The towering 606ft long saltie Ruddy arriving for wheat! Eventually anyway, after this arrival she anchored inside the harbor where the cruise ships typically stay, rather unusual to see a freighter anchor there though, especially a saltie. After a few hours she lifted anchor then sailed out through the canal again to the main anchorage, where she stayed for about 4 days before arriving again, this time going to the dock, where she still sits now, loading her cargo. Why she came in, anchored for a bit then left again I can’t say, maybe they needed to pick up some parts or something? Because she hasn’t left yet I can’t say for certain where she’ll take her cargo yet, but it’ll most likely be in Europe, the Middle East or North Africa.
Built in 2009, the Ruddy and her fleetmates are known as the Duck Boats, being named after species of ducks across the world (there are 162 species worldwide, so plenty to choose from). The Ruddy Duck is a North American species that’s currently found most often in the Rocky Mountain and Great Lakes regions, but was once found across the entire US, as well as much of Canada and the Caribbean. They can also be found in the desert regions of the US and Mexico in winter. This makes it a great name for a vessel that frequents the Lakes, even if it might sound a little silly at first glance. While her 606ft length is relatively small on paper, she is a surprisingly massive vessel, towering over most lakers. That height allows her a massive 30,900 ton carrying capacity, only slightly less than the much larger 740ft seaway max lakers (the standard Canadian size ships). She has 3 cranes which allow her to unload large cargo such as containers or industrial equipment, but usually relies on shore equipment to unload bulk cargo such as the wheat she’s currently loading.
The ship is an unusual sight in Duluth, but a fairly common one in other areas of the Lakes. She was one of three salties that arrived all at about the same time to load wheat from the same elevator, a rather unusual occurrence now days, especially since it’s July! Usually wheat is a spring/fall cargo out of the Twin Ports. The other two ships continue to wait at anchor, they might be there awhile! Not that we’re complaining of course!!
Edit- she took her cargo to Bilbao, Spain
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