Michipicoten Left For Fraser Shipyards!! 

Thoughts?

Fraser Shipyards has the closest dry dock where Michipicoten can get a better inspection of damage and/or other problems that can only be done with her being out of the water.

Thanks for the update.

I was visiting the cruise ship Viking Polaris when the Michipicoten came into TBay, the officer on the bridge with me couldn't believe she was 72 years old. Should have seen his face when I told him the tug Glenada next to her was 81 haha :D

Thanks for the update Mr. Connor Tenold! It's all about playing the waiting game now.

They appear to be taking little chances right now. Over on MarineTraffic the route they're taking is hugging the northern coastline of Lake Superior. Usually a lot calmer that way unless the winds are out of the SE or E.

Great report. We’ll hope for the best.

Saw it on Harbor Lookout this morning! I'm gonna try to make it.

It's going to depend on the inspection report and the overall condition of the ship. Think of it like a used truck or commercial van. Sometimes the overall body and other things are in good shape and they drop a rebuilt engine, transmission, and even rear end into it - while also replacing the seats (modern driver seats are amazing) and doing some other upgrades. Other times they scrap it. Keep in mind that the cost of a new replacement ship is very high, and would take years to design and build. Is the fatigue crack due to bad welding that only affects that or a few welds. If so - then its a cheap fix. What is the general condition of the hull and the engineering spaces? Makes a big difference. The bridge can always be updated - if the rest of the ship is in adequate condition. There have been a few cases where a good portion of the hulls have been replaced if the rest of the ship structure and engineering spaces are in good shape. I'd be looking for signs of stress and fatigue in the internal structual members... Those are vastly more expensive to repair or replace than the hull. So - lets wait until a full inspection and evaluation occurs.

It will be fine. They will fix her right up. It is made of steel not glass.

I sure would not feel very safe being on it during any kind of rough water at all.

Do you know on this day (20th of June) in 1953 the SS Scotiadoc sank in a collision with SS Burlington. Also since her shipwreck discovery in 2013, she is the deepest known shipwreck in the Great Lakes at a deep depth of 141.6 fathoms (259 metres or 850 feet).

Thaks for that..I was hoping to see it come into Duluth but I missed it...

Don't want to be on that in November.

Hope they save it

Wonder if she can get insurance at an affordable price now?

I know you can, I know you can!

no video, just photos?

I relaize this is different fleets but does this put market pressure in favor of no kidding reactivating the Ryerson?

She will be in Port Colborne soon enough, right next to the Canadian Transport.

good thing it didnt happen during a storm i wonder if that what happened to the fitz

I mean. If it can sail under its own power, than it can surely have a small crack in its hull repaired and it could be brought back into service.

She will sail fair, hopefully years left In her sea life.

International marine salvage is close by ,that’s were she will be scrapped without a doubt !

They will probably have to x-ray every weld on it, could take some time.

There is only a handful of the old style lakers left it dose look good for the John sherwin, Carson j cal away Roger Blough or Cuyahoga.

Look at the list on that

She is being taken care of

Compro 4.000 navios dessa classe para a marinha mercante do Rio de Janeiro Brasil

anyone knows the ship is beyond fixing.lts a death trap on the water. Scrap the fuckin thing and put a new safe ship out there.But oh no...rich payoffs under the table buy it's owners to keep a 75 year old piece of junk working and risking the lives of the crew that work on her. I hope we don't have another Fitzgerald story. God bless and protect her crew

“extensive” engineering analysis. Yeah, OK.

Scrap it and be done with it

I wouldn’t sail on it.

Scrap the dam thing - risk to life and environment - if returns on a ship take 70 years not worth doing - GET MODERN EQUIPMENT FOR A MODERN AGE !

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