by import | December 8, 2021 | Import Vessels
By Jody L. Aho and George Wharton This classic Great Lakes bulk carrier was built by the Defoe Shipbuilding Company in Bay City, Michigan, and entered service on September 24, 1952. The vessel was built along the same basic plans used for building U.S. Steel’s...
by import | July 13, 2021 | Import Vessels
Captain Henry Jackman IMO 9619294, C.844222 Lake and ocean bulk carrier built by Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Co., Jingjiang, China as hull 2015-1244. Tenth of 10 Equinox class vessels ordered by Algoma Central Corporation in 2010. Her design, described as...
by import | June 4, 2021 | Import Vessels
The self-unloading lake bulk carrier John J. Boland (the fourth vessel to bear the name of this pioneering Great Lakes ship owner and manager) was built by the Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI, and launched March 10, 1973 for the American Steamship Co, Buffalo,...
by import | June 3, 2021 | Import Vessels
Built by the Bay Shipbuilding Corp., Sturgeon Bay, WI, for the American Steamship Co., Buffalo, NY, H. Lee White (2) was launched December 3, 1973 and sailed on her maiden voyage June 1, 1974. This self-unloading bulk freighter is powered by twin V-20 3,600 horsepower...
by import | June 3, 2021 | Import Vessels
The seventh of 13 self-unloading 1,000-footers built on the Great Lakes was launched as George A. Stinson for the National Steel Corp., Cleveland, OH. The bow and stern sections were completed at American Ship Building Co., Lorain, OH, as hull #907, while the mid-body...
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,...
