MV ''Edwin H. Gott'' is a very large diesel-powered

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 ...

owned and operated by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc, a subsidiary of

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. This vessel was built in 1979 at

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, and included self-unloading technology. The ship is long and at the

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. It has a carrying capacity of , has a unloading boom and is capable of unloading 11,200 NT/hr. This is a maximum load of about 74,100 tons. The ship has five cargo holds, but 20 hatches which are . The hatches are significantly smaller than other large lake freighters.

History

The ship was originally built in 1979 for

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and was named for their former chairman and chief executive officer, Edwin H. Gott. The ship was originally built with two 16-cylinder Enterprise DMRV-16-4

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s which powered twin

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s and was rated at . These were replaced with two 8-cylinder

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8M43C diesel engines which each produce and are compliant with EPA emission requirements. The project was partly funded by a $750,000 EPA Clean Diesel grant. MV ''Edwin H. Gott'' conducted

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s of the new engines in March 2011. The ship was repowered at

, during the winter of 2010/2011. When the ship was originally built, it was fitted with a shuttle boom that could extend to either side of the stern of the vessel. This type of boom limited which ports the vessel could unload, as it required a dockside hopper. In the layup period between the 1995 and 1996 season, the vessel returned to

, where it was fitted with a traditional unloading boom. The new boom, measuring , is the longest self-unloading boom used on any Great Lakes vessel.

References

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