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Default aerial view Seapan tug and two barges

shiver wrote:
Just our of curiousity where are they taking the sawdust.


It is referred to here as woodchips or more often just "chips" - or
sometimes "hogfuel". It is going to a paper mill at Crofton on Vancouver
Island where it is used as both feedstock and fuel. The paper also comes
back on (different) barges for loading on to deep sea vessels.