This is the final of the 2023 clips I withheld for uploading in March 2024. When I return again, I will hopefully have new clips from the 2024 shipping season to share with you. It might be a little while until I can make the first trip to Duluth, but hopefully it won't be too long! In the meantime, if you haven't seen it already, I recently posted my video showing the highlights of the 2023 shipping season. It can be viewed here: • 35 Great Lakes Freight...
Here is the Paul R. Tregurtha making her arrival in Duluth, Minnesota shortly after 6am on December 29, 2023. She was arriving empty and was scheduled to load coal at the Midwest Energy Terminal in Superior. The coal was to be delivered to the power plants in St. Clair and Monroe in Michigan. This was the final load of coal the Tregurtha would haul for the 2023-2024 shipping season.
On her way in, the Tregurtha gave us a "wakeup" captain's salute of one long and two short blasts, which the Aerial Lift Bridge answered in return. While the Tregurtha is always a reliable boat for salutes during the daylight and early evening hours, she almost always withholds salutes during the "sleeping hours." But perhaps since it was a little after 6am, her crew figured it was about time that the residents of Duluth get out of bed and start their day!
The 1013' 6" Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest ship on the Great Lakes, earning her the title "Queen of the Lakes." She has held that title longer than any other lake carrier. She was launched in 1981 as the William J. DeLancey, a name she carried until 1990 when she was named after the Vice Chairman of Interlake Steamship, the ship's operator. The Paul R. Tregurtha is powered by a pair of medium-speed MaK M43C 6-cylinder diesel engines providing a combined 17,120 BHP. Her five cargo holds are accessed by 36 deck hatches. She can hold a maximum of 68,000 tons. Her self-unloading system consists of a 260-foot unloading boom which can discharge at a rate of 10,000 tons of iron ore per hour or 6,000 net tons of coal per hour.
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