Destination: Havre Saint-Pierre, Canada
From: Sorel, Canada

https://shipfax.blogspot.com/2022/05/return-of-ferbec-and-algo-grain-ship.html

Since arriving in Canada in 2017 the ship has avoided winter conditions by reflagging and trading in foreign waters, with an international crew. Each spring it returns, usually to Halifax, to be reflagged and "re-crewed" with a Canadian crew, before resuming its usual trade. During the past winter it worked for a time in Columbia and Brazil, but in late March it went to Tuzla, Turkey for refit. (At 20 years of age, there was likely a major survey and along list of renewals.) That long list of work may explain why the ship is nearly two months later than usual arriving back in Canada.
Aside from the splendid new paint job, there was also a noticeable diference. The ship's four cargo cranes (and grab buckets) have been removed and the Supramax size ship is now a gearless bulk carrier.

The ship is dedicated to operate between Havre-St-Pierre and Sorel-Tracy, QC carrying ilmenite ore for Rio Tinto Fer et Titaine (Rio Tinto Iron and Titanium) and does not require the cranes to load or unload. A high capacity crane at Tracy is used for unloading, and the ship's cranes were actually in the way, and had to be swung out each time the ship arrived in port.
In a few days the crew will have the port of registry repainted to Sorel, the flag changed to the maple leaf, and the ship will be on its way.

The ship's name (pronounced Fair-Beck) is an amalgam of Fer (Iron) and Bec (Québec) and derives from the first owners of the operation, Québec Fer et Titaine, also known as QIT. It is now known as RTFT and the company has a website on the operation:
https://www.riotinto.com/en/operations/canada/rio-tinto-fer-et-titane

https://www.riotinto.com/-/media/Content/Images/Operations/RTFT/RT-RTFT-port.jpg?rev=9ae54c142c3d48e6a87f9b3602417514&w=1920&hash=A56C6BA18104A7B0A238673B6D10A12C
Picture (from Rio Tinto) of Ferbec being loaded in Havre Saint-Pierre