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,...
by import | March 30, 2021 | Import Vessels
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Calumet was built in 1929 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge (Detroit), MI as their hull # 269 and was launched as the Myron C. Taylor on July 15, 1929 for the Pittsburgh Steamship Company (the private fleet of...
by import | March 24, 2021 | Import Vessels
by George Wharton The keel was laid for this ‘L6-S-B1’ designated ‘Maritime Class’ straight-deck bulk carrier on September 24, 1942 for the United States Maritime Commission built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI as...
by import | March 24, 2021 | Import Vessels
Defiance was constructed in 1982 as the ocean-going tugboat April T. Beker for Beker Industries’ subsidiary Beker Transportation. The tug and her paired barge were built under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970. The tug was paired with the...
