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by Mr Link
October 10, 2023, 8:31 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Soo Locks Transit Question
Replies: 18
Views: 2957

Re: Soo Locks Transit Question

Early press releases about the new lock said that it would be equipped with an automatic mooring system.
by Mr Link
September 17, 2023, 1:53 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Birgit Knutsen
Replies: 5
Views: 1639

Re: Birgit Knutsen

They applied for (and apparently received) a short-term coastal trading license for the vessel. I don't think that requires a Canadian crew. License applies from "on or about" September 1 through "on or about" October 31, 2023.
by Mr Link
September 7, 2023, 2:39 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Algoma Transport
Replies: 15
Views: 2877

Re: Algoma Transport

Per one of Denny's posts earlier in this thread, It was apparently coal loaded at Thunder Bay. The coke batteries on Zug Island are still active.
by Mr Link
August 14, 2023, 10:25 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
Replies: 27
Views: 4256

Re: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS

And the bidding has begun. A private company Esmark offered half a billion more, and more potential purchasers are apparently in discussions as well:

https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodi ... 023-08-14/
by Mr Link
August 8, 2023, 9:22 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: freighter transit times
Replies: 3
Views: 990

Re: freighter transit times

Recent editions of the annual Know Your Ships publication have about 4 pages of such information.

In addition Boatnerd's AIS system (and many others) have ETA features that give estimated times of arrival for ships out in the open lakes. It assumes they maintain their current speed.
by Mr Link
July 21, 2023, 4:46 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: mv northern venture
Replies: 8
Views: 1357

Re: mv northern venture

I think this was the vessel converted:

Former names: Da Shen and Asia Cement No. 7

IMO 9167681

155m by 22m by 12.6m

Built 1998

https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/515398
by Mr Link
June 19, 2023, 4:20 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: tug Seaway Guardian
Replies: 2
Views: 515

Re: tug Seaway Guardian

Since my initial post, I did find this photo online of the tug on land. Taken by Nathan Jarvis on Sept 5, 2019. It does show anodes in numerous places on the outside of the cort nozzles, as well as on the hull. So there likely was a concern about one being "ingested" into the prop. But I'm...
by Mr Link
June 19, 2023, 4:06 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: tug Seaway Guardian
Replies: 2
Views: 515

tug Seaway Guardian

In an article in Professional Mariner's " American Tugboat Review 2023 " it mentions that the Seaway Guardian, which was delivered in 2020 was taken out of service late last year because "a zinc anode loosened, causing an automatic port side engine shutdown". I'm curious how the ...
by Mr Link
June 12, 2023, 7:10 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: mv samuel champlain
Replies: 7
Views: 1091

Re: mv samuel champlain

The vessel was built in the US for Norwegian owners. It spent the first part of its life sailing under Norwegian and Italian flags. Then it suffered a major fire which pretty much gutted the vessel. McKeil bought it and I'm pretty certain placed it in Canadian registry. But before they could work it...
by Mr Link
June 10, 2023, 1:10 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: escanaba, michigan
Replies: 1
Views: 917

Re: escanaba, michigan

North Shore Marine Terminal and Logistics (the former Basic Marine shipyard) has a 160' by 65' floating drydock in Escanaba. It was initially built by the Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Company in the late 1970's and has been in Escanaba since the late 1980's I believe. I think it was obtained when We...
by Mr Link
June 5, 2023, 7:13 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Midwest Terminal - Toledo
Replies: 3
Views: 677

Re: Midwest Terminal - Toledo

I too have heard that they ship out petroleum coke. The US Army Corps of Engineers shows that 271,000 tons of petcoke was shipped out of Toledo in 2020, but it doesn't list which dock. Some of that petcoke likely comes from the nearby refineries, but I read somewhere that much of it is coming from M...
by Mr Link
May 25, 2023, 10:32 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Cuyahoga
Replies: 92
Views: 15649

Re: Cuyahoga

The tugs Ecosse and Stormont are both in Kingsville and both passed nearby the Cuyahoga on their way to that port. So I suspect that they are there for a tow. But I wonder if they might be waiting on weather or sea conditions. Weather buoys were showing 5-6 foot wave heights in the main basin of Lak...
by Mr Link
May 19, 2023, 1:19 am
Forum: BoatNerd Classifieds
Topic: marine mart port huron
Replies: 1
Views: 2827

Re: marine mart port huron

Still scheduled for June 10th.

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by Mr Link
May 16, 2023, 12:23 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: ss badger
Replies: 6
Views: 1271

Re: ss badger

The south side of Ludington smelled like coal smoke today:
by Mr Link
May 13, 2023, 6:37 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: ss badger
Replies: 6
Views: 1271

Re: ss badger

I didn't realize the Badger was going to be repowered with diesel engines! Unless I have missed something, Interlake is still investigating how they will repower the vessel. They did announce that they will be moving away from coal as a fuel. Diesel is one viable option, but I think they are still ...
by Mr Link
April 25, 2023, 11:28 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Keewatin Tow
Replies: 11
Views: 1805

Re: Keewatin Tow

Denny As of 12:15 am EDT on Wednesday, the Molly M1 is showing up on both the Boatnerd and Marine Traffic AIS sites. (as an unidentified tug on Marine Traffic for now). It is moving southward at about 6 knots. Using the Boatnerd ETA estimator, (which assumes it maintains its current speed) it may ge...
by Mr Link
April 4, 2023, 3:01 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Lorain Ohio Coal Dock
Replies: 7
Views: 1113

Re: Lorain Ohio Coal Dock

This previous thread had some information on coal docks at Lorain, as well as a couple of photo links https://search.boatnerd.com/viewtopic.php?p=231621&hilit=lorain+coal+dock&sid=e7a1d85f2e6bf20b4778987a60dc1142#p231621 Also, this page on Bowling Green's website has lots of photos of docks ...
by Mr Link
March 30, 2023, 7:03 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Hollyhock working the Seaway
Replies: 1
Views: 517

Hollyhock working the Seaway

Based on AIS data, it appears that the buoy tender Hollyhock has been working buoys and aids to navigation for the past couple of days in the US portion of the Seaway. Working out of Massena, NY. I'm curious why the Seaway Authority isn't doing this work themselves? I realize they were having issues...
by Mr Link
March 29, 2023, 9:42 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Tugboat status
Replies: 0
Views: 635

Tugboat status

I'm curious if anyone has any updates on two tugs that made the news back in January. First, a (assuming it was small) tug was lost in Conneaut when a work barge capsized. Was the tug ever located? There were fears that it may still be afloat, possibly also capsized, somewhere on Lake Erie. Second, ...
by Mr Link
March 28, 2023, 12:41 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Scrapyards before Port Colburn
Replies: 7
Views: 1050

Re: Scrapyards before Port Colburn

Interesting question. Not sure about before 1970, but here are a few scrappers mentioned in old editions of the Toronto Marine Historical Society's Scanner from the 1970's and 1980's: United Steel and Refining Co, Hamilton Newman Steel, Port Maitland Western Metals Corp, Thunder Bay Affiliated Marin...