Lake freighters, or lakers, are bulk carriers operating on the Great Lakes of North America. These vessels are traditionally called boats, although classified...
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SS Edmund Fitzgerald (category Great Lakes freighters)
SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American Great Lakes freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm on November 10, 1975, with the loss of the entire...
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division of Oglebay Norton Company. It was built in 1953 as Reserve at Great Lakes Engineering Works in River Rouge, Michigan. It was one of eight loosely...
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SS Arthur M. Anderson (category Great Lakes freighters)
tons.[citation needed] She was second of eight of the AAA class of lake freighters; the others being, in order, SS Philip R. Clarke, SS Cason J. Callaway...
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Bulk carrier (redirect from Bulk freighter)
British coal market. The first self-unloader was the lake freighter Hennepin in 1902 on the Great Lakes. This greatly decreased the unloading time of bulk...
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SS Alpena (1942) (category Great Lakes freighters)
The SS Alpena (formerly the SS Leon Fraser) is a lake freighter. She was built in 1942 by the Great Lakes Engineering Works in Ecorse, Michigan, to carry...
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Michipicoten (1952 ship) (category Great Lakes freighters)
service in 1952) is a self-discharging lake freighter owned and operated by Canadian shipping firm Lower Lakes Towing. Michipicoten primarily hauls taconite...
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MV Mark W. Barker (category Great Lakes freighters)
large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by the Interlake Steamship Company. She is the first of the River-class freighters constructed for an...
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Algosoo (1974 ship) (category Great Lakes freighters)
Algosoo was a lake freighter constructed for Algoma Central in 1974 by Collingwood Shipbuilding in Collingwood, Ontario. The second ship of the name, Algosoo...
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mostly lake freighters, have been known by the title. Queen of the Lakes has been used as the name of three vessels that sailed on the Great Lakes, but...
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The Great Lakes, a collection of five freshwater lakes located in North America, have been sailed upon since at least the 17th century, and thousands of...
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(23.3 km/h; 14.5 mph). In 2012, the ship underwent conversion to a lake freighter and was remeasured 18,049 gross tonnage (GT) and 29,984 DWT. The vessel...
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drafts than the lower Seaway, limiting large freighters to the four lakes upstream of the Welland Canal and Lake Ontario and similarly restricting passage...
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SS Bannockburn (category Great Lakes freighters)
The SS Bannockburn was a Canadian registered steel-hulled freighter that disappeared on Lake Superior in snowy weather on November 21, 1902. She was sighted...
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MV American Courage (category Great Lakes freighters)
MV American Courage is a diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by Grand River Navigation. This vessel was built in 1979 at Bay Shipbuilding...
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List of bulk carriers (redirect from List of lake freighters)
is used and former names are listed in the Notes section. Panamax Lake freighters Ore-bulk-oil carriers (OBO) Very large ore carriers (VLOC) Strategic...
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Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded on the north, west, and southwest by the Canadian province of Ontario, and...
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fleet, and the first exhaust scrubber system installed on a Great Lakes freighter was installed to allow the ships to burn fuel oil while meeting sulfur...
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series of freighters owned by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL). The class is divided into three subclasses; the self-discharging lake freighters, the lake bulk...
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MV Tim S. Dool (category Great Lakes freighters)
MV Tim S. Dool is an Algoma Central-owned seawaymax lake freighter built in 1967, by the Saint John Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co. in Saint John, New Brunswick...
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dredged for lake freighter passage by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The lake is fed by the St. Clair River, which flows to the south from Lake Huron and...
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called lake freighters, as well as smaller ocean-going freighters, transport these commodities across Lake Superior. Shipping was slow to arrive at Lake Superior...
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SS William G. Mather (1905), a lake freighter 1905–1996; renamed in 1925 SS William G. Mather (1925), a lake freighter 1925–1980; currently a museum ship...
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perfected in their Dayton, Ohio mechanics' workshops; distinctive Great Lakes freighters, and railroad beds constructed of wooden ties and steel rails. The...
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MV Edwin H. Gott (category Great Lakes freighters)
MV Edwin H. Gott is a very large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway...
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MV Walter J. McCarthy Jr. (category Great Lakes ships)
M/V Walter J. McCarthy Jr. is a 1000' diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by the American Steamship Company. This vessel was built in 1977...
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south. Sailors of bulk freighters transferring cargoes from Lake Superior and northern Lake Michigan and Lake Huron to ports on Lake Erie or Ontario commonly...
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Cargo ship (redirect from Freighter (ship))
A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another. Thousands of cargo carriers ply the world's...
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Panama Canal. Most lakes are too small to accommodate bulk carriers, but a large fleet of lake freighters has been plying the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence...
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CSL Tadoussac is a lake freighter currently operated by Canada Steamship Lines (CSL) on the Great Lakes. She was launched in 1969. Initially named Tadoussac...
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