Second Lives 36

From a decade and a month ago, May 2014, I caught Gateway’s C. Angelo towing Sea Shuttle in through the Narrows . .  ..  See the post here.

 

Yesterday my friend Kenneth Bailey of Michigan Exposures taken caught these photos at Port Huron.  Gateway ceased its towing operations, and C. Angelo since 2020 has been Meredith Ashton of Ashton Marine.

As of this posting, she’s currently in Lake Erie heading for Port Colborne with a new barge–likely 

the one referred to here–is heading for the Saint Lawrence Seaway and 

on a long haul to Savannah.  I’m not sure how far Meredith Ashton will be doing the tow.  Wyatt M is working the stern.

Many thanks to Kenneth for sharing these and allowing me to report.  See his photos here.

First two photos and any errors, WVD.

Previous “second lives” can be seen here.  Of course, when Progress gets to Savannah, it’ll be the newest hull there for a while.

As to the barge, Fincantieri Bay previously delivered LNG barge Clean Canaveral.  I don’t know if anyone caught photos of that in the Great Lakes, although I’m sure someone did.  That shipyard has a long history, although it has sometimes changed names. 

Two Canals, Two Ships

So here’s the question . . . two locks, almost 3000 miles apart, Miraflores Esclusas in the Panama Canal and Poe Lock in the Soo. . . each recently traversed by a large vessel,

CSAV Suape in

the Panama, and then

Mesabi Miner in the Poe.

Question . . . without looking it up, which of the two vessels is larger . . . CSAV Suape or Mesabi Miner?

And let the record show that I would have gotten it wrong, but although their beams are the same,  Mesabi Miner is 39′ longer than CSAV Suape!  Mesabi is named for the mountain range it is involved in hauling away.

Here’s more info on the Soo.  Mesabi Miner fotos come thanks to Ken of Michigan Exposures, where more Mesabi fotos are available here and here.

Panama fotos by Will Van Dorp.

North Coast News

Thanks to Ken of Michigan Exposures . . .  her starboard.  You saw her portside back in November.  Might stuff happen with the Boblo boat such that some day we might all freely see her inside and out?

Unlike the case in saltwater vessels, Great Lakes ships like Herbert C. Jackson and M. V. Algolake tie up for the winter;  maintenance happens, but no cargo gets moved.  Re-opening of the Soo Locks is about three weeks away . . . March 25.

The sixth boro has been virtually snowless this winter;  not so, though, areas along the North Coast.  Alice E (1950)  hibernates in Benton Harbor.

Although rough as the Great Lakes can be, there was no ice on the St. Joseph pier when Ken took this foto.

Many thanks, Ken, for keeping us apprised of the season along that other coast.

This just in from Paul Welch . . . Mighty Servant 1, whom you saw here in several posts between December 12 and 19, has recently loaded Sevan Brasil off Shanghai bound for Rio.