Great lake boats, a good video

[BravoXray]

It is a very efficient way to move cargo, but with rare exceptions it will still need to be moved by train or truck on each end of the shipment.

 

[ArlyA]

It is a very efficient way to move cargo, but with rare exceptions it will still need to be moved by train or truck on each end of the shipment.

They are demonstrating volume hauled, not the total replacement of other transportation..

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Can the big ones make it all the way to Pittsburgh to deliver the ore?

 

[ArlyA]

Can the big ones make it all the way to Pittsburgh to deliver the ore?

As far as I know, Pittsburgh is to far inland. Can someone with more knowledge comment?

 

[MossRoad]

Pittsburg isn't on the Great Lakes. It's on rivers. The Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers come together in Pittsburgh to form the start of the Ohio River.

 

[MossRoad]

Great Lakes ships longer than 740 feet can only sail on lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie. They can't fit through the Welland canal to get to Lake Ontario, the St. Lawrence and the Atlantic.

 

[ArlyA]

Just posted which ain't looking good in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio. Could that be the Calumet?

 

[MossRoad]

Uh-oh!

 

[MossRoad]

BREAKING NEWS: Cuyahoga on fire at shipyard - Boatnerd

Cuyahoga on fire at shipyard ASHTABULA, OH – The self-unloader Cuyahoga, Canada’s oldest operating lake vessel, is on fire. Photos on the internet show that the blaze may have originated on deck near the unloading boom, then moved forward, however that is just speculation at this time. The...

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[ArlyA]

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