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The ships are used as dry-bulk lake freighters (two gearless bulk freighter and three self-unloading vessel). [29] The first in the series, Algoma Equinox, was launched in 2013. Trillium class – a new class of lake freighter delivered for Canada Steamship Lines in 2012 (Baie St. Paul) and 2013 (Whitefish Bay, Thunder Bay and Baie Comeau).
The lake freighter SS Henry Steinbrenner was a 427-foot (130 m) long, 50-foot (15 m) wide, and 28-foot (8.5 m) deep, [1] dry bulk freighter of typical construction style for the early 1900s, primarily designed for the iron ore, coal, and grain trades on the Great Lakes.
[1] [2] The lake freighter was 222.5 m (730 ft 0 in) long overall and 215.7 m (707 ft 8 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 23.0 m (75 ft 6 in). [ 2 ] The ship was powered by a 9,896- shaft-horsepower (7,379 kW) Canadian General Electric Type MD70 two-stage steam turbine engine with Babcock & Wilcox header-type boilers turning one screw ...
In 2012, the ship underwent conversion to a lake freighter and was remeasured 18,049 gross tonnage (GT) and 29,984 DWT. [1] The vessel has capacity for 33,866.6 m 3 (1,195,986 cu ft) and carries a crew of between 13 and 15. [3]
MV Mark W. Barker is a large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by the Interlake Steamship Company. She is the first of the River-class freighters constructed for an American shipping company. [2] [3] Mark W. Barker is the first ship on the Great Lakes to be powered with engines that meet EPA Tier 4 standards.
Algosoo was a lake freighter constructed for Algoma Central in 1974 by Collingwood Shipbuilding in Collingwood, Ontario.The second ship of the name, Algosoo was the last lake freighter built in the traditional design for use on the North American Great Lakes, where the bridge topped a superstructure right in the ship's bow, and a second superstructure topped her engines, right in the stern.
By seven feet (2.1 m), she was longer than the second largest ship on the Great Lakes and her engine had almost twice the power of engines installed in most lake freighters. [3] At 639 feet (195 m), she was the longest freighter (and the largest self-unloader) on the lakes for 22 years.
Col. James M. Schoonmaker, formerly Willis B. Boyer, is a lake freighter that served as a commercial vessel on the Great Lakes for much of the 20th century. Named for Medal of Honor recipient James Martinus Schoonmaker, it is currently a museum ship in Toledo, Ohio.