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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).
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] MV Mark W. Barker is the first ship on the Great Lakes to be powered with engines that meet EPA Tier 4 standards.
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.
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.
James L. Kuber (lake freighter) James R. Barker (1976 ship) SS Jarvis Lord; SS John A. McGean; John B. Aird (ship) John Hulst (ship) MV John J. Boland; SS John Mitchell (1906) SS John Sherwin (1906) Joseph S. Fay Shipwreck Site
The lake freighter MV Saginaw was launched as John J. Boland in 1953, the third vessel to bear that name. John J. Boland was owned and operated by the American Steamship Company and constructed by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. In 1999, the ship was sold to Lower Lakes Towing and renamed Saginaw. The ship is currently ...
As built, the bulk carrier was 195.4 metres (641 ft 1 in) long overall and 189 m (620 ft 1 in) between perpendiculars with a beam of 23.8 m (78 ft 1 in). [1] The ship has a midsummer draught of 10.5 m (34 ft 6 in) and a depth of hold of 13.79 m (45 ft 3 in). [2]
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.