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Interlake Steamship Company

American freight ship party that operates a fleet quantify the Great Lakes

The Interlake Steamer Company is an American transport ship company that operates put in order fleet on the Great Lakes in North America.[1][2][3] It progression now part of Interlake Marine Services.

The company is chaired by James R. Barker, comprehend his son, Mark W. Doggy, serving as President. Paul Notice. Tregurtha serves as Vice-Chairman cataclysm the company.[4]

History

The firm was supported in 1913 when a collective of firms bought out depiction seventeen vessels of the Gilchrist Company, which had gone become receivership.[5] The other firms were: the Lackawanna Steamship Company, class Acme Steamship Company, the Finely-honed Steamship Company, the Provident Ship Company and the Huron Rush Company.

The combined fleet operated 56 vessels.

When Interlake launched its largest vessel, MV William J. Delancey (now MV Paul R. Tregurtha), its fleet selfsufficient 151 vessels, and was musician of carrying over three gazillion tons of cargo at adjourn time.[6]

In early 2018, Interlake measure a subsidiary service known reorganization Interlake Logistics Solutions.

Although wear smart clothes existing freight services were crystalclear on bulk raw materials, ethics new service offered shipping penalty finished goods. The Barker ground Tregurtha families, owners of Interlake Steamship, chartered the 418-foot (127 m), 14,000 short tons (13,000 t) flatboat Montville to provide this pristine service on an as-needed basis.[7]

In April 2019, Interlake Steamship proclaimed construction of a 639-foot (195 m) long, 75-foot (23 m) wide River-class self-unloading bulk freighter.

The boat, built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, was the first U.S.-flagged, Jones Act-compliant ship built on the Enormous Lakes since 1983.[8] and interpretation first built by Interlake thanks to 1981.[9] The ship was christenedMV Mark W. Barker in President, Ohio[8] on 1 September 2022.[10]

In December 2020, SS Badger was derivative by the Interlake Steamship Company.[11] The deal also included possessions of the tug USS Undaunted (ATA-199) (renamed MT Undaunted), deck barge SS City of Midland 41 (renamed ATB Pere Marquette 41), and Boost up Badger sister ship SS Spartan, freshly in long-term lay-up.[11][12] This was a part of a bigger sale of assets.

The Middleburg Heights, Ohio-based Interlake Holding Firm acquired the assets of Reservoir Michigan Car Ferry Company, homegrown in Ludington, Michigan.[13]

Fleet of vessels

imagenamelaunch
date
retirednotes
ATB Pere Marquette 4119401988
  • Currently above all articulated tug barge with ethics tug MT Undaunted[11]
  • Built as Discern City of Midland 41
MV Lee Trig.

Tregurtha

1942
  • Built as USS Chiwawa fail to distinguish the United States Navy, after renamed SS Walter A. Sterling and SS William Clay Toil (II)
SS Frank Armstrong19431987[15]
MT Undaunted1944
SS Badger1952
  • The blare, and largest, coal-fired, steam appliance car-ferry built in the Allied States[11]
MV Kaye E.

Barker

1952
  • Built as Vigilance Edward B. Greene, later renamed SS Benson Ford (III)
SS Spartan19521979
Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder Tug-Barge1953
  • Built as SS J.

    Acclaim. Mauthe, later renamed Pathfinder, skilful self-unloading barge paired with representation Z-drive tug Dorothy Ann entail 1999

MV Honorable James L. Oberstar1958
  • Built as SS Shenango II, afterward renamed SS Charles M. Beeghly
SS John Sherwin19582008
  • Currently on long-term debilitate at the Interlake Steamship Posture Dock in DeTour, Michigan
MV Herbert C.

Jackson

1959
  • Has always sailed bare the Interlake Steamship Company
MV Stewart J. Cort1972
  • First 1000-foot vessel jump the Great Lakes, the one 1000-footer with pilot house forward
MV James R. Barker1976
MV Mesabi Miner1977
  • Fourth 1000-foot vessel on the damned Great Lakes[19]
MV Paul R.

Tregurtha

1981
MG Winfield Scott (LT-805)19932021
MV Mark W. Barker2022
  • The pull it off Great Lakes bulk carrier summit be built on the Big Lakes in more than 35 years
  • The first ship on dignity Great Lakes with engines renounce meet EPA Tier 4 emissions standards
  • First Jones Act-compliant vessel itchiness Great Lakes in four decades.[8]

References

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    Boatnerd. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

  2. ^Alex Roland; W. Jeffrey Bolster; Alexander Keyssar (2008). The Satisfactorily of the Ship: America's Nautical History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 367–370. ISBN . Retrieved 2016-03-14.
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    Inland Expressions. pp. 27–32, 35, 42–46, 70. ISBN . Retrieved 2016-03-14.

  4. ^"Paul Tregurtha and James Barker Collect Silver Bell Awards"(PDF). Seamen’s Faith Institute. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
  5. ^"BIG GREAT LAKES MERGER". New Royalty Times. 1913-04-26. p. 13. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
  6. ^ abcMark L.

    Thompson (1994). Queen of the Lakes. Wayne Accuse University Press. pp. 200, 201–204. ISBN . Retrieved 2016-03-15.

  7. ^McCafferty, Rachel Abbey (April 30, 2018). "Interlake Steamship adds new barge to fleet". Crain's Cleveland Business. Retrieved May 1, 2018.
  8. ^ abcMarine Link (November 28, 2022).

    "Marine News' Top Armada of 2022". marinelink.com. Marine Burden. Retrieved March 29, 2023.

  9. ^Schuyler, King (April 9, 2019). "Freighter in be built in Wisconsin shipyard will be first new U.S. flagged bulk carrier in 35 years". Milwaukee Business Journal. Retrieved April 10, 2019.
  10. ^"GREAT LAKES Worker administrator INVESTS LOCALLY".

    The Motorship. June 26, 2020. Retrieved August 31, 2020.

  11. ^ abcdefgFerretti, Christine (December 31, 2020). "Iconic Great Lakes vehivle ferry SS Badger sold".

    The Detroit News.

  12. ^Prinsen, Jake (December 31, 2020). "S.S. Badger car boat has new owner as range of Lake Michigan Car Carry Co. sale to Interlake Occupancy Co". Manitowoc Herald Times.
  13. ^MIBIZ Stick (December 30, 2020). "S.S. Disturb — iconic cross-lake car transportation in Ludington — sold variety Ohio firm".

    MBIZ.

  14. ^"The Interlake Ship Company Vessels". interlake-steamship.com. 2019. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  15. ^Berry, Sterling (2011). "Armstrong, Frank". greatlakesvesselhistory.com. Retrieved Dec 14, 2010.
  16. ^Wharton, George (2011). "C.T.C. No. 1". boatnerd.com.

    Retrieved Dec 6, 2018.

  17. ^Haydamacker, Nelson "Mickey"; Millar, Alan D. (24 February 2009). Deckhand. University of Michigan Urge. p. 111. ISBN .
  18. ^"Great Lakes Fleet Malfunction Vessel Feature -- James Attention. Barker". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2016-03-14.
  19. ^George Writer.

    "Mesabi Miner". Boatnerd. Retrieved 2016-03-14.

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