/r/GreatLakesShipping
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Ships not going through the Straits
Anyone know why these ships aren’t going through the Straits? Burns Harbor and Manitowoc have been there since last night. Arthur M Anderson appears to be heading there as well with the ship not heading down between Mackinac Island and Round Island.
Also not a lot of activity on Lake Michigan at the moment. The three ships that are moving just started moving this morning. Nothing was moving last night when I had last checked it.
13:41 UTC
Algoma Niagara near Ile Parisienne
20:10 UTC
Algoma Intrepid and mute swans weathering a heavy fall rain outside Owen Sound
16:17 UTC
The Oberstar leaving Marquette en route to Dearborn
The Tregurtha decided to stay overnight but the Oberstar headed on out.
05:29 UTC
Anyone know what the Canadian Navy's doing in town?
20:54 UTC
CSL Tadoussac, Anyone know anything about working on her?
01:41 UTC
Michipicoten
Does anybody have any word on the Michipicoten? I know she's out of commission with damage but I'm not entirely sure what the extent of the damage is or whether she's repairable at all. My sister and I are rather fond of her so any updates will be greatly appreciated.
11:55 UTC
What shoud i expect?
Hi y’all I’ve gotten my TWIC and now I’m waiting on my MMD what’s the pay like working on the Great Lakes is it worth it thanks in advance
07:49 UTC
Heads Up for Anyone Near Whitefish Bay
Early morning 10/26/24. Group at anchor for weather. Maybe a good photo opp in the morning?
04:44 UTC
Greatest lake ship under largest moon!
Taken from vibe with Mike YouTube channel
00:28 UTC
This morning on Lake St. Clair
Caught the Algoma Niagara heading north on Lake St. Clair this morning around 8:15 am off of Grosse Pointe Farms.
21:25 UTC
1895 shipwreck discovered in Lake Huron: The SS Africa, which was hauling coal. The descendants of ship’s captain who perished visited the site. Part of a new documentary about invasive mussels: ALL TOO CLEAR
02:12 UTC
Crew member manifests from the 1950’s?
I recently saw a brief news article on Maritime artist Tony Strublic, definitely look him up if you’re not familiar. It got me to thinking how cool it would be to have a print or commissioned piece of one of the freighters my grandfather sailed on in the 1950’s! Unfortunately my grandfather passed away a few months ago, he did talk about his time on the lakes however never mentioned any specific boat names. Is there any manifests or anywhere I could look to see if I can find his name on crew lists or manifests? I see there is some information on the National archives.org page but it seems you need to order microfilm…does anyone have anywhere else that may have info?
17:33 UTC
Example of round trip time for Thunder Bay, ON to Quebec (and back empty)
To the poster who asked about transit times......here is the image I couldn't add to my reply
12:18 UTC
How long for a round trip journey to Quebec?
How long does a trip from Quebec to Lake Superior and back usually take? What are your favorite cargoes?
10:16 UTC
M/V Robert S. Pierson in Fraser Shipyard Drydock, sans her rudder which fell off the ship in Eastern Lake Superior
14:58 UTC
Hon. James L. Oberstsr arriving in Duluth at sunrise on October 21, 2024
15:57 UTC
Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader getting shifted into drydock at Sturgeon Bay, winter layup 2023.
Taken from the pilot house on the CSV (left my phone taped to the window.) Tugs did all the work here; all I had to do was babysit a generator so we had power for pumps if anything bad happened.
07:08 UTC
Just a cool pic
My brother took this yesterday. She's loading in port at Alpena.
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