi-purpose dry cargo ship * : general cargo carrier rated Lloyd's 100 1A for navigation through ice. (No longer active since 2017) * : multi-purpose

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vessel equipped with a crane capable of lifting up to 125 tons (Sold and scrapped in 2017) * : general cargo ship, heavy cargo * roll-on/roll-off cargo carrier (Sold in December 2017 and bound for further service in Russia) * : heavy lift multi-purpose dry cargo vessel with tweendeck * * * : multi-purpose heavy lift ship * : multi-purpose dry cargo ship * : multi-purpose dry cargo ship, equipped for carriage of containers, strengthened for heavy cargo * : multi-purpose tweendeck, lo-lo cargo ship * : multi-purpose dry cargo ship * * : sister ship of ''Sedna Desgagnés'', multi-purpose dry cargo ship, equipped for carriage of containers, strengthened for heavy cargo

Cargo and passenger carrier

* ''Bella Desgagnés'': From mid-April to mid-January, ''Bella Desgagnés'' serves the Lower North shore of the Côte-Nord region of Quebec transporting passengers and cargo. The trip from Rimouski to

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is a one-week round trip, calling (in the downstream direction) at Sept-Îles,

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, Natashquan, Kegaska, La Romaine, Harrington Harbour, Tête-à-la-Baleine, La Tabatière and Saint-Augustin.The voyage downstream starts Tuesday morning from Rimouski and arrives in Blanc Sablon Friday morning. The ship then returns upstream. * ''Nordik Express''.

References

External links

Map
showing the real time position of the vessels in the fleet {{DEFAULTSORT:Groupe Desgagne * Shipping companies of Canada Companies based in Quebec City