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For these reasons, the DeTour Passage Underwater Preserve is exceptionally rich in Lake freighter wrecks of all kinds. The shipping losses in or near the Passage are due to storms, heavy seas and navigation. The shallow waters make it easy for divers doing such wreck diving activities for the remains of lost ships.
North American container ports. This is a list of ports of the United States, ranked by tonnage. [1] Ports in the United States handle a wide variety of goods that are critical to the global economy, including petroleum, grain, steel, automobiles, and containerized goods.
Today, approximately 36,000 recreational cruising boats utilize portions of the Inside Passage route. [3] [better source needed] The nonprofit Marine Exchange of Alaska plots and follows vessel traffic in the Alaskan section of the Inside Passage. [4] Captain Warren Good has catalogued some 3,641 shipwrecks along the Alaska portion of the ...
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The ability to move more cargo per shipment makes barge transport both fuel efficient and environmentally advantageous. On average, a gallon of fuel allows one ton of cargo to be shipped 180–240 mi (290–390 km) by truck (e.g. @ 6–8 mpg ‑US (2.6–3.4 km/L) 30 ton load, 450 mi (720 km) by railway, and 514 mi (827 km) by barge.
The freighter, longer than two football fields and loaded with about 20,000 metric tons of rock salt, was christened in 2022 and was the first large bulk carrier built on the Great Lakes since 1981.
SS Clifton, originally SS Samuel Mather, was a whaleback lake freighter built in 1892 for service on the Great Lakes. She was 308 foot (94 m) long, 30 foot (9.1 m) beam, and 24 foot (7.3 m) depth, and had a 3,500 ton capacity. The self-propelled barge was built by the American Steel Barge Company in West Superior, Wisconsin.
Now you see it. Now you don't. The road that is this unique causeway in France disappears under water about twice everyday for a couple hours. So, if you're traveling on either side of the road ...