by import | April 1, 2021 | Import Vessels
Originally Authored by Jody L. AhoEdited and updated by Scott Bjorklund The Michipicoten was one of a trio of vessels built on saltwater in 1952 due to a back-up of orders at Great Lakes shipyards. She was launched as the Elton Hoyt 2nd to serve as the new...
by import | March 30, 2021 | Import Vessels
By George Wharton, updated by Sam Hankinson Mississagi, the oldest-operating Canadian flagged laker on the Great Lakes, sailed her last in late 2020. The vessel began its career in 1943 when it was launched at Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse, Michigan, as the...
by import | March 30, 2021 | Import Vessels
By George Wharton This Great Lakes self-unloading bulk carrier was built as hull #417 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI for the American Steamship Co. (Boland & Cornelius, managers), Buffalo, NY. She was launched May 9th, 1953 as the John J....
by import | March 30, 2021 | Import Vessels
The tug Defiance (US 646729) and barge Ashtabula (US 626730) were specifically designed to operate together as a self-unloading bulk carrier and have spent their entire career doing so. The pair were originally built for subsidiaries of Beker Industries of Greenwich,...
by import | March 30, 2021 | Import Vessels
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eol3NmBxMtI Tecumseh was upbound in the Seaway for the first time on April 9, 2012, heading for Thunder Bay, ON, and a new career on the Great Lakes. It was built by Lockheed Shipbuilding & Engineering Co. and launched at Seattle,...
