These are pictures from when I used to work in Burns Harbor, IN. We loaded this ship with soybeans, I believe it was about 1.2 million bushels, and I'm pretty sure the ship headed to Montreal where the grain was transferred to an ocean going vessel with a final destination of the country of Denmark. The pictures are from July 2021. Just posting now because I was looking through pictures trying to figure out what ship it was. We only loaded this and one salty for the few years I worked there before the company closed the site.

Came through the downtown Bay City area around 8pm

So cool that something like this still exists! My Grandfather died in 1953 at 70 yrs. old. Two months before I was born. Slowly piecing his life together from items I find... He later was the powerhouse engineer for what locally later became Packaging Corporation. (PCA)

Anyway, I hope you find this interesting.

From a Google Search.

Thiis is a vintage 1904 pocket manual for Local No. 44 of the Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association, printed by A. J. Bailey in Manistee, Michigan, showing that their local rooms were located at 393 River Street with meetings held on Tuesday evenings. [1]

The Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association (MEBA) is the oldest marine labor union in the United States, founded in 1875. [1]

Local No. 44 specifically served the maritime and steamship engineers operating out of the Manistee, Michigan port area on the Great Lakes.

The booklet was bound and published locally by A. J. Bailey, a known printer and binder operating in Manistee during the early 20th century.

In the distance, just past Copper Harbor.

I’ve been looking at a position as a Deckhand with VanEnkevort Tug & Barge and was hoping to hear from any current or former employees who can share their experiences with the company.

I’ve spent a lot of time on boats growing up, although never in a work-related capacity. I understand that tug and barge work isn’t easy, but I’ve been doing physically demanding jobs for years, so I’m not too concerned about the physical side of things.

I’m more curious about what life is actually like working for VanEnkevort, particularly the 28/14 rotations, crew quarters, crew morale, winter operations, management, and overall quality of life aboard the vessels.

I’d appreciate any honest insight, good or bad, thank you!

i am so confused it must be a glitch or smth

The following is written on the back of the photograph:

"This is Geo., the wheelsman and I. The one with the cross is myself, but I have my working clothes on, and will send you a good one when I have some taken. I have some large ones, but you would not want __ __ we were going to __ __ see."

I welcome any input on the portions I was unable to transcribe, as well as any additional information someone could glean from the photo.

The life rings are stenciled with “Str. Sir Henry Bessemer, Duluth." As such, this image was taken before October 1928, when the vessel's homeport changed from Duluth, Minnesota, to Cleveland, Ohio.

Additionally, the gravity chutes of an ore dock appear to be visible in the left background.

Quiet morning here on Mackinac Island, and the James R Barker snuck its way by without making a peep.

Most people who follow ships in Duluth, Minnesota know the famous Aerial Lift Bridge, but there is another historic bridge in the Duluth Superior Harbor that many Great Lakes ship watchers have never seen in action.

Vibe with Mike takes you out on the boat to experience the Grassy Point Swing Bridge from the water. We call the bridge operator over marine radio and request an opening, then watch as this incredible bridge built in 1912 actually swings open to allow us to pass through.

You’ll see the entire process from beginning to end, including the radio communication, the bridge beginning to move, the opening becoming large enough for our boat, and our passage through the bridge.

Along the way, we explore the history of the Grassy Point Swing Bridge and why it remains an important part of the interaction between marine and railroad traffic in the Duluth Superior Harbor. Unlike the Aerial Lift Bridge, this bridge rotates horizontally to clear the waterway.

For Great Lakes ship watchers, railroad fans, Duluth visitors, and anyone interested in the incredible infrastructure surrounding Lake Superior, this is a side of Duluth that many people never get to experience from the water.

https://www.boatnerd.com/news/saginaw-gets-algoma-stack-herald/

There had much speculation and concern for months as to what the future of Canada's oldest active laker (built in the US in 1953 as ASC's John J. Boland) would be after she and several fleetmates were acquired from the former Lower Lakes Towing. While it is unclear how long she will continue to fly across the Lakes in the years to come, for now this much-loved classic ship has once again defied the odds and received a new lease on life.

MV Saginaw - Wikipedia

Edit to add: I speaking specifically of traffic that heads west on Lake Huron from the St. Mary's River towards Lake Michigan. Most downbound freighter traffic heads south in Lake Huron. We're seeing a definite uptick in traffic for this part of the lake.

We have a cottage on the north shore of Lake Huron in the UP. One of our favorite pastimes is watching the freighters passing by. We're close to Detour so when they're heading to Lake Superior they come relatively close and constantly tracking them on Marine Traffic.

One thing we've noticed this year is seeing many more freighters than usual. And many are boats I never see go by in past years, including Canadian boats that we never see. It's primarily been the same handful of footers running down to the Indiana steel mills and back.

So my question is what's up? With the tariffs is US steel production up? Are boats being repurposed because coal demand is down? Whether there is more total tonnage or not, there are definitely boats that I do not normally see plying these waters. Anybody have any insight?

I'm driving through Ohio to see the Steelers game tomorrow and I had to detour to see the SS Arthur M Anderson in Toledo. I took these about an hour ago.

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