Sampler wrote:Esky has shipped approx. 1.15 million tons since Jan 1st; 675,000 tons since March 5th.
To other ports, not just So L Mich. ports.. G T Trader has had several trips down Huron...
Thank You for the over all ton's out of Esky.
Joyce L & g Lakes trader, has made 3 loads = 118,000, if loaded to capacity, since some say there are restrictions right now, the 118,000 added on to the amount below., means these boats are hauling a lot. my Log started when boats came out of Bayship, around 3/10 - 12, I do not know of the loads that might of been at the end of last season.. which your tot's include. interesting. I am off around 100K Could be a boat I dont follow ? so not recorded.
Guest wrote:My Waiting for Spring Log: shows, Rogerr Blough 1 load, (split? BH & Gary)
Block has had 4 loads,I didn't differentiate BH or Indy
Sykes, 4 loads w/5 en-route, again didnt diff.
Burns Harbor - one ld for B H
PRT - 2 . B H (?) didnt diff.
Oberstar- 3 -- ld'g the 4th
14 1/2 loads, to BH or Indy. keep in mind one of the big guys, can carry the same amount as say two of the others.
Say there were NO load restrictions. Gary = AMA, C J Calloway, H L White, 1/2 blough, == 4 loads and 1/2 = 132K
Indy + B H, has had approx. 563 K tons so far, having fun with numbers, I know there are load restrictions for every body, the sills at the locks. I went with the capacity in a perfect world.
whoops I forgot to mention the munson, but her tot was included.....
My Waiting for Spring Log: shows, Rogerr Blough 1 load, (split? BH & Gary)
Block has had 4 loads,I didn't differentiate BH or Indy
Sykes, 4 loads w/5 en-route, again didnt diff.
Burns Harbor - one ld for B H
PRT - 2 . B H (?) didnt diff.
Oberstar- 3 -- ld'g the 4th
14 1/2 loads, to BH or Indy. keep in mind one of the big guys, can carry the same amount as say two of the others.
Say there were NO load restrictions. Gary = AMA, C J Calloway, H L White, 1/2 blough, == 4 loads and 1/2 = 132K
Indy + B H, has had approx. 563 K tons so far, having fun with numbers, I know there are load restrictions for every body, the sills at the locks. I went with the capacity in a perfect world.
I stand corrected regarding the Ryerson's 5 year. Sheesh, it just seems like yesterday that she was out. Of course, it also seems like just yesterday that the Agawa Canyon and Manitoulin were running as well... I digress.
US Steel does not have any mines on the Marquette Range, they have contracted with Canadian National Railroad to have some E-Rail trains haul Taconite pellets from Minntac to the dock at Escanaba. So far three trains have been operated (these are 1.5 times the size of normal trains to Two Harbors). There will be another train tonight or tomorrow departing from Minntac. They have also diverted one trainload of pellets from Keetac originally destined for Granite City and had it delivered to Gary. The pellets onboard the Calloway and Munson, plus the pellets from Ecorse, should be enough to keep Gary running for awhile, albeit at a reduced rate.
The Block has taken a few loads into Burns Harbor this season and in fact, her AIS shows her with an ETA of April 8 at 1300 going to Burns Harbor. Paul R. Tregurtha has also unloaded a cargo or two in Burns Harbor as well this season. I don't know if the Sykes has unloaded in Burns Harbor this year or not?
Toledo is one that I don't believe has received much ore at least for the start of the 2014 season. So far they've gotten one from the Thunder Bay of CSL but, nothing I don't think has come from the upper lakes. Okay maybe they might have gotten a few from the Great Lakes Trader but, wasn't that back in like say January or in February? I know the Trader has been taking loads down to Cleveland this winter from Escanaba.
ABC News reported tonight that USSteel started back up in Gary (not that their sources are better than Boatnerd). Sykes and Block are indirectly owned by Mittal Steel.
Burns Harbor and Indy,have had no advertised problem. Have received, some 15 Loads or so, some by one or two of the larger boats. I am not pitting one steel firm against the other, just apparent facts. ArcelorMittal didnt seem to have the same experience. Is this just U S Steel's exclusively?
This info page had a posted question or solution, that The Sykes and Block, share their loads with U S Steel, are they not AlcelorMittal boats?, or at least under contract to the A M Company?
Denny wrote:This may or may not be just slightly off the subject but, with all the issues that USS Gary Works is having could this possibly have impacts on the Blough and the Speer making cargo deliveries to the Gary Works Plant? This may sound crazy and silly but, each of them have the shuttle conveyor system and each can also unload in Conneaut as well as Gary only. My point though is could both of them possibly end up going into some sort of lay-up pattern this season due to the Gary situation? I suppose both could unload more in Conneaut this season than in Gary. Just my thoughts only!
The situation is that they are out of ore.Once they start getting ore things will get back to normal.So why would
you think the Blough and Speer would lay up they'll be busy all season hauling ore there and to Conneaut.
The inventory crisis doesn't end immediately after the ice clears. It will take a while to replenish stockpiles so this isn't repeated. The fact remains that many cargo 'opportunities' have been lost already so the shipping companies will have to scramble to make them up before the end of the season
Denny wrote:This may or may not be just slightly off the subject but, with all the issues that USS Gary Works is having could this possibly have impacts on the Blough and the Speer making cargo deliveries to the Gary Works Plant? This may sound crazy and silly but, each of them have the shuttle conveyor system and each can also unload in Conneaut as well as Gary only. My point though is could both of them possibly end up going into some sort of lay-up pattern this season due to the Gary situation? I suppose both could unload more in Conneaut this season than in Gary. Just my thoughts only!
The situation is that they are out of ore.Once they start getting ore things will get back to normal.So why would
you think the Blough and Speer would lay up they'll be busy all season hauling ore there and to Conneaut.
Let's face facts. If things remain backlogged, ASC might think about bring the Acorn out for a while. That would be it. The Ryerson is 99% certain done sailing as a straight decker, and those old Oglebay steamers are 100% certain done as self propelled vessels.
Seems to me that the shipping companies have there future needs in focus..Wonder if contracts are being redefined as to up the rates depending on supply and demand.Mother nature can cause as much fluctuation in the economy as finance. As stated before with a very slow recovery under way The steel companies are probably adjusting there production based on cash flow and return on investment I know my steel stocks are flat and my logistic stocks are fluctuating.Sometimes it's not smart to invest in your hobby although it's fun to see the real world work..
When I sailed on the lakes you would fit out @ 15 Apr and layup @15 Dec. They always want 1 million tons of ore on the dock in Gary to carry them over the winter. Maybe they are just pushing Mother Nature a little too much.
Shipwatcher1 the Boland is scheduled to be out and sailing in the 2014 shipping season. From the list of ships that ASC has down for the 2014 as sailing, the Boland is schedule to leave lay-up in late April sometime to begin her season this year. Hope this helps.
Scott wrote:Bringing mothballed ships into service does nothing to clear the ice clogging the great lakes.
While bringing out some of the mothballed vessels would do nothing for the current ice conditions on the upper lakes, the only real possibility to reactivate any of these vessels for this season would be to catch up on seasonal tonnage commitments. Furthermore, after being stung this year, several of the facilities may tend to bring their stocks up to a higher level to prevent a recurrence. This may lead to some of these ships (although currently unlikely) being brought out to fulfill these needs. It is notable that the Soo Locks has been open for nearly two weeks and yet only two cargoes have passed through the locks, neither of which has been delivered as of April 7, 2014. As with any other business, time is one commodity that can never be recovered. I would expect that if any of the ships in long-term layup return to service, it would be done during the mid to late summer timeframe as each fleet accesses its position. Situations such as these (besides long-term tonnage contracts) are perfectly good reasons why these ships are retained. In this somewhat long-winded and possibly incorrect assessment I have made here I am referring to the US flagged fleet.
Last winter, many of the boats laid up early due to the ice and weather. This resulted in lost cargo deliveries. The delays incurred this spring and the further delays yet to come, create a huge backlog of undelivered cargos. It remains to be seen if this is enough to require the Ryerson but it is a clear possibility. She would require a five year or at least an extension from the Coast Guard. Last time she sailed was spring of 2009.