The newest freighter that’s plying the Great Lakes embarked on her maiden voyage today; it set sail from Wisconsin to Upper Peninsula in Michigan to load stone that is going to be used for preparing ready-mix concrete.
The 639-foot Mark W. Barker built for the Interlake Steamship Company, departed from Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, at 10:36 a.m. Central Time on 27 July, for a 110-mile voyage north toward Port Inland in Michigan, where the vessel is going to load stone and deliver it to Muskegon.
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