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If memory serves, the unloading conveyors that bring cargo aft from under the Blough's holds and up to the shuttle boom are a rather unique arrangement. That means that adding a more conventional loop belt / slewing boom system to the Blough would involve a significant reconfiguration of the ship's ...

On the occasion that a ship loses a rudder and it is not recovered from the bottom how is it replaced? Does the shipowner/shipyard have a set of blueprints showing the specific design of a rudder to be fabricated for a particular ship? I'm assuming that rudders are not generally interchangeable exc...

Certainly not the longest freighter. I believe the J. Pierpont Morgan was the first 600-footer, launched in 1906. There had to be a dozen by the late 1920s. Guest Thank you - very much - for this. At the time, James A Farrell was the President/Chairman of USS. Even if it wasn't the longest in the f...

At 580 feet long, was the Farrell the longest Great Lakes freighter , ship on the Great lakes in the late 20's? Thank you - very much - for all assistance. Really appreciate. It might be noted here that there are multiple ways to measure the length of a ship. The length johnfrombrighton is using in...

Hausen. You are correct. I knew it hit when loaded. Remember when it happened. Cool to have it confirmed from memory! Seems like maybe the biggest misleading aspect of the initial reports is the use of the word "pierhead", which given the configuration of the Duluth ship canal leads to th...

Later that year, on December 22, the large bulker hit the pierhead while entering the Duluth / Superior harbor in bad visibility. The vessel received plate damage that was repaired at Superior's Fraser Shipyards, returning to service in June of 1979. The text garbear has contributed seems to come f...

As far as powered vessels that returned to service after long layups go (i.e. no barge conversion in play), it should be noted that John J. Boland (3) , now Saginaw (3) laid up at the end of the season in December 1984 and ended up going into long-term layup from there. Most observers in the mid-to-...

I have noticed a couple of recent grain shipments going from Duluth to Toledo. I believe H Lee White is doing this currently and Victory/Maumee took one last week. I haven’t noticed much domestic grain leaving Duluth other than the Buffalo bound grain for General Mills. Is Toledo a new destination ...

Scott wrote:Where is she laying up?

The Paul R. Tregurtha is listed on the vessel schedule that DTE publishes for the Superior Midwest Energy Terminal as entering winter layup there c. Jan 17th 2021.

As stated above the tug Dirk S. VanEnkevort (ex Joseph H. Thompson Jr ) was repowered in 2006 and did just go through a major rebuild, but it seems that there have been several instances of mechanical work being performed on her after she entered service in concert with the newly built barge Michiga...

ASC/Rand/LLT/GRN is likely to be sold off again soon based on the average investment dwell time of AIP, so changes are going to be minor until the new owners take over. ASC barely see's a point to painting vessels as it is other than the parts that make money so dont hold your breath for a fleetwid...

From this armchair observer's perspective, it would be a welcome change to see the ex-Oglebay Norton ships in the ASC fleet get relieved of the names they received upon sale to ASC in 2006. Would be more interested in seeing that occur before seeing any ASC ships getting a paint scheme change. Of c...

I've always been surprised that the gravity docks in Two Harbors aren't utilized more for capable boats, especially in times like now. Currently the Manitowoc, H. Lee White, and Defiance/Ashtabula have all been anchored off of Duluth for several days now waiting for their turn at the shiploader whi...

From this armchair observer's perspective, it would be a welcome change to see the ex-Oglebay Norton ships in the ASC fleet get relieved of the names they received upon sale to ASC in 2006. Would be more interested in seeing that occur before seeing any ASC ships getting a paint scheme change. Of co...

In recent years we have seen this company grow with small bulkers and tankers. What could be the next step for them you think? More tankers? Full size laker? Merger-buyout with another company? New tug-barge units? Expension on the international side? Maybe they have reached their max too? What are...

If memory serves, the common statistic given out about the stockpile area is that it has a capacity for approximately 3 million long tons of iron ore pellets. A long ton equals 2,240 lbs, as opposed to a metric ton (2,204 lbs) or a short ton (2,000 lbs). Given the typical practice of creating two or...

Some further info: Dirk S. / Michigan Trader were making slow progress across Lake Superior on her way to Duluth on Dec 17th - 7.5 - 8 knots. She spent roughly 24 hours at one of the berths at the Port Terminal expansion upon arrival. They shifted from the Port Terminal expansion to the shuttle conv...

The newly-acquired vessels in the ASC fleet that are similar to the Valo (ex. American Valor , Armco ) are no spring chickens themselves. H. Lee White (2) and John J. Boland (4) are 46 and 47 years old. That's only twenty years "younger" than the Valo. American Mariner is 40 years old but ...

This may have been asked before so I apologize if it has. In looking at older postcards (pre-1970s) it appears that upbound ships usually used the Sabin and Davis locks while downbound ships usually used the MacArthur Lock. Was this the case? If so, is this why there has been talk about the arrange...

In moderately windy to very windy conditions a ship's crew probably has a better chance of getting a better 'hold' at anchor off Duluth than Two Harbors. Has to do with the differences in depth of the water, the slope/shape of the underwater terrain, and the bottom material between the two locations.