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In Chicago she acquired a reputation as a "jinx ship" that caused the city's drawbridges to become stuck when they were raised to let her pass, causing long delays to traffic. [2] Such an incident became the setting for the 1977 dramatic film Medusa Challenger .
It provides seamen to shipping companies around the globe. [5] It works as a consultancy and warehouse services to The New Sylhet Tea Estate Limited, Baraoora (Sylhet) Tea Company Limited, Consolidate Tea & Lands Co. (Bangladesh) Limited, and the Burjan Tea Estate Limited. [6] [7] The company is headquartered at Finlay House in Agrabad, Chittagong.
South Manitou Island was originally settled in the mid-1830s by William Burton to provide cord wood to fuel the Great Lakes steamships. His dock was built in the middle of the crescent-shaped bay on the eastern side of the island, which offered the only natural deep-water harbor between Chicago and Buffalo.
The fourth ship originally built for the U.S. Maritime Commission [16] [17] Sold for scrap to Turkish Shipbreakers in 1988; MT Undaunted: 1944: Currently an Auxiliary Fleet Tug on the Great Lakes [11] Built as USS Undaunted (ATA-199) SS Badger: 1952: The last, and largest, coal-fired, steam engine car-ferry built in the United States [11] MV ...
The Illinois Waterway system consists of 336 miles (541 km) of navigable water from the mouth of the Calumet River at Chicago to the mouth of the Illinois River at Grafton, Illinois. Based primarily on the Illinois River , it is a system of rivers, lakes, and canals that provide a commercial shipping connection from the Great Lakes to the Gulf ...
C.T.C. No. 1 is a 620-foot-long cargo hauler brought to the south Chicago ports in 1982. With a capacity of 16,300 tons, this ship was used for storage and transfer of cement until its termination in 2009. The ship hasn't moved since its termination and then purchase by the Grand River Navigation Co., Traverse City, MI. [7]
The ship was designed for the stone trade and is equipped with a 76.20 m (250 ft 0 in) discharge boom that can be swung 120 degrees to port or starboard. The boom is used to unload the vessel's cargo. [2] [3] In 1986 a 1,000 horsepower (750 kW) bow thruster was installed. [4]
Convoy HX 231 was the 231st of the numbered series of Second World War HX convoys of merchant ships from HalifaX to Liverpool.The ships departed New York City on 25 March 1943 and were met on 31 March by Mid-Ocean Escort Force Group B-7.