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[ArlyA]

Off of Boatnerd.com

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New shipping season underway at Soo Locks​

3/25 - Sault Ste. Marie, MI – The Soo Locks opened for the season just after noon on Wednesday. The first upbound passage was the tug Laura L. VanEnkevort / barge Joseph H. Thompson.

Capt. Daniel Deady and Chief Engineer Randy Steen, greeted by a small group of local dignitaries, were presented with two plaques, First Boat 2021 ball caps and copies of Know Your Ships. Boatwatchers filled the observation stand and Soo Locks Park grounds despite a steady rain as the vessels locked through.

They were followed up by fleetmates Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader. Joseph L. Block was next, with Capt. Ray Sheldon, retiring when the vessel arrives at Two Harbors after more than 44 years on the lakes. Capt. Sheldon blew multiple salutes to friends and family, including his wife Peggy, who was holding a large banner wishing her husband well in retirement and signed by many of the Boatnerds on hand for the event.

The next vessels were Indiana Harbor, followed by Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader, Edwin H. Gott, Sharon M 1 / Huron Spirit, Presque Isle, Walter J. McCarthy Jr., James R. Barker, Stewart J. Cort and Edgar B. Speer. American Spirit and Spruceglen were nearing DeTour at 10 p.m.

Burns Harbor was above the locks Wednesday night and will be the first downbound for the season. View reports about opening day at this link: MTM On The Road: Soo Locks Open Early for the Season - 9 & 10 News

 

[5030]

A giant container ship has run aground in the Suez canal, causing a traffic jam of vessels at either end of the vital international trade artery.

Looks like it's loaded to the MAX. That certainly won't fit in the Poe locks....

 

[MossRoad]

That ship has a capacity of over 20,000 twenty foot containers. Yikes!

 

[ArlyA]

Ya, that stuck boat is indeed big and among the largest on the planet. The captain said he couldn't keep in going straight through the canal due to side-wind. Ops!

 

[RobS]

Ya, that stuck boat is indeed big and among the largest on the planet. The captain said he couldn't keep in going straight through the canal due to side-wind. Ops!

Surely it has bow thrusters???

 

[MossRoad]

Surely it has bow thrusters???

It does, and don't call him Shirley.

 

[5030]

Reminds me of a very large bananna. ts of stuff at WalMart will be late....

 

[MossRoad]

I think Walmart's stuff comes from the west coast. The stuff getting hung up in the Suez is the cheap junk going to Europe north, and boatloads of cash heading back south.

 

[5030]

I was referring to all the boats tied up, not the one that is catawampus in the canal.

Some of the stuff that Wallyworld imports come in to Baltimore and New Jersey as well. Depends on which end of the country it's destined for.

 

[5030]

That ship has a capacity of over 20,000 twenty foot containers. Yikes!

Aren't they referred to as Panamax ships?