22MR5267HDRZ-SharpenAI-Softness
Michipicoten
First ship in for the 2022 Season beat the Captain Henry Jackman out ot the Top Hat Ceremony by Half an Hour.
The Port is Open for business ! The "Michipicoten " and the "Captain Henry Jackman" both arrived neck and neck but the "Michipicoten " won the Top Hat by about a Half Hour. Both crossed Superior side by each after getting out of White Fish Bay Ice fields and the winds let up. The "Michipicoten" took on 9000 tons of oats for Toledo (less than half a load) anf the "Jackman" is topping off her load at Richardson's CR after she started loading at Richardson's Main and moved over . Big problems on Superior though the "Michipicoten" is anchored in the harbour waiting out near and Gale force winds touching on 34 knots over half of Superior . And if that is not bad enough there is 45 knot winds on all of Lake Huron. The good News is Mosquito's can't fly in winds above 15.4 knots.
Michipicoten was built in 1952 by Massachusetts Heavy Industries in Quincy, Massachusetts.[7] It was one of three vessels built to similar plans for the Interlake Steamship Company. It was launched as Elton Hoyt II. The other two vessels, Johnstown and Sparrows Point, were built for the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
All three ships were brought to the Great Lakes via the Mississippi and Illinois rivers,[8] restricting their size. Specifically, Elton Hoyt II measured 626 feet 6 inches (191.0 m) long, with a capacity of around 20,000 tons. It was powered by a 7,700 shaft horsepower (5,700 kW) Bethlehem Steel cross compound steam turbine and two oil-fired Foster-Wheeler water tube boilers. As Elton Hoyt II was brought through the rivers, its cabins and pilothouse were cut off and carried on-deck. It was assembled in Chicago, and entered service on August 15, 1952.
23 years later, in 1980, Elton Hoyt II was again upgraded, this time in a conversion to a self-unloading vessel. It was converted at the Toledo-based American Ship Building Co.
On April 10, 2003, it was announced that Elton Hoyt II was sold to Lower Lakes Towing, a Canadian shipping company. It was renamed Michipicoten after the Canadian river of the same name. The name Michipicoten means "Big bluffs" in the Ojibwe language and refers to the hills near the river.[10] It was christened on May 24, 2003 in Sarnia, Ontario. The ship began supplying taconite to the Algoma Steel Mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
In December 2010, Michipicoten was laid up in Sarnia. Over the course of several months, its steam turbine system was replaced with a MaK 6M32C 6-cylinder 8,160 brake horsepower (6,080 kW) diesel engine and a new pitch propeller. The cost of the upgrade was around US$15 million.
22MR5267HDRZ-SharpenAI-Softness
Michipicoten
First ship in for the 2022 Season beat the Captain Henry Jackman out ot the Top Hat Ceremony by Half an Hour.
The Port is Open for business ! The "Michipicoten " and the "Captain Henry Jackman" both arrived neck and neck but the "Michipicoten " won the Top Hat by about a Half Hour. Both crossed Superior side by each after getting out of White Fish Bay Ice fields and the winds let up. The "Michipicoten" took on 9000 tons of oats for Toledo (less than half a load) anf the "Jackman" is topping off her load at Richardson's CR after she started loading at Richardson's Main and moved over . Big problems on Superior though the "Michipicoten" is anchored in the harbour waiting out near and Gale force winds touching on 34 knots over half of Superior . And if that is not bad enough there is 45 knot winds on all of Lake Huron. The good News is Mosquito's can't fly in winds above 15.4 knots.
Michipicoten was built in 1952 by Massachusetts Heavy Industries in Quincy, Massachusetts.[7] It was one of three vessels built to similar plans for the Interlake Steamship Company. It was launched as Elton Hoyt II. The other two vessels, Johnstown and Sparrows Point, were built for the Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
All three ships were brought to the Great Lakes via the Mississippi and Illinois rivers,[8] restricting their size. Specifically, Elton Hoyt II measured 626 feet 6 inches (191.0 m) long, with a capacity of around 20,000 tons. It was powered by a 7,700 shaft horsepower (5,700 kW) Bethlehem Steel cross compound steam turbine and two oil-fired Foster-Wheeler water tube boilers. As Elton Hoyt II was brought through the rivers, its cabins and pilothouse were cut off and carried on-deck. It was assembled in Chicago, and entered service on August 15, 1952.
23 years later, in 1980, Elton Hoyt II was again upgraded, this time in a conversion to a self-unloading vessel. It was converted at the Toledo-based American Ship Building Co.
On April 10, 2003, it was announced that Elton Hoyt II was sold to Lower Lakes Towing, a Canadian shipping company. It was renamed Michipicoten after the Canadian river of the same name. The name Michipicoten means "Big bluffs" in the Ojibwe language and refers to the hills near the river.[10] It was christened on May 24, 2003 in Sarnia, Ontario. The ship began supplying taconite to the Algoma Steel Mill in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.
In December 2010, Michipicoten was laid up in Sarnia. Over the course of several months, its steam turbine system was replaced with a MaK 6M32C 6-cylinder 8,160 brake horsepower (6,080 kW) diesel engine and a new pitch propeller. The cost of the upgrade was around US$15 million.