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NAUTICAL - */ˈnɔːtɪkl/, /"nO:tIkl/1. Relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen.

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M/V William Carson was a CN Marine passenger/vehicle icebreaker ferry named in honour of Newfoundland colonial politician William Carson.

Built by Canadian Vickers Ltd. in Sorel, Quebec, the William Carson measured 351 feet (107 m) in length and displaced 8,300 tons. Primarily a freight/cargo ferry, she had a capacity for 260 passengers and 60 cars which were loaded through a side ramp.

Designed for service between Port aux Basques and North Sydney, Nova Scotia by Canadian National Railways, she was commissioned in 1955. One of the largest vessels built in Canada at the time, her immense size forced her to use the more spacious harbour at Argentia for her first three years in service while the Port aux Basques harbour was modified to accept her.

The William Carson was reassigned to the seasonal Labrador coastal service in 1976, operating between Lewisporte and Happy Valley-Goose Bay.

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Early in her second season, she sank in 500 feet (150 m) of water on the night of June 2 / morning of June 3, 1977 after striking a small iceberg while navigating 12 nautical miles (22 km) off Battle Harbour. She was carrying 129 passengers and 29 crew at the time of her sinking; all survived.

The evacuation was carried out efficiently and passengers and crew waited in lifeboats in the icefield while watching their ship sink. Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers and Canadian Forces helicopters were dispatched to rescue the survivors.

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Statistics for the Shipping Industryof BrazilTotal: 137 ships (1,000 gross register tons (GRT) or over) Totalling: 2,038,923 GRT/3,057,820 metric tons of deadweight(DWT) Cargo shipsBulk ships21 Cargo ship21 Roll-on/Roll-off ships8 Tanker shipsLiquefied gas tanker ships12 Chemical tanker ships8 Petroleum tanker ships47 Passenger shipsCombined passenger/cargo12 Foreign Ownership and Documentation Note: Of these, 15 are foreign-owned: Chile1, Germany7, Norway2, Spain4, United Kingdom1. Brazil has 5 ships registered in other countries: Ghana1, Liberia3, Marshall Islands1. 2006 estimates.
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