Pictures of the arrival here:
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About this Visit:
Arrived Duluth May 21, 2024 at 09:12 arriving light and coming in through the canal at 5.9 kts, heading up river to the SMET Dock to load Coal for St Clair. They pulled into the SMET dock at08:08 and began loading the coal. They were scheduled to be loading 63,000 Standard Tons of the product. Finished loading and departed SMET at 18:49, Departed Duluth at 19:21 heading to Michigan, St Clair.
Their 7th arrival to the Twin Ports this season
6th arrival for coal.
Info from greatlakesvesselhistory.com
1981 Columbia Star
Steel twin-screw self-unloading Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Sturgeon Bay WI by Bay Shipbuilding Co., Hull 726
Built in drydock. Keel laid March 3, 1980; floated Nov 11, 1980.
1000’ LOA, 990’ LBP, 105’ beam, 56’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired diesel engines, 14400 BHP
Enrolled at
988.8 x 105.0 x 56.7, 35923 GT, 33534 NT US 635289 to:
Columbia Transportation Division, Oglebay Norton Co., Cleveland OH (home port Wilmington DE)
Entered service May 30, 1981 clearing Sturgeon Bay WI light for Silver Bay MN.
Fleet division merged 1994 into Oglebay Norton Co.
Sold 2006 to Liberty Steamship Co., a subsidiary of American Steamship Co., Williamsville NY and renamed American Century.
IMO 7923196
In service 2011 for American Steamship Co.