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Mesabi Miner
''MV Mesabi Miner'' is a bulk carrier that operates on the upper four North American Great Lakes. She is one of the small number of vessels that are too large to travel through the Welland Canal that connects Lake Erie to the lowest lake, Lake Ontario. History The American Ship Building Company built the ship in 1975 at Lorain, Ohio. Like her sister ships, ''MV James R. Barker'' and MV ''Paul R. Tregurtha'', she is owned and operated by the Interlake Shipping Company. In spite of its size the ''MV Mesabi Miner'' is able to maneuver, in harbor, without requiring assistance from tugboats. On the morning of January 5, 2014, '' U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock'' was breaking ice for the lake freighter ''MV Mesabi Miner'' approximately 22 nautical miles west of the Straits of Mackinac The Straits of Mackinac ( ; ) are the short waterways between the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas, traversed by the Mackinac Bridge. The main strait is wide with a m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USCGC Hollyhock (WLB-214)
USCGC ''Hollyhock'' (WLB-214) is a USCG seagoing buoy tender, ''Juniper''-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. A USCG seagoing buoy tender, seagoing buoy tender, ''Hollyhock'' was built by Marinette Marine Corporation and launched on January 25, 2003. ''Hollyhock'' is currently assigned to Port Huron, Michigan, as its home port. USCGC ''Hollyhock'' replaced the previous cutter stationed in Port Huron, the , which retired after 60 years of service. ''Hollyhock'' was named after a previous cutter of the same name that served the USCG from 1937 to 1982. ''Hollyhock'' is designed as a multi-mission vessel, with its missions being aids to navigation, icebreaking, search and rescue, law enforcement, and marine environmental protection. Today, the ''Juniper'' tenders conduct almost as much law enforcement as aid to navigation work. History Collision with the MV ''Mesabi Miner'' On the morning of January 5, 2014 ''Hollyhock'' was Ice breaking, breaking ice for the lake ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interlake Steamship Company
The Interlake Steamship Company is an American freight ship company that operates a fleet on the Great Lakes in North America. It is now part of Interlake Maritime Services. The company is chairman, chaired by James R. Barker (businessman), James R. Barker, with his son, Mark W. Barker, serving as President (corporate title), President. Paul R. Tregurtha serves as Vice-Chairman of the company. History The firm was founded in 1913 when a consortium of firms bought out the seventeen vessels of the Gilchrist Company, which had gone into receivership. The other firms were: the Lackawanna Steamship Company, the Acme Steamship Company, the Standard Steamship Company, the Provident Steamship Company and the Huron Barge Company. The combined fleet operated 56 vessels. When Interlake launched its largest vessel, William J. Delancey, MV ''William J. Delancey'' (now MV ''Paul R. Tregurtha''), its fleet contained 151 vessels, and was capable of carrying over three million tons of cargo at o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Interlake Shipping Company
The Interlake Steamship Company is an American freight ship company that operates a fleet on the Great Lakes in North America. It is now part of Interlake Maritime Services. The company is chaired by James R. Barker, with his son, Mark W. Barker, serving as President. Paul R. Tregurtha serves as Vice-Chairman of the company. History The firm was founded in 1913 when a consortium of firms bought out the seventeen vessels of the Gilchrist Company, which had gone into receivership. The other firms were: the Lackawanna Steamship Company, the Acme Steamship Company, the Standard Steamship Company, the Provident Steamship Company and the Huron Barge Company. The combined fleet operated 56 vessels. When Interlake launched its largest vessel, MV ''William J. Delancey'' (now MV ''Paul R. Tregurtha''), its fleet contained 151 vessels, and was capable of carrying over three million tons of cargo at one time. In early 2018, Interlake established a subsidiary service known as Interlake L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soo Locks
The Soo Locks (sometimes spelled Sault Locks but pronounced "soo") are a set of parallel Lock (water navigation), locks, operated and maintained by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, that enable ships to travel between Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes. They are located on the St. Marys River (Michigan–Ontario), St. Marys River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron, between the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan and the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario. They bypass the rapids of the river, where the water falls . The locks pass an average of 10,000 ships per year, despite being closed during the winter from January through March, when ice shuts down shipping on the Great Lakes. The winter closure period is used to inspect and maintain the locks. The locks share a name (usually shortened and anglicized as ''Soo'') with the two cities named Sault Ste. Marie, Sault Ste. Marie, O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1977 Ships
Events January * January 8 – 1977 Moscow bombings, Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo). * January 17 – 49 marines from the and are killed as a result of a collision in Barcelona harbour, Spain. * January 18 ** Scientists identify a previously unknown Bacteria, bacterium as the cause of the mysterious Legionnaires' disease. ** Australia's worst Granville rail disaster, railway disaster at Granville, a suburb of Sydney, leaves 83 people dead. ** SFR Yugoslavia Prime minister Džemal Bijedić, his wife and 6 others are killed in a plane crash in Bosnia and Herzegovina. * January 19 – An Ejército del Aire CASA C-207 Azor, CASA C-207C Azor (registration T.7-15) plane crashes into the side of a mountain near Chiva, Valencia, Chiva, on approach to Valencia Airport in Spain, killing all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inland Expressions
Inland may refer to: Places Sweden * Inland Fräkne Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden * Inland Northern Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden * Inland Southern Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden * Inland Torpe Hundred, a hundred of Bohuslän in Sweden United States * Inland Northwest (United States), also known as the Inland Empire, a region in the U.S. Pacific Northwest * Inland Township, Cedar County, Iowa, USA * Inland Township, Michigan, USA * Inland, Nebraska, USA * Inland Township, Clay County, Nebraska, USA Arts, entertainment, and media Literature * ''Inland'' (Murnane novel), a 1988 novel by Gerald Murnane * ''Inland'' (Obreht novel), a 2019 novel by Téa Obreht *The Inland, an underprivileged Brazilian community in '' 3%'' Film * ''Inland'' (2022 film), a film by Fridtjof Ryder Music * ''Inland'' (Jars of Clay album), 2013, or the title song * ''Inland'' (Mark Templeton album), 2009 Other uses * Inland navigation, transport with ships via inlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wiley & Sons
John Wiley & Sons, Inc., commonly known as Wiley (), is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Publishing, publishing company that focuses on academic publishing and instructional materials. The company was founded in 1807 and produces books, Academic journal, journals, and encyclopedias, in print and electronically, as well as online products and services, training materials, and educational materials for undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education students. History The company was established in 1807 when Charles Wiley opened a print shop in Manhattan. The company was the publisher of 19th century American literary figures like James Fenimore Cooper, Washington Irving, Herman Melville, and Edgar Allan Poe, as well as of legal, religious, and other non-fiction titles. The firm took its current name in 1865. Wiley later shifted its focus to scientific, Technology, technical, and engineering subject areas, abandoning its literary interests. Wiley's son Joh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Port Huron Times Herald
''The Times Herald'' is a daily newspaper in Port Huron, Michigan. The newspaper, owned by Gannett, is the only daily paper serving St. Clair County, Michigan as well as parts of Sanilac County, Michigan, Sanilac and Lapeer County, Michigan, Lapeer counties. ''The Times Herald'' history can be dated back to 1869 with the founding of the ''Port Huron Times''. The ''Daily Herald'', another Port Huron newspaper, was founded in 1900. The two merged and began issuing a single issue, the ''Port Huron Times Herald'', on April 4, 1910. The paper was purchased by Gannett in 1970. ''The Times Herald'' was the owner of one of Port Huron's early radio stations. In December 1947, WTTH was launched on AM 1360 and moved to AM 1380 in 1949. The call letters stood for ''The Times Herald''. ''The Times Herald'', like many community newspapers of the era, had to divest the station due to Federal Communications Commission media ownership requirements. ''The Times Herald'' sold the station to Enterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boatnerd
The Boatnerd corporation is a registered not-for-profit corporation intended to spread information about vessels that ply the North American Great Lakes. Services The organization holds annual festivals at sites of interest to those interested in maritime commerce on the Great Lakes. ''The Globe and Mail'' profiled Boatnerd when the 2008 festival was held in a shipyard in Port Colborne, Ontario, where the ''Calumet'', an 80-year-old lake freighter was being scrapped. According to ''The Globe and Mail'' the site's volunteers often report breaking news prior to its announcement by official authorities. ''The Globe and Mail'' quoted a volunteer who described how, while professional mariners kidded the volunteers, they obviously monitored it, because they could count on regular mariners promptly informing them when they had made a mistake. The organization maintains an office in Port Huron, Michigan, overlooking the confluence of the St Clair and Black Rivers. The site went ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Straits Of Mackinac
The Straits of Mackinac ( ; ) are the short waterways between the U.S. state of Michigan's Upper and Lower Peninsulas, traversed by the Mackinac Bridge. The main strait is wide with a maximum depth of , and connects the Great Lakes of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron. Given the large size and configuration of the straits, hydrologically, the two connected lakes are one body of water, studied as Lake Michigan–Huron. Historically, the native Odawa people called the region around the Straits Michilimackinac. Three islands form the eastern edge of the Straits of Mackinac; two are populated— Bois Blanc Island and Mackinac Island, while the third, Round Island, is uninhabited and a designated wilderness area. The Straits of Mackinac are major shipping lanes, providing passage for raw materials and finished goods and connecting, for instance, the iron mines of Minnesota to the steel mills of Gary, Indiana. Before the railroads reached Chicago from the east, most immigrants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lake Freighter
Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carriers operating on the Great Lakes of North America. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although classified as ships. Freighters typically have a long, narrow hull, a raised pilothouse, and the engine located at the rear of the ship. Lakers have been used since the late 19th century to haul raw material from docks in the Great Lakes and St Lawrence Seaway regions to the industrial centers of Ontario, Quebec, and the American Midwest. The navigation season typically runs from late March through next mid-January due to the formation of ice on the lakes. The largest lake freighters can travel up to and can carry as much as of bulk cargo. , which sank in 1975, became widely known as the largest vessel to be wrecked on the Great Lakes. History The lake freighter's recognizable design emerged from many years of innovation in Great Lakes shipping. By the late 1860s, most bulk cargo was still carried by unpowered barges and sai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Breaking
An icebreaker is a special-purpose ship or boat designed to move and Ice navigation, navigate through ice-covered waters, and provide safe waterways for other boats and ships. Although the term usually refers to ice-breaking ships, it may also refer to smaller vessels, such as the icebreaking boats that were once used on the canals of the United Kingdom. For a ship to be considered an icebreaker, it requires three traits most normal ships lack: a strengthened Hull (watercraft), hull, an ice-clearing shape, and the power to push through sea ice. Icebreakers clear paths by pushing straight into frozen-over water or pack ice. The bending strength of sea ice is low enough that the ice breaks usually without noticeable change in the vessel's wikt:trim#Noun, trim. In cases of very thick ice, an icebreaker can drive its Bow (ship), bow onto the ice to break it under the weight of the ship. A buildup of broken ice in front of a ship can slow it down much more than the breaking of the i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
