⚓️Most Impressive Ship 2023? Ship 'Maxima' departs Duluth, MN 

This ship is an excellent exercise in parsimony and efficiency. It was built at Groningen, inside the sea dikes, and is the maximum size that would fit through the canals and locks to get to the ocean. Helm and crew are up front, efficiently using the point end, and the holds are two plumb, straight, and level "boxes." To me, it looks like a "Bolger Box," small craft designs that are simple and remarkable capable. Engine of only 4,000 horsepower is in the stern where it occupies the space where the hull rises, and there is a sleek box keel for the ducted propeller. It's double hulled and is rated for ice conditions. The bow is a modified X-bow that rises to the waves instead of ramming into them. Ballast water goes into the double hull and not the cargo hold. It was built in parts and then assembled in a very efficient construction process. Note that it was built in the Netherlands and is registered there, not operating under some flag of convenience. I think it is a truly marvelous design. Start with a clean sheet of paper, and a design like this could be adapted as a sail auxiliary.

The Dutch build insanely powerful and well engineered ships. It makes perfect sense seeing their vessels in the Great Lakes. What a visual treat.

Another beautiful ship from that beautiful country🤗

So sleek! No huge ladders to climb to the pilot house! (Not a fan of heights). Love the whole design. Blessings to all who board her. Very cool.

Those forward pilot houses just look pretty good to me anyone else?

I really love this channel Mike. So nice to see all the beautiful views of Duluth and the lake and the ships. Thank you for these videos.

What a beautiful young lady, and a salty, to boot! She glides so gracefully through the canal and out into the lake. Safe journey back home. ❤🎉

Her lines are so clean and modern, she seems small and toy-like until you see one of her crew. Glad she got the full salute from the Lift Bridge on her outbound meeting! Amazing ship - I hope we see more of her kind. Blessings & Joy to her Captain & crew wherever they are currently! 😊💜

Thanks for catching this ship for sure! Indeed she's a futuristic beauty! I will definitely be watching for her now on. 🌈Safe travels to them.

Thanks, Mike, what a treat!

Thank you so much Mike!!! Beautiful ship!!! Happy weekend! ❤

Wow! I'm a novice but thought forward pilot houses were a thing of the past. Great catch!

Very cool 😎 design. Sleek and that bow looks sharp. Hope she comes back again on the Great Lakes.

Great capture on this good looking vessel Mike. Love the bright colors of the ship and the sky in this video.

Wow, what a beautiful ship! Thanks Mike! Have a lovely weekend! 🤗

What a beauty! Thanks for your coverage. Love following your stories.

She is beautiful - thank you.

What a beauty Mike, Thank you so much for sharing this. Your videos and info are wonderful. Thanks

Hi Mike, thank you for your wonderful and educating video of this beautiful vessel 😃 our son is currently sailing on the Edenborg (also a Wagenborg vessel) as a cadet on his first internship for 6 months (until january 2024). The Edenborg arrived at Duluth on august 12 th and left on august 16 th for Spain, La Coruna. Looking on the live camera's we spotted our son on deck as the vessel left the harbor. He and we ourselves enjoyed the enthousiasm of all the people waving the captain and crew goodbye from the Duluth pier. I love your channel en will certainly visit it from now ! Have a nice day! Greetings from Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

Beautiful ship, thanks for sharing this with us, Mike!

Nice looking vessel

An absolute beauty. This one was special. Thank you for showing off so many amazing boats and Duluth

Very cool structured vessel Love watching these! thanks

That Lady sure shows her colors very well. Thanks again Mike for your outstanding professional work for us.

Another great video Boat Friend. I love all the data you share on each vessel.

Wow, Mike, that's one beautiful ship! Thanks for sharing the video and the stats...❤

Solid vid, thanks.

Oh wow. That's nice. That ship was built by Niestern-Sander in Farmsum (Delfzijl). That's 30 km from where I live. Cool to see. Didn't expect it to sail across the Great Lakes to Duluth. 👍👍

Great video!

Bruh, I really enjoy all your videos; great catch perfect narration.

Great shots! 👍👍👍👊😎

This looks so fancy!!! Its a cool color scheme too! Thanks for sharing Mike! Hope you have a good one!

Great video Mike That Ship is Amazing Have A Great Friday Night And Weekend 😊

That's a nice looking vessel! Take care Mike,God Bless!!!😊

Great videography, Mike. She's a beauty fer sure ! Stay dry and warm out there !

I really enjoyed your enthusiasm on the topic 🙂 I too am mesmerized by most things related to the Great Lakes. As a Michigander who loves the lakes AND Nederland, this checks all my boxes. 😊

Of course a beautiful day in Deluth. Fabulous looking ship...⛴️👍. Greets from Vancouver...🇨🇦

Great video 👍

Wow i really like that gray and red color scheme it gives the ship a good look 🤩⛴

Very nice! Thank you

That is a seriously nice ship! Thanks for sharing! Not something we see very often here in Tucson!

Stunning looking vessel 😍

AHA! A *_NEW_* forward pilot ship!

It’s a beautiful ship, sleek and modern design but the older ships are still my favorites

Ahh love this ship, I live in Delfzijl, home of (most) of the Wagenborg fleet :D she’s a real sleek beauty. Keep up with these amazing videos Mike, always love when I see a new upload from you, much love ❤️

Thank you!

They are Bringing the Style Back. NICE.

Another great video! To me it is almost hypnotizing. To see those big vessels slide past you with little to no sound.

Love the classic Laker look so much since I was a kid.

Wow what a beautiful ship 👍👍👍

Very interesting. But also sleek. Not a self unloader. Enjoyed the video Mike and BE SAFE OUT THERE!

Very cool looking boat!

Excellent video mike

Thank you for posting. I read that there was a ship going to the Netherlands with a load from the re-opened elevator/terminal in Duluth. I did not know it was going to be such an impressive ship.

Excellent video sir.

What a beautiful ship! Thanks for the info. That line of cloud is a weather front.

Thanks for sharing, Mike. Her salute is much higher pitched than some of the Lakers! Not like the Barker Bark! 😊

Awesome Mike 💪🫡🚢🔥

Interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful. My favorite color

It does look like a laker, i have seen this vessel a few years now. And i didnt realise this until you said it.

What a difference from empty to full!!! She's a beauty.

To be Caption obvious and late to the party, that is one fiiinnnne looking vessel!!

My sister went to school at UW Superior so I'd be up there a couple times a year. Miss seeing the ships! (Since her birthday is in October we got to experience the "haunted" William Irvine over in Duluth. Took a harbor tour back in the early 2000s and saw the Millenium Falcon at the General Mills dock. Forgot who owned it but all their ships were "Millenium" and a bird.

A beautiful ship. Very unique in build. Like.

Thanks mike great videio

Waving a hand from texas driving down the highway watching your video

Awesome looking ship

The other ship in the class 'Egbert Wagenborg' called at Duluth, on 26 November 2022 to collect a full load for Derry/Londonderry, Northern Ireland.

Cool !!! thanks for sharing !!1!!!

It has been about 10 years ago I stopped at Gram's. I was there in September and was disappointed not what I remembered.

Hello Mike. Happy Friday night!!! I love the red color. Very smart. She DOES have very nice lines. I think her whistle suits her. A smaller vessel doesn't need a whistle like The Barker. Like everyone else, courious about the beet pellets. Safe journey to the Netherlands captain and crew!!! Thank you for recording this vessel for us. Hope you had a good day. Take care friend and hope to chat in the comments later. 🙋🚢

The ship looks so sleek...it looks brand new.❤

she looks awesome - different style

Great info on the beautiful ship. Cloudy with rain shower here in Fredericton with a temp of 18. Have a great evening Mike

Well done! She's a beauty...

Another unique visitor to Duluth 🚢

Looks like she can take some heavy weather with that high bow, be fun to sail on her, thanks again hope to swing by in a few weeks🚤🤗

That is bad ass. Love it.

Awesome bow!

Thanx for the mussels. Sweet ship, 1 screw pod. Rolls some coal, Maxima!

She's a beaut' and has a long trip ahead of her. Bon voyage.

❤ I was their 3 weeks ago. Got one leaving and one coming in. Then Grandma's.

Sweet!!

That is a unique ship! Thanks for sharing. I would love to take the ride to the east Coast. It would be fun to see.

good looking ship

Love this ship. I would love to see around the engine room. Thank you for sharing

WOW!!

She's an adorable la petite , great lines and a sleek look for sure. Amazing she is 100' the lesser of the Valley Camp which I walked this past summer making her just under half the length of the lakes grandest. crazy enough the Paul R Tregutha pulls .5 knots ahead at double the size. I guess the Maxima is built for efficiency to cross the Atlantic though.

Great horns

Sturdy-looking yet pleasant to the eye I guess one could say a streamlined Laker and a respectable paint scheme thats still clean. The bow with the streamlining still has much of the conventional look but the angle from slightly behind also resembles one of the later C&O car ferries. It's also a twist of fate that such a new vessel loaded at one of the oldest elevators on the Great Lakes. Here in Milwaukee several weeks ago we had the distinction of three cruise ships tied up here at once (one each at the museum, the Lake Ferry Express terminal and the Port of Milwaukee heavy-lift dock) We're also looking forward to the arrival of the first vessel to load at the DeLong grain handling facility which will ship spent distillers grain as well as corn and soybeans. Hopefully they can make up lost tonnage since last year's closure of the Nedira.elevator. great video 😊

It's interesting how sand get's deposited on the pier. It's deep.

Lake boats are nice to watch

Thanks for the heads up. Just after watching your video I checked out Marine Traffic. Lo and behold the 'Maxima' was heading down bound into the Fleming Channel (Belle Isle) across from me. Visibility and the angle of the sun none too good though.

What an "updated" old style laker would look like! Smooth...

This ship belongs, as you can read, to the Wagenborg Shipping Company in the Netherlands. She is named after our queen Maxima.

She's a BEAUTY !!! (So unlike the other rustbuckets of the Great Lakes.)

This has nothing to do with anything but I gotta tell you about my ex girlfriend Ruth who used to live in Duluth! Can’t make this stuff up! I have that raising lift bridge on a magnet out in the garage on the refrigerator! Funny after watching your video, it all comes together! Interesting boat stuff here !! Love the Great Lakes!!

It sure Is different! It's a cool looking ship!

Hello beautiful People of the most beautiful country of the world At my age , 77 , I follow many ships at your habor A beauty again from my country In the 68 / 69 I sailed as marine engineer on the Prinses Emilia , 3500 tons , from the Orange line from Europe to the Great Lakes Our last stop was always Chicago A time I had to remember always Yard Sanders has build famous Life Boats for the dutch lifesaving KNRM See on the INSULINDE Many greetings to the viewers from Gorinchem in The Netherlands