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...
by import | March 24, 2021 | Import Vessels
R. W. Sesler was constructed in 1979 as an articulated push tug by Atlantic Marine in Fort George Island, Florida. Sesler is 100′ long, 35′ wide, and 22′ 06″ deep, propelled by a pair of GM EMD 16-645-E7B diesel engines producing 5,750 BHP. She...
by import | March 24, 2021 | Import Vessels
By Brian Ferguson Throughout the history of shipping on the Great Lakes the trend for shipbuilding has been to build larger and more elaborate vessels. Each decade since the construction of the present Soo Locks Vessel Managers have stretched there respective...
by import | March 24, 2021 | Import Vessels
Originally designed and built with a low superstructure for passage beneath the bridges of the waterways in and around Chicago, this large tugboat was built in 1928 as hull # 241 by Manitowoc Ship Building Inc. of Manitowoc, WI. The tug was launched April 16, 1928 as...
