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About this visit:
A ship that treats the Boatwatchers with multiple Salutes!
They arrived Duluth May 26, 2024 at 01:20, cruising int town at 5.7 kts. Coming in with a cargo of Limestone loaded at Port Inland and Dolomite from Port Dolomite for the Hallett 5 dock. They arrived at Hallett 5 at 02:34 and began discharging their cargo. Finished discharging and departed Hallett at 10:25. They departed duluth at 11:35, heading out at a speed of 6.1 kts, heading to silver bay to load Iron Ore. Cruising down the lake at 12 Kts, they arrived at Silver Bay at 15:38. So now you know it takes a ship about 6 hours to sail from Duluth to Silver Bay.
This was their 6th visit to Duluth for the season.
info from www.greatlakesvesselhistory.c...
1976 Joseph L. Block
Steel self-unloading Great Lakes bulk freighter
Built at Sturgeon Bay WI by Bay Shipbuilding Co., Hull 715
Launched Feb 26, 1976
728’ LOA, 714’ LBP, 78’ beam, 45’ depth
1 deck, arch cargo hold construction, hatches @ 24’, oil-fired diesel engines, 7200 BHP
Enrolled at
714.8 x 78.1 x 42.7, 14955 GT, 10805 NT US 574870 to:
Inland Steel Co., Chicago IL (home port Chicago IL)
Entered service Aug 15, 1976 clearing Sturgeon Bay WI light for Escanaba MI
Inland Steel Co. sold 1998 to Ispat International, a Netherlands company and to permit continued operation of the fleet between U.S. ports the vessels were transferred to subsidiary Indiana Harbor Steamship Co., managed by Central Marine Logistics, Griffith IN.
IMO 7502320
In service 2011 for Central Marine Logistics