by import | June 3, 2021 | Import Vessels
After several years constructing 1,000-foot lakers, Bay Ship Building in Sturgeon Bay, WI, received several contracts in the mid-to-late 1970s to build a series of smaller vessels meant to service smaller ports that could not accommodate larger vessels. These shorter,...
by import | June 3, 2021 | Import Vessels
American Mariner is a self-unloading bulk freighter built by Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI, for American Steamship Co., Buffalo, NY. Although initially to be named Chicago (3), she was launched Aug. 2, 1979 as the American Mariner. Her maiden voyage took...
by import | June 3, 2021 | Import Vessels
In 1977, various Canadian fleets including Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario’s Algoma Central Corp. were requested to bid on the movement of western coal for Ontario Hydro. Algoma responded quickly to the request also realizing that they would need another self-unloader...
by import | June 3, 2021 | Import Vessels
The Edward L. Ryerson, is one of only two remaining straight-deck bulk carriers still part of the American fleet on the Great Lakes; the other being the John Sherwin (2). Built as hull # 425 by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Inc. of Manitowoc, WI; the keel for this bulk...
by import | June 3, 2021 | Import Vessels
Built by American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain, OH in 1949 for Inland Steel Co., the streamlined bulk freighter Wilfred Sykes was the first new American-built Great Lakes vessel constructed after World War II. At the time of her launch, she was the largest vessel on the...
by import | April 20, 2021 | Import Vessels
The classic Great Lakes bulk carrier Reserve was built in 1953 at Great Lakes Engineering Works, River Rouge, MI as their hull # 299 after being launched November 15, 1952 for the Columbia Transportation Co. division of Oglebay Norton Co., Cleveland, OH. The Reserve...
