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80 Freighters Fall 2025 – further reading

Laker Reports

Big crane shipment from Manitowoc

Zarling, Patti. “Manitowoc ‘big blue’ crane now expected to ship Nov. 18 while the other leaves in spring.” Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter. 17 November 2025. Accessed 10 December 2025. https://www.htrnews.com/story/news/local/2025/11/17/manitowoc-big-blue-crane-for-us-navy-set-to-ship-nov-18-another-in-spring/87320247007/

November groundings in Detroit River

“Bulker refloated after grounding in Detroit River in high winds.” Professional Mariner. 1 December, 2025. Accessed 10 December 2025. https://professionalmariner.com/bulker-refloated-after-grounding-in-detroit-river-in-high-winds/

“Great Lakes Bulker Grounds in the Detroit River.” Maritime Executive. 27 November, 2025. Accessed 10 December 2025. https://maritime-executive.com/index.php/article/great-lakes-bulker-grounds-in-the-detroit-river

Frigate Hulls Cancelled For Wisconsin Yard

“SECNAV Unveils New U.S. Frigate Program Based on USCG Cutter.” Maritime Executive. 25 November, 2025. Accessed 23 December 2025. https://maritime-executive.com/article/secnav-unveils-new-u-s-frigate-program-based-on-uscg-cutter

“U.S. Navy Cuts Constellation-Class Frigate, But Pledges Support for FMG.” Maritime Executive. 22 December, 2025. Accessed 23 December 2025. https://maritime-executive.com/article/u-s-navy-cuts-constellation-class-frigate-but-pledges-support-for-fmg

Featured Vessel: EDWIN H. GOTT

Ahoy & Farewell II. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 1996. Pp. 19-20.

Bawal, Raymond A., Jr. Superships of the Great Lakes. Inland Expressions, 2011. Pp. 48-55.

Burdick, Rod. “Edwin H. Gott”. Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping Online. N.d. Accessed 26 November 2025. http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/gott.htm

Falkowski, Brendan. “Edwin H. Gott”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships. 28 May 2020. Accessed 26 November 2025. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/edwin-h-gott/

Miller, Al. Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. Wayne State University Press, 1999. Pp. 235-240, 256-257, 283.

79 Freighters Summer 2025 – further reading

Laker Reports

Farewell to the Cuyahoga

“Marine Transportation Safety Investigation Report M23C0104 – Engine Room Fire Bulk Carrier Cuyahoga”. Transportation Safety Board of Canada. 27 August 2025. Accessed 3 September 2025. https://safety4sea.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/TSB-Fire-onboard-bulk-carrier-2025_08-1.pdf

Tamarack Arrives Home

“Delivery of Tamarack marks new chapter in efficient bulk shipping”. Holland Shipyards Group. 24 July 2025. Accessed 22 August 2025. https://www.hollandshipyardsgroup.com/news/delivery-of-tamarack-marks-new-chapter-in-efficient-bulk-shipping

“Holland Shipyards Delivers Cement Carrier Vessel”. MarineLink. 24 July 2025. Accessed 22 August 2025. https://www.marinelink.com/news/holland-shipyards-delivers-cement-carrier-528315

“Salvage Champion: Towage of Tamarack from Nantong to Rotterdam, Netherlands”. Asian Marine Co., 19 October 2025. Accessed 24 September 2025. https://web.hocom.tw/h/albumDetail?key=992889805061&cont=460176

“Vessel Review: Tamarack – Cement carrier optimised for Canada’s Great Lakes”. Baird Maritime. 25 August 2025. Accessed 2 September 2025. https://www.bairdmaritime.com/shipping/dry-cargo/bulkers/vessel-review-tamarack-cement-carrier-optimised-for-canadas-great-lakes

Engineering: THE SHIPBUILDING SITUATION

“Iron Ore – Mineral Commodities Summaries 2025”. U.S. Geological Survey. January 2025. Accessed 15 June 2025. https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-iron-ore.pdf

“Domestic Steel Manufacturing: Overview and Prospects.” Congress.gov, Library of Congress, 24 June 2025, https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47107.

Featured Vessel: ATB Maumee / Victory

Falkowski, Brendan. “Reserve”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, 3 August 2020. Accessed 26 August 2025. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/reserve/

Falkowski, Brendan. “Victory”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, 3 August 2020. Accessed 26 August 2025. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/victory/

Pennock, Isaac. “Victory”. Great Lakes Tugs & Workboats. N.d. Accessed 26 August 2025. https://gltugs.wordpress.com/victory/

The Great Lakes Engineering Works: The Shipyard and its Vessels. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 2008. Pp. 456-457.

Wharton, George. “Maumee (2)”. Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping Online, N.d. Accessed 26 August 2025. http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/Maumee2.htm

Wharton, George. “Victory”. Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping Online. N.d. Accessed 26 August 2025. http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/Victory.htm

78 Freighters SPRING 2025 – further reading

Laker Reports

PARTNERSHIPS AND SPINOFFS

“Holcim plans Amrize spin-off for June 23”. Holcim, 2 June 2025. Accessed 8 June 2025. https://www.holcim.com/media/media-releases/holcim-plans-amrize-spin-off-for-june-23

“The US Steel-Nippon Steel Deal: Structure, National Security, and the “Golden Share”. Steel Industry News, 28 May 2025. Accessed 8 June 2025. https://steelindustry.news/the-us-steel-nippon-steel-deal-structure-national-security-and-the-golden-share/

Engineering: THE SHIPBUILDING SITUATION

“Iron Ore – Mineral Commodities Summaries 2025”. U.S. Geological Survey. January 2025. Accessed 15 June 2025. https://pubs.usgs.gov/periodicals/mcs2025/mcs2025-iron-ore.pdf

“Domestic Steel Manufacturing: Overview and Prospects.” Congress.gov, Library of Congress, 24 June 2025, https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47107.

Featured Vessel: Herbert C. Jackson

Falkowski, Brendan. “Herbert C. Jackson”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships. 19 August 2020. Accessed 14 January 2025. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/herbert-c-jackson/

Greenwood’s Guide to Great Lakes Shipping 2016, Harbor House Publishers, 2016. Pp. 4.11.

The Great Lakes Engineering Works: The Shipyard and its Vessels. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 2008. Pp. 465-466.

Wharton, George. “Herbert C. Jackson”. Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping Online. N.d. Accessed 14 January 2025. http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/HerbertCJackson.htm

77 Freighters Winter 2025 – further reading

Laker Reports

Manitoulin broken out after four days locked in ice

“Crew “Exasperated” as Bulker Waits for USCG Rescue from Lake Erie Ice”. Maritime Executive. 23 January 2025. Accessed 3 March 2025. https://maritime-executive.com/article/crew-exasperated-as-bulker-waits-for-uscg-rescue-from-lake-erie-ice

“Freighter finally free after stuck for days in ice on frozen Lake Erie”. NBC 4 New York. 26 January 2025. Accessed 3 March 2025. https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/lake-erie-frozen-freighter/6122071/

Aluminum and steel tariffs could affect Great lakes trade

“What Trump’s Aluminum and Steel Tariffs Will Mean, in Six Charts”. Council for Foreign Relations. 14 February 2025. Accessed 3 March 2025. https://www.cfr.org/article/what-trumps-aluminum-and-steel-tariffs-will-mean-six-charts

Algoma Takes delivery of three vessels

“Algoma Central Corporation Takes Delivery of Three Vessels Within One Week”. Algoma Central Corporation. 7 March 2025. Accessed 14 March 2025. https://www.algonet.com/news-item/algoma-central-corporation-takes-delivery-of-three-vessels-within-one-week/

Peyton’s Place

“Bay Shipbuilding Awarded $180-Million Contract to Build Three Containerships for Sea-Land”. Maritime Reporter. November 1984. Accessed 8 March 2025. https://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter/198411/content/shipbuilding-80million-containerships-203318

“Bay Shipbuilding Progressing with Construction of Sea-Land Containerships”. Maritime Reporter. August 1986. Accessed 8 March 2025. https://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter/198608/content/shipbuilding-construction-containerships-201927

Engineering: Vessel Stability

Chakraborty, Soumya. “Ship Stability – Understanding Intact Stability of Ships”. Marine Insight. 25 January 2021. Accessed 2 March 2025. https://www.marineinsight.com/naval-architecture/intact-stability-of-surface-ships/

“Intact Stability”. The Master Mariner. N.d. Accessed 2 March 2025. https://www.themastermariner.com/intact-stability/

“Intact Stability Criteria”. Wartsila Encyclopedia. N.d. Accessed 2 March 2025. https://www.wartsila.com/encyclopedia/term/intact-stability-criteria

Featured Vessel: CSL Assiniboine

Ahoy & Farewell II. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 1996. Pp. 30-31.

Collard, Edgar Andrew., “Passage to the Sea: The Story of Canada Steamship Lines,” Doubleday Canada, 1991. Pp. 357-362.

Falkowski, Brendan. “Jean Parisien”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships. 20 May 2020. Accessed 12 January 2025. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/jean-parisien/

Greenwood’s Guide to Great Lakes Shipping 2016, Harbor House Publishers, 2016. Pp. 4.9.

Wharton, George. “CSL Assiniboine”. Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping Online. N.d. Accessed 12 January 2025. http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/cslassiniboine.htm

76 Freighters Fall 2024 – further reading

Laker Reports

Plans announced for new biofuel facility in port colborne

Johnson, Dave. “$33M Port Colborne biofuel facility to help make Great Lakes shipping more environmentally friendly”. Niagara Economic Development, 12 November 2024. Accessed 22 December 2024. https://niagaracanada.com/33m-port-colborne-biofuel-facility-to-help-make-great-lakes-shipping-more-environmentally-friendly/

Tim S. dool freed from grounding in st. Lawrence

“Great Lakes Bulker Refloated After Three Weeks Stuck on St. Lawrence”. Maritime Executive, 16 December 2024. Accessed 22 December 2024. https://maritime-executive.com/article/great-lakes-bulker-refloated-after-three-weeks-stuck-on-st-lawrence

“Lightering Gets Under Way For an Attempt to Refloat Grounded Laker”. Maritime Executive, 12 December 2024. Accessed 22 December 2024. https://www.maritime-executive.com/article/lightering-gets-under-way-for-new-attempt-to-refloat-grounded-laker

Of greyhounds and limestone

Calcite Screenings – newsletter of Michigan Limestone

Micketti, Gerald F. The Bradley Boats. Gerald F. Micketti, 1995.

Micketti, Gerald F., Thompson, Mark L. Calcite and the Bradley Boats: A Pictorial History. Presque Isle County Historical Museum, 2012.

Presque Isle County Advance

Featured Vessel: St. Marys Challenger / Prentiss Brown

Bawal Jr., Raymond A. Twilight of the Great Lakes Steamer. Inland Expressions, 2009. Pp. 9-13.

Falkowski, Brendan. “Betty Culbreath”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, 4 January 2024. Accessed 7 November 2024. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/betty-culbreath/

Falkowski, Brendan. “William P. Snyder”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, 17 February 2021. Accessed 7 November 2024. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/william-p-snyder/

LeLievre, Roger. Know Your Ships 2013. Marine Publishing Company, 2013. Pp. 73.

LeLievre, Roger. Know Your Ships 2020. Marine Publishing Company, 2020. Pp. 78.

Manse, Thomas J. Know Your Ships: 1959. Thomas J. Manse, 1959. Pp. 35.

Pennock, Isaac. “Prentiss Brown”. Great Lakes Tugs & Workboats, N.d. Accessed 7 November 2024. https://gltugs.wordpress.com/prentiss-brown/

“Prentiss Brown”. Tugboat Information, N.d. Accessed 7 November 2024. http://tugboatinformation.com/tug.cfm?id=2690

The Great Lakes Engineering Works: The Shipyard and its Vessels. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 2008. Pp. 88-90.

Wharton, George. “St. Marys Challenger”. Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping Online. N.d. Accessed 7 November 2024. http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/stmaryschallenger.htm

Winters, Christopher. Centennial: Steaming through the American Century. Running Lights Press, 2008.

75 Freighters Summer 2024 – further reading

Laker Reports

Algoma continues tanker fleet expansion

Mackay, Mac. “Catching Up and an Explanation”. Shipfax, Accessed 27 September 2024. https://shipfax.blogspot.com/2024/07/catching-up-and-explanation.html

Rand logistics acquires andrie inc.

Haun, Eric. “Rand Logistics Acquires Andrie”. Marine Link, Accessed 27 September 2024. https://www.marinelink.com/amp/news/rand-logistics-acquires-andrie-515577

Of greyhounds and limestone

Calcite Screenings – newsletter of Michigan Limestone

Micketti, Gerald F. The Bradley Boats. Gerald F. Micketti, 1995.

Micketti, Gerald F., Thompson, Mark L. Calcite and the Bradley Boats: A Pictorial History. Presque Isle County Historical Museum, 2012.

Presque Isle County Advance

Featured Vessel: Radcliffe r. latimer

Ahoy & Farewell II. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 1996. Pp. 3-4.

Falkowski, Brendan. “Radcliffe R. Latimer”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships. 10 April 2023. Accessed 27 September 2024. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/algobay/

Wharton, George. “Radcliffe R. Latimer”. Great Lakes and Seaway Shipping Online. N.d. Accessed 27 September 2024. http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/RadcliffeRLatimer.htm

74 Freighters Spring 2024 – further reading

Laker Reports

Eureka Shipping Announces Construction of New Cement Carrier for Great Lakes Service

“Eureka Shipping Announces Construction of New Cutting-Edge Cement Carrier for Great Lakes Trade”. CSL Group, Accessed 9 June 2024. https://cslships.com/news/eureka-shipping-announces-construction-of-new-cutting-edge-cement-carrier-for-great-lakes-trade/

Michipicoten develops serious hull crack while underway on Lake Superior

Hanger, Dan. “Coast Guard: 13-Foot Crack Discovered In Hull Of Michipicoten”. Fox 21 News, Accessed 3 July 2024. https://www.fox21online.com/2024/06/10/coast-guard-13-foot-crack-discovered-in-hull-of-michipicoten/

“UPDATE: Coast Guard responds to bulk carrier taking on water in Lake Superior”. Defense Visual Information Distribution Service, Accessed 3 July 2024. https://www.dvidshub.net/news/473442/update-coast-guard-responds-bulk-carrier-taking-water-lake-superior

Wheels of wonder

“The Elmer A. Sperry Award 1985”. Elmer A. Sperry Award, Accessed 8 July 2024. https://www.asme.org/wwwasmeorg/media/resourcefiles/aboutasme/honors%20awards/jointawards/sperryawards/1985-quinn.pdf

“The Presque Isle”. Maritime Reporter and Engineering News, Accessed 8 July 2024. https://magazines.marinelink.com/Magazines/MaritimeReporter/19740115/content/the-presque-isle-211050

Thompson, Mark L. Queen of the Lakes. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2017., https://doi.org/10.1353/book.56556.

standing tall against the sands of time – Pt I: Humble beginnings & PT II: A New Era

Austin, Paul. “Port Crescent Sand and Fill Operations“. Michigan4You, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://michigan4you.com/port-crescent/.

“Berkeley”. Historical Collections of the Great Lakes at Bowling Green State University, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://greatlakes.bgsu.edu/item/433766 .

Demos, Steven S., M.D., Plant, Marylouise. The S.S. Milwaukee Clipper: An Illustrated History. Demos Grafix, 2014.

Elliott, James L. Red Stacks Over the Horizon. William B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1967, 190, 216-223, 241, 245, 272, 277, 280, 295.

Falkowski, Brendan. “Joseph H. Thompson”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/joseph-h-thompson/.

Falkowski, Brendan. “McKee Sons”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/mckee-sons/.

Fedder, Mark. “The Sand Industry in Manistee“. Manistee County Tourism Authority, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://www.visitmanisteecounty.com/the-sand-industry-in-manistee.

Great Lakes Ships We Remember. Marine Historical Society of Detroit, 1979. Pp. 220-221, 234-235, 293, 304, 314.

Greenwood, John O. New Namesakes of the Lakes. Freshwater Press, Inc, 1975, 302.

LeMieux, Dave. “Looking Back: Preservationists unable to save Pigeon Hill from sand miners”. Muskegon Chronicle, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2010/06/look_back_preservationists_una.html.

LeMieux, Dave. “Looking Back: Welcome Aboard the S.S. Aquarama”. Muskegon Chronicle, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/2011/04/looking_back_welcome_aboard_th.html.

“LST 393”. USS LST-393 Preservation Association, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://www.lst393.org/history/lst-393.html.

Michigan Manufacturer and Financial Record. United States: Manufacturer Publishing Company, 1924, 28.

Peterson, David K. Ludington Carferries. Arcadia Publishing, 2010, 51-52, 55-57.

“Pigeon Hill, Lake Michigan Park”. Actors’ Colony at Bluffton, Accessed 16 October 2023. http://www.actorscolony.com/PH.htm.

“Rand Shareholders Approve Acquisition of Lower Lakes Towing”. Boatnerd News, Accessed 16 October 2023. https://boatnerd.com/oldsite/news/archive/3-06.htm

Rock Products: Devoted to the Production and Sale of Rock and Clay Products. United States: Tradepress Publishing Corporation, 1925, 35-37.

Rock Products: Devoted to the Production and Sale of Rock and Clay Products. United States: Tradepress Publishing Corporation, 1926, 66, 117.

Sherman, Elizabeth B. Beyond the Windswept Dunes: The Story of Maritime Muskegon. Wayne State University Press, 2003, 98-105, 115, 190.

“The Daily Monitor Leader (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??”. Library of Congress, Accessed 30 March 2024. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96077289.

The Daily Monitor Leader Mount Clemens, Mich. -19??. (Mount Clemens, MI), Jan. 1 1942. https://www.loc.gov/item/sn96077289/.

Thompson, Mark L. Queen of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press, 1994, 151-156.

U.S. Congress. U.S. Statutes at Large, Volume 64 -1951, 81st Congress, Session 2. United States, – 1951, 1950. Periodical. https://www.loc.gov/item/llsl-v64/.

“USS LST-393”. Historic Naval Ships Association. Accessed 16 October 2023. https://www.hnsa.org/hnsa-ships/uss-lst-393/.

Featured Vessel: Cuyahoga

Falkowski, Brendan. “J. Burton Ayers”. Shipwatcher News Great Lakes Ships, Accessed 9 June 2024. https://greatlakesships.wordpress.com/j-burton-ayers/

Wharton, George. “Cuyahoga”. Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping Online, Accessed 9 June 2024. http://boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/cuyahoga.htm

73 Freighters Winter 2024 – further reading

Laker Reports

Fire strikes the Cuyahoga again

“Fire Burning Aboard Cuyahoga, Canada’s Oldest Laker”. The Maritime Executive, Accessed 31 March 2024. https://maritime-executive.com/article/fire-burning-aboard-cuyahoga-canada-s-oldest-laker.

American Mariner runs aground in St. Marys River, halts traffic

Schuler, Mark. “US-Flag Laker Suffers ‘Marine Casualty’ in Michigan”. gCaptain, Accessed 31 March 2024. https://gcaptain.com/us-flag-laker-suffers-marine-casualty-in-michigan/?subscriber=true&goal=0_f50174ef03-8c2990f786-170631148&mc_cid=8c2990f786&mc_eid=5c7629ad0e.

standing tall against the sands of time – Pt I: Humble beginnings