Here is the Joseph L. Block seen arriving in Duluth, Minnesota late on the afternoon of April 21, 2024. She was arriving with a load of limestone she loaded at Port Inland, Michigan. The limestone was to be discharged at the Hallett 5 dock in West Duluth. After unloading, she was then scheduled to load iron ore pellets (taconite) at the Canadian National dock. She would depart the following afternoon, bound for Toledo, Ohio to deliver the taconite.
The Joseph L. Block is certainly one of the prettiest of the "modern style" lakers, due in large part to her attractive paint scheme that retains the look of the old Inland Steel colors. (That scheme looks even better on a classic vessel like the Wilfred Sykes.) The Block is always a fast vessel through the shipping canal and rarely passes up the opportunity to put on a show with her horn when a crowd is present. First we get a traditional captain's salute (one long and two short blasts), which the Aerial Lift Bridge answered in return. Then we got the more formal master salute, with three long and two short blasts.
The 728-foot Joseph L. Block was launched in 1976 and sailed for the Inland Steel Company until 1999, when Inland Steel was sold to Ispat International from the Netherlands. In late 2020 or early 2021, she was sold to Cleveland-Cliffs, along with her fleet mates the Wilfred Sykes and the Edward L. Ryerson. While the Block still sails under the Inland Steel colors, she now carries the name of her new owners on her smokestack. She is operated by Central Marine Logistics. The Block has a cargo capacity of 37,200 tons and generates 7,000 horsepower from her two General Motors V-20 diesel engines.
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