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MV Indiana Harbor is a very large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company.This vessel was built in 1979 at Bay Shipbuilding Company, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin and included self-unloading technology.
SS Edward L. Ryerson is a steel-hulled American Great Lakes freighter that entered service in 1960. Built between April 1959 and January 1960 for the Inland Steel Company, she was the third of the thirteen so-called 730-class of lake freighters, each of which shared the unofficial title of "Queen of the Lakes", as a result of their record-breaking length.
[7] [14] On July 27, 2022, MV Mark W. Barker began her maiden voyage to Port Inland, Michigan to load stone for Muskegon, Michigan, thus entering regular service. [15] She was christened on 1 September 2022, in Cleveland, Ohio. [16] On May 17, 2023, she ran aground in the Detroit River near Belle Isle. [17] She was refloated shortly before 12 ...
The first cargo ship passed through a newly opened deep-water channel in Baltimore on Thursday after being stuck in the harbor since the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed four weeks ago, halting ...
According to ASC, repairs cost nearly $4.2 million, 45 shipping days and five cargo hauls before it could be returned to service resulting in just over a half million in lost profits. [ 5 ] In January 2022, one of the ship’s crew was injured in an accident off the coast of Gary, Indiana then later died due to the injury while in transit to ...
Mississagi was a Type L6-S-B1 lake freighter launched in 1943. [1] [2] Originally she was powered by a 2,500 horsepower (1,900 kW) triple-expansion steam engine.In 1985 her steam engines were replaced by a 4,500 horsepower (3,400 kW) diesel engine.
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.
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