Pictures of the arrival: / duluthshipphotography
About this visit:
They arrived Superior WI BNSF dock May 20, 2024 at 13:10 to load Iron Ore.
Sometime during the load they determined they had a hull breach that needed repair. At 19:00 they departed Superior, heading across the lake to the Duluth Entry for Port Terminal Dock 2 to get the puncture in the bow repaired. They pulled into Duluth at 19:55, coming in at 5 kts. They arrived at Port Terminal at 20:44. May 24 at 21:56 with the hole fixed, they pulled out of Port Terminal dock, departed Duluth, heading back to the BNSF dock to finish loading their ore. They pulled into the BN-5 dock May 25 at 00:20. They finished loading the ore, tried to depart the dock at 14:35, and ran aground! They were stuck at the dock until May 26, at 12:00, the water level must have gone up ore the Missouri tug got them pulled off the high spot grounding them. Either way, they then departed Superior, too a North turn toward Duluth, sat in the lake for many hours, most likely getting their hull inspected by the USCG, before they were allowed to depart heading to Nanticoke Ontario to deliver this troublesome cargo!
Info from the CSL Webpage:
ATLANTIC HURON
Built in 1984, converted in 1989
Deadweight (DWT) 36,920 tonnes
GRT 23,054
NRT 8,477
Registered Lloyds Class + 100 A 1
Length Overall (LOA) 224.50 m / 736' 54"
Length B.P. (Lpp) 217.82 m / 714' 63"
Breadth (MLD) 23.12 m / 75' 85"
Depth (MLD) 14.12 m / 46' 32"
Drafts (in fresh water) - Summer 9.46 m / 31' 3/8"
Drafts (in fresh water) - Seaway 8.08 m / 26' 06"
Deadweight - Summer 34,658 LT / 35,214 tonnes
Deadweight - Seaway 28,037 LT / 28,487 tonnes
Number of Holds 5
Net Hold Capacity (including hatches) 35,964 cubic m / 1,270,057.87 cubic ft
Average Unloading Rates - Ore 5,500 mt/hr
Average Unloading Rates - Coal 4,000 mt/hr