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Pages in category "Great Lakes freighters" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 208 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.
Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carriers operating on the Great Lakes of North America. These vessels are traditionally called boats , although classified as ships . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Freighters typically have a long, narrow hull, a raised pilothouse , and the engine located at the rear of the ship.
Great Lakes freighters (1 C, 208 P) G. Shipwrecks in the Great Lakes (8 C, 10 P) P. Package freighters (12 P) Passenger ships of the Great Lakes (15 P) S.
This is a category of American and Canadian shipping companies on the Great Lakes. Pages in category "Great Lakes shipping companies" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Great Lakes Fleet was formed on July 1, 1967, when U.S. Steel consolidated its Great Lakes shipping operations by merging the Pittsburgh Steamship Division and its sister fleet, the Bradley Transportation Company forming the USS Great Lakes Fleet. [2] In 1981, Great Lakes Fleet was spun off into a U.S. Steel-owned subsidiary, Transtar, Inc. [3]
Great Lakes freighter, launched in Manitowoc in 1953, transports enough barley in each load to make 40 million bottles of beer. ... The name was changed to SAGINAW on Nov. 20, 1999, in honor of ...
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.
The vital shipping channel that connects Lake Erie to Lake Huron and includes the Detroit River has seen three ships go aground this year.