75 Freighters Summer 2024

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In this issue:

  • Algoma continues tanker fleet expansion
  • Rand Logistics acquires Andrie
  • Of Greyhounds and Limestone: The Michigan Limestone and Bradley Transportation story Pt. I
  • In the design: safety equipment & design
  • Featured Vessel: Radcliffe R. Latimer
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The Str. T. W. Robinson being guided into port at Calcite, MI, by tugs Central and Frederick T. Kellers. Photo Courtesy of Presque Isle County Historical Museum

74 Freighters Spring 2024

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In this issue:

  • When the hull breaks: Michipicoten suffers serious hull crack on Lake Superior
  • Eureka Shipping announces construction of new cement carrier
  • Wheels of Wonder: The story of the rotary unloading elevators
  • Standing tall against the sands of time: The history of Sand Products Corp. Pt II
  • In the design: the wake of disaster
  • Featured Vessel: Cuyahoga
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Michipicoten undergoing repairs in drydock at Fraser Shipyards, Superior WI, June 21, 2024. Photo: David Schauer

73 Freighters Winter 2024

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In this issue:

  • Standing tall against the sands of time: The history of Sand Products Corporation
  • Fire strikes Cuyahoga again
  • 2024 Shipping season underway
  • Canadian Ranger: The first forward boom boat
  • Engineering: Diesel Exhaust Scrubbers
  • Featured Vessel: Presque Isle
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McKee Sons passing beneath the Ambassador Bridge, Detroit River, October 5, 1958. Photo: Elmer Treloar, McKee Collection

72 Freighters November-December 2023

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In this issue:

  • Algoma Tankers’ Birgit Knutsen renamed Algoluna
  • Saltwater visitor Barbro G. grounds in Detroit River
  • Ships of past eras: the Ontario Hydro coal boats
  • Continued growth: McKeil Marine adds more ships to Great Lakes fleet
  • Engineering: Propulsion Systems
  • Featured Vessel: Algoma Transport
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Algoma Transport on the Detroit River during her final season of operation, June 21, 2023. Photo: Sam Hankinson

71 Freighters September-October 2023

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In this issue:

  • Farewell to the Thompson
  • Port of Monroe hosts Heritage Days, tugboat America restored to original name
  • Seaway strike halts traffic
  • Return of the Cuyahoga
  • Engineering: Designed with the cargo in mind – liquid bulk
  • Featured Vessel: Saginaw
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Laura L. VanEnkevort pushes her barge Joseph H. Thompson on their final voyage together to drop the Thompson at the scrapyard. They are pictured here on the Detroit River on September 25, 2023. Photo: Sam Hankinson

70 Freighters July-August 2023

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In this issue:

  • SS Badger dock collapses, ends season prematurely
  • Tecumseh towed to the scrapyard
  • VanEnkevort Tug & Barge marks 55 years
  • Ecosse moves short-sea cargoes across the system
  • Engineering: Designed with the cargo in mind – cement
  • Featured Vessel: Joseph L. Block
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Joyce L. VanEnkevort / Great Lakes Trader upbound on the St. Marys River on their maiden voyage together, 2000. Photo: Roger LeLievre

#68 Freighters March-April 2023

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In this issue:

  • Soo Locks & Seaway open for the season
  • Northshore Mining resumes operations
  • Early season groundings
  • Lorain Pellet Terminal: The unique story of the Great Lakes’ first super port
  • Engineering: Designed with the cargo in mind – coal
  • Featured Vessel: Michipicoten
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Joseph L. Block anchored on the St. Marys River, awaiting the opening of the Soo Locks for the 2023 season, March 24, 2023. Photo: Ethan Severson

#67 Freighters January-February 2023

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In this issue:

  • 2022 Season in review
  • Algoma tankers shuffle
  • Winter work prepares ships for upcoming season
  • Breaking the ice: Coast Guard icebreakers keep shipping lanes open during the winter
  • Engineering: Designed with the cargo in mind – iron ore
  • Featured Vessel: Hon. James L. Oberstar
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USCGC Mobile Bay [WTGB-103] breaking ice in the Straits of Mackinac, March 25, 2022. Photo: Isaac Pennock
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