The Queen heading to Fraser Shipyard for Winter Layup! Look at the Stack, missing the tower!
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About this visit:
The Paul R Tregurtha arrived Duluth MN January 17, 2023 at 19:08 for the 38th time this season! Arriving this time, instead of coal or to load Iron Ore they are arriving for Winter Layup! They headed to the Port Terminal to have their upper structure removed so they can fit under the Blatnik Bridge heading to Fraser Shipyard! If they did not remove it, they would tear it off passing under! check out the limited space allocations on this arrival!
They pulled into Port Terminal at 20:08 and the Benson Electric crew de-energized everything on the upper structure. January 18 at 10:10 they departed Port Terminal and headed to Fraser shipyard. They arrived at the Shipyard at 12:52 and tied up for 1 last time this season!
Their Visits this season:
Duluth 38 4 loads of Iron Ore 32 loads of Coal 1 arrival for layup.
Superior 2 loading iron ore
Silver Bay 1 loading iron ore
Two Harbors 1 loading iron ore
Imagine this, if each load was 68k tons, they hauled 2,856,000 tons of product!
Info from the Interlake Site:
At 1013.5 feet, Interlake’s flagship M/V Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest ship on the Great Lakes. She can carry up to 68,000 gross tons of taconite pellets or 71,000 net tons of coal. Her unloading system and 260-foot boom empty her five cargo holds in about eight hours. Built by American Ship Building Company at Lorain, Ohio, in 1981, this vessel was first named William J. DeLancey. In 1990, she was renamed Paul R. Tregurtha in honor of Interlake’s Vice Chairman of the Board.
Interesting Facts
She is the reigning "Queen of the Lakes", a title she has held since she entered service in 1981.
She has an elevator and quite luxurious guest accommodations.
Built for approximately $60 million, she became a flagship for the Interlake fleet.
General characteristics
Class and type
Lake freighter
Tonnage
14,497 net register tonnage 36,360 GT
Length 1,013.5 ft (308.9 m)
Beam 105 ft (32 m)
Depth 56 ft (17 m)
Installed power
2 × MaK 6M43C four-stroke diesel engines, 8,160 HP (6 MW) each at 514 RPM
Propulsion 2 × 5.33 m (17.5 ft) controllable-pitch propeller
Bow thruster: 1,500 hp (1,100 kW)
Speed 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Capacity Iron ore: 68,000 long tons (69,000)
Coal: 63,616 long tons (64,637 )
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