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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Drone footage from this weekend shows a Canadian freighter stuck in the ice on frozen Lake Erie near the shores of Buffalo, New York. The 663-foot ship called the Manitoulin was ...
When a freighter got trapped in Lake Erie’s thick ice, the U.S. Coast Guard teamed up with Canadian vessels in a mission dubbed “Operation Coal Shovel” to break through the frozen blockade ...
The Manitoulin, a 663-foot (202-meter) Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie on Wednesday after it dropped off a load of wheat in Buffalo, New York, and was heading back to Canada, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — A freighter was on its way to Canada on Sunday after it was freed from ice that trapped it in a frozen Lake Erie for days, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The Manitoulin, a 663-foot (202-meter) Canadian vessel with 17 people on board, got stuck in the ice on Lake Erie on Wednesday after it dropped off a load of wheat in ...
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year. Why do freighters keep getting stuck in Detroit, St ...
She was stuck in the ice in Lake Erie near Conneaut, Ohio for eight days in February 1979 [7] and then was laid up from 1981 to 1987 due to the economy and the capacity of the newer 1,000 feet (300 m) lake freighters. [8] [3]
On the morning of January 5, 2014, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock was breaking ice for the lake freighter MV Mesabi Miner approximately 22 nautical miles west of the Straits of Mackinac. [4] She slowed after encountering harder ice and was struck in the stern by the much larger ore carrier.
The forward cabin and pilothouse of MV Benson Ford was converted into a private island residence in 1986 which is now located on a cliff on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. General characteristics; Length: 612 ft (187 m) Beam: 62 ft (19 m) Depth: 32 ft (9.8 m) Propulsion: 1x Sun-Doxford 4 cylinder opposed piston diesel engine: Speed