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by Mr Link
July 11, 2022, 3:27 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Engineers and boiler operators
Replies: 4
Views: 854

Re: Engineers and boiler operators

Can't answer that question. But the State of Michigan seems to have three job categories that are constantly being advertised: 1) elevator inspectors 2) traffic signal electricians (They want a licensed electrician with a commercial drivers license willing to be on call 24/7) 3) boiler inspectors (w...
by Mr Link
June 24, 2022, 3:46 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Farewell Diamond Jack
Replies: 2
Views: 755

Re: Farewell Diamond Jack

That would be J and K Steamboat Company of Grand Ledge. https://www.michiganprincess.com/Our-Boats They currently have three riverboats in service: the Michigan Princess on the Grand River in Lansing, the Grand Princess based out of Grand Ledge (but truck-able to other inland water locations) and th...
by Mr Link
May 11, 2022, 9:57 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: ship recycling in Port Colborne
Replies: 4
Views: 1021

Re: ship recycling in Port Colborne

Of course I can't seem to find any photos right now, but in the past have seen photos of several large winches at the yard. Probably salvaged towing winches from tugs. The lines are often run through multiple blocks to increase their pulling power, and they are tied to ground anchors behind the winc...
by Mr Link
April 25, 2022, 12:43 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: m.s chi cheemaun
Replies: 1
Views: 422

Re: m.s chi cheemaun

This article posted today states that they still hope to meet that schedule: https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/ ... ay-5295949
by Mr Link
April 20, 2022, 4:06 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: ID of car ferries?
Replies: 2
Views: 588

ID of car ferries?

I ran across this unidentified photo in the online digital collections of the Holland (Michigan) museum. It shows to railroad car ferries and I'm almost certain it was taken in Windsor, Ontario. The layout of the tracks and adjacent street make me think it is either the Canadian Pacific or Michigan ...
by Mr Link
April 20, 2022, 3:50 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: End of Port Reports
Replies: 3
Views: 1019

Re: End of Port Reports

Denny, Just in case you haven't seen the good news, another volunteer stepped in to continue the port reports. For now at least.
by Mr Link
April 18, 2022, 1:44 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: today in great lakes history
Replies: 1
Views: 698

Re: today in great lakes history

To my knowledge DeTour never had a railroad, common carrier or otherwise. James Hannum's book In the Pines - Volume III (An atlas of logging railroads in the UP) shows the closest logging railroad networks out one that worked out of Raber and one on the east end of Drummond Island. And of course the...
by Mr Link
April 7, 2022, 7:18 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Ojibway
Replies: 14
Views: 3398

Re: Ojibway

McKeil has built up a pretty substantial fleet in the past few years. Have they taken away a significant amount of grain tonnage from LLT? McKeil ships are frequently in Thunder Bay, but I haven't been paying attention to what they are hauling and their destinations.
by Mr Link
April 5, 2022, 6:07 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Ojibway
Replies: 14
Views: 3398

Re: Ojibway

It could be the Michipicoten, which has seen a fair amount of deviation from her regular Soo Express run in recent seasons due to the Algoma Steel contract and demand being a little different. And this haul (as well as the demand for coal at the Soo) is likely to go away entirely once Algoma Steel ...
by Mr Link
April 4, 2022, 9:01 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Mark Barker unloading system.
Replies: 6
Views: 1868

Re: Mark Barker unloading system.

I believe McKeil's barge Huron Spirit has a similar, if less robust system that dates back to its days hauling salt from Mexico to San Diego. One trip it might be carrying a bulk commodity to be unloaded via the boom, the next steel coils stored on the flat deck. https://youtu.be/SWquX8kCzS8?t=130
by Mr Link
April 1, 2022, 10:22 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Alpena to Whitefish terminal
Replies: 0
Views: 1327

Alpena to Whitefish terminal

Per AIS, it looks like the Alpena left Alpena tonight with a destination showing as Whitefish, which is likely their Whitefish terminal near Little Current. Looks like Bristol Bay spent the day breaking ice from Georgian Bay to the terminal. Ice charts still show fairly substantial ice coverage in t...
by Mr Link
March 29, 2022, 7:45 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: manistee tow
Replies: 8
Views: 1727

Re: manistee tow

I know nothing about such things, but towing a big ship with a little tugboat like that looks pretty sketchy. How do you control a huge ship like that in the wind and ice and currents without you and your tugboat ending up somehow crushed like a grape? The Beverly MI is hardly a small tug. If I'm n...
by Mr Link
March 27, 2022, 5:19 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Badger over-nighter ?
Replies: 6
Views: 1233

Re: Badger over-nighter ?

Their schedule shows that they will be doing nighttime sailings from June 10 to Sept 5 this year. But during that time frame most rooms are booked by the general public and would not be available for a group function. The Boatnerd Badger gatherings have in the past been done outside of that window, ...
by Mr Link
March 27, 2022, 12:49 am
Forum: Model Building
Topic: Cliffs Victory Blueprints
Replies: 5
Views: 3964

Re: Cliffs Victory Blueprints

I just saw this thread (Its now March). I was told several months ago (on a Facebook page) that the assets of Bearco Marine are still around. The current owner had to retire (which lead to closure) and is trying to sell the company. Ideally to someone who would take it over and continue the product ...
by Mr Link
March 19, 2022, 2:29 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act
Replies: 9
Views: 1908

Re: U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act

The answer to your question is in the PVSA FAQs you cite. They are not breaking the law. The act specifically says cannot transport passengers between US ports. If a voyage begins and ends in the same port then they have not transported passengers from one US port to another. Yes, if a passenger di...
by Mr Link
March 14, 2022, 2:20 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act
Replies: 9
Views: 1908

Re: U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act

Both vessels were built by Atlantic Marine Corporation at Jacksonville and are now part of the merger of American Queen Steamboat Company and Victory Cruise Lines. They were renamed last December. Both are eligible for reflagging to American registry under the Jones Act, so that is another possibil...
by Mr Link
March 14, 2022, 1:37 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act
Replies: 9
Views: 1908

U.S. Passenger Vessel Services Act

American Queen Voyages is advertising two 16 day round-trip cruises this June out of Chicago. The scheduled vessel is the Ocean Navigator (former Victory II). https://www.victorycruiselines.com/cruises/lakeside-treasures/ Considering that the vessel is foreign flagged (Bahamas), I'm curious as to ho...
by Mr Link
March 12, 2022, 10:28 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Harvest Spirit heading to the Soo
Replies: 3
Views: 943

Re: Harvest Spirit heading to the Soo

Strictly a guess on my part: perhaps it is moving steel coils. Per archived AIS observations, it shifted docks in Windsor (ADM to Morterm) on March 4th, then left for Nanticoke in March 6th. Spent several days in Nanticoke then arrived at Monroe on March 10th or 11th. Now apparently headed to the So...
by Mr Link
March 9, 2022, 2:41 am
Forum: Information Search
Topic: Canadian National palns sale f Great Lakes fleett.
Replies: 26
Views: 5105

Re: Canadian National palns sale f Great Lakes fleett.

A footer could not deliver to Dofasco in Hamilton, but they do currently deliver to Stelco in Nanticoke and there's no reason a Canadian-flag ship couldn't do that same route. As far as Algoma Steel in the Soo, the Indiana Harbor made a delivery there last year and I believe carried only a partial ...
by Mr Link
March 1, 2022, 4:01 pm
Forum: Information Search
Topic: uss_kobe in lorain. ohio
Replies: 1
Views: 698

Re: uss_kobe in lorain. ohio

Good question. The best I can tell from online sources is that everything is still idled. The US Steel/Kobe partnership ended in 1999 and the mill was split into two entities, with US Steel retaining the pipe mill and Republic Steel gaining the blast furnaces and bar mill. In 2013 Republic put a new...