Great lake boats, a good video

[ArlyA]

10:25…Oct 23, 2025…Clyde S. Vanenkevort / Erie Trader on the Fall St. Clair River by Marysville making her way up from Detroit towards Duluth. I like this photo!

 

[MossRoad]

Forgot to mention we saw the SS Meteor while in Superior last month. Pretty neat!

 

[ArlyA]

Algoma Niagara arriving with oats from Thunder Bay for Elevator M, shadowed by tug Missouri. American Integrity loading ore at BNSF Dock 5 for Conneaut. Superior, WI - October 26, 2025

 

[ArlyA]

Not sure, but I may have posted this before. Is interesting to me.

 

[ArlyA]

Canfornav's vessel Redhead (2010) arrived in the Twin Ports last night to load at the Bunge (formerly Viterra) elevator in Superior. Chartered from a German company, Redhead was assisted to the elevator by Gtugs Missouri (1927) and North Carolina (1952) (October 26th, 2025).

 

[MossRoad]

Not sure, but I may have posted this before. Is interesting to me.View attachment 4309234

Here's a similar map from 1940 showing more commodities.

 

[ArlyA]

Location unknown.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Some are saying we don't have the ore reserves like we used to.

 

[ArlyA]

Some are saying we don't have the ore reserves like we used to.

They do and they don't. Right now steel production is down as are prices but two new mines are open who are reputed to have lower production costs.

 

[ArlyA]

It's getting breezy here and gale force wind warnings for the lakes. Sorry i can't post Noaa's actual warning.