The VECTIS PROGRESS is the first vessel to call the Port of Trois-Rivières in 2025. It docked at the Port on January 2 at 3:15 pm, after a thirteen-day crossing of the Atlantic.
The vessel, with its 13 crew members of Philippine, Russian and Romanian nationalities, left the Port of Pasaia in Spain on December 20, 2024. Its cargo of steel beams from Arcelor Mittal is handled by LOGISTEC and destined for the construction industry.
To receive the special award, the vessel must arrive in Trois-Rivières from an overseas port without making a stopover at another Canadian port and perform a loading or unloading operation at the port.
During the 59th ceremony marking the arrival of the first vessel of the year at the Port of Trois Rivières, Captain Cornel Naziru and Chief Engineer Roman Shaparaev, received baskets of local products and a giclée reproduction Un port, une équipe created by Ms. Caroline St-Pierre, a painter from the Mauricie region.
Gaétan Boivin, President and CEO of the Port, recalled that LOGISTEC has been present at the Port of Trois-Rivières for over 70 years. Its main activities focus on the handling of general cargo such as cocoa beans, paper pulp, wind turbine components and, of course, steel products.
The VECTIS PROGRESS is operated by Fednav to service its shipping line which links Europe to the St. Lawrence River and Great Lakes network.
Group photo from left to right: Gaétan Boivin, President and CEO of the Port of Trois-Rivières; Captain Cornel Naziru of the Vectis Progress; Roman Shaparaev, chief engineer of Vectis Progress; Me Véronique Néron, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Port of Trois-Rivières: and Jean Lamarche, Mayor of Trois-Rivières.
(Photos from Port of Trois-Rivières)