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Cover image: With a smash of the bottle, Interlake’s historic newbuild is officially christened M/V Mark W. Barker. DRE Designs (Andrea Guerriero) photo, September 1
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Marquette, MI – Arthur Pickering
Well, during the past week, the following vessels made visits to the ore dock in the upper harbor:
Lake Contender
Herbert Jackson
American Spirit x2
Michipicoten
Michigan Trader
Lee Tregurtha
Currently, the Hon. James Oberstar is loading at the ore dock. No other vessels are scheduled for the next day or two.
Green Bay, WI – Port of Green Bay
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Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Paul R. Tregurtha left for Superior at 03:05. Florence Spirit arrived at the Port docks at 07:58 to unload steel coils.
Toledo, OH: Arrivals were Manitowoc, Herbert C. Jackson, Joseph L. Block and Sam Laud. Manitowoc was the lone departure.
Sandusky, OH: Manitoulin arrived at 14:02 to load coal at Norfolk Southern.
Cleveland, OH: The big news in Cleveland was the christening of the Mark W. Barker. Over 700 attendees witnessed the historic and traditional occasion of the breaking of a champagne bottle on the bow of the boat. Many local and federal dignitaries were in attendance as well as members of the Barker and Tregurtha families. Departures were Manitowoc for Toledoand Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement for Bath, ON. American Courage is on the shuttles. Leonard M/Huron Spirit was a late night arrival to the Port.
Ashtabula, OH: Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson is in port.
Conneaut, OH: Indiana Harbor is at the P&C dock.
Nanticoke, ON: Algonorth CSL Laurentien departed for Two Harbors, MN at 11:04. Algonorth is at Imperial Oil and Algoma Hansa is at anchor.
Hamilton, ON – Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority