Here is the John J. Boland making the final arrival in the Twin Ports for the 2023-2024 shipping season as she enters winter layup on the morning of January 21, 2024. While most other ships had gone into winter layup the previous week, the Boland did one more run carrying taconite from Superior, Wisconsin to the Algoma Steel plant in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. Now she was back in Superior and ready for her two-month winter hibernation at the Elevator M dock.
Before the John J. Boland could go to bed, she needed some help from the tugboat North Carolina to break up the ice that was filling the Superior entry. After a couple of passes by the North Carolina, the Boland was ready to make her entry. Even with the North Carolina having broken up some of the ice, the Boland did briefly struggle as the ice began to pile up in front of her. Black smoke poured from the Boland as her diesel engines strained to move her forward. At first it appears the Boland might be stopped, but she continued to inch her way forward until slowly picking up speed again.
As the Boland made her way through the canal, her captain apologized to us gathered boatnerds that their horn was frozen and that they couldn't salute. This didn't come as a big surprise, as her horn struggled to salute with her Duluth arrival four days earlier... as heard in another video I recently published on my channel. The North Carolina escorted the Boland to the Elevator M dock, where she would assist with the docking... finally bringing the shipping season on Lake Superior to a close.
The 680-foot John J. Boland was built at Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, entering service in 1973 under her original name Charles E. Wilson. She was renamed the John J. Boland in 2000, when the ship that previously held that name was sold to the Lower Lakes Towing Fleet (becoming the Saginaw). The Boland is powered by two 3,500 HP 20-cylinder General Motors Electro Motive Division (EMD) diesel engines. She also has 1000 HP bow and stern thrusters to help her manuever in port. Her six holds are accessible by 22 deck hatches and she can carry up to 34,000 tons of cargo. The Boland has a 250-foot self-unloading boom, which can swing up to 105 degrees in either direction. The Boland is owned by the American Steamship Company, but has been operated under lease to Grand River Navigation since the start of the 2021 shipping season.
While this was the last ship movement of the 2023-2024 shipping season, I will be returning in the coming weeks with more videos, featuring additional footage I recorded during the shipping season. We have plenty more to enjoy before the shipping action starts up again in late March, so I hope you will stay tuned!
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