The 639-foot Great Lakes freighter Mark W. Barker grounded Wednesday on the Detroit River, but was later refloated without incident. The Mark W. Barker is known for the being the…
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The 639-foot Great Lakes freighter Mark W. Barker grounded Wednesday on the Detroit River, but was later refloated without incident. The Mark W. Barker is known for the being the…
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The first new U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier built in nearly 40 years departed on its maiden voyage this morning from Fancantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The M/V…
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The Interlake Steamship Company has released photographs of its new 639-foot River class self-unloading bulker on initial sea rials. Named for Interlake Steamship’s president, the vessel. the M/V Mark W. Barker, has been built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding. The ship is believed to be the first ship for U.S. Great Lakes service built on the Great Lakes since 1983 and is very far from being a repeat of earlier designs.
Freefall! Yesterday crews deployed the freefall lifeboat off our M/V Mark...
The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a commercial bulk carrier that ran soft aground on a sand bar at the entrance to Muskegon in West Michigan late Thursday. The…
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The first new U.S.-flagged Great Lakes freighter to be built in nearly 40 years was launched Thursday at the Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding shipyard in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. The Interlake Steamship…
By Ira Breskin The historic SS Badger will live to steam another day. SS Badger, the last coal-powered car ferry providing regularly scheduled service on the Great Lakes, will continue…
The first ‘laker’ to be built in the United States in more than 35 years has been floated out of its building dry dock at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon…
Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding has started construction on the first U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulker in more than 35 years. A ceremonial steel cutting ceremony was held Wednesday by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding and Interlake Steamship Company at Fincantieri’s facility in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. “The...
Interlake Steamship Company has placed an order for the construction of a new self-unloading bulk carrier, marking the first time U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier will be built in the U.S. in more than 35 years. The new River-Class vessel will transport raw materials to support manufacturing...