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About this Visit:
They arrived Duluth July 16, 2024 for the 7th time this season. Making it a little interesting, they aborted their arrival due to Bow Thruster issues. If you watch the videos, many times when a ship passes my camera you can hear a higher pitched "whine", that is the bow thruster keeping the vessel centered in the canal. Without that assist, it makes for a much more precarious arrival. They turned off, swinging by the Polsteam ships out in the lake, reset the controllers and came into the canal at 19:55, cruising by us at 5.7 Kts. Heading to the Graymont dock with a cargo of limestone. So far, all of their 7 visits they have been bringing in limestone, departing only once with a cargo of Blast Furnace Trim. They pulled into the Graymont dock at 21:13 and began discharging. 7.3 Hours later July 17 at 04:29 they completed discharging and departed the Graymont dock. They sailed out of Duluth at 05:34 in the morning, the only cargo they had was ballast. Heading to Marquette MI to load iron ore.
They spent a total of 9.7 hours in port for this visit.
Info on the H. Lee from American Steamship Co.
The M/V H. Lee White’s name honors former American Steamship Company chairman, Harris Lee White.
Construction
The M/V H. Lee White was built by Bay Shipbuilding Corp at Sturgeon Bay, WI and entered service in June 1974.
Equipment
The M/V H. Lee White is powered by two 3500 HP General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines. The vessel uses a conveyor system below its cargo holds to transport cargo to an inclined conveyor system that elevates the cargo to the deck-mounted boom conveyor. For maneuvering in port, the vessel is equipped with 1,000 HP bow and stern thrusters.
Service
The M/V H. Lee White is used in general trades, transporting iron ore pellets, coal, limestone and grain. This vessel is currently bareboat chartered to a third-party freight carrier.
Length, Overall 704'-0"
Beam 78'-0"
Depth 45'-0"
Midsummer Draft (MS) 30'-7 5/8"
Deadweight Capacity at MS Draft 35,400 Gross Tons
Deadweight Capacity at 27'-6" 30,900 Gross Tons
Unloading Boom Conveyor Length 250'
Maximum Unloading Rate 6,000 Tons/Hour
Number of Cargo Holds 6
Number of Hatches 23
Shaft Horsepower 7,000
Year Built 1974
Number of Propellers 1
16 сен 2024
