by Guest » July 25, 2023, 8:32 pm
The Red Wing had a t2-Tanker stern from the Imperial Edmonton. She was costly to run, and unlike the Hilda Marjanne and Northern Venture, which were rebuilt with diesel-powered sterns, the Red Wing received no such rebuilding.
https://www.aukevisser.nl/t2tanker/id431.htm
Starting in 1982, there was a 50% drop in steel production at U.S. steel mills and a reduction in the movement of grain from the ports of Duluth/Superior. In the same year, Mississippi river barge operators dropped their rates for the movement of grain to the Gulf of Mexico, under-cutting the movement of grain from Duluth/Superior. Upper Lakes Shipping was also impacted by the grain embargo to the Soviet Union after that country invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
That is why so many of the marginal grain carriers in the ULS fleet were idled starting in 1980, then most eventually sold off for dismantling.
The April 2023 issue of the Toronto Marine Historical Society's Scanner has a "Ship of the Month" on the Red Wing, with pictures of Gordie Howe at the christening podium at Port Weller on July 23, 1960. That issue of the Scanner is not on-line at this time.
The Red Wing had a t2-Tanker stern from the Imperial Edmonton. She was costly to run, and unlike the Hilda Marjanne and Northern Venture, which were rebuilt with diesel-powered sterns, the Red Wing received no such rebuilding.
https://www.aukevisser.nl/t2tanker/id431.htm
Starting in 1982, there was a 50% drop in steel production at U.S. steel mills and a reduction in the movement of grain from the ports of Duluth/Superior. In the same year, Mississippi river barge operators dropped their rates for the movement of grain to the Gulf of Mexico, under-cutting the movement of grain from Duluth/Superior. Upper Lakes Shipping was also impacted by the grain embargo to the Soviet Union after that country invaded Afghanistan in 1979.
That is why so many of the marginal grain carriers in the ULS fleet were idled starting in 1980, then most eventually sold off for dismantling.
The April 2023 issue of the Toronto Marine Historical Society's Scanner has a "Ship of the Month" on the Red Wing, with pictures of Gordie Howe at the christening podium at Port Weller on July 23, 1960. That issue of the Scanner is not on-line at this time.