![]() ![]() Since then, work was continued on its interior accommodations and mechanical and engineering systems to make it ready to take to the lakes.īased in Ohio, Interlake is the largest privately held U.S.-flagged fleet on the Great Lakes, with 10 ships transporting 20 million tons of raw materials annually, including iron ore and flux stone for the steel industry, stone for construction, coal for power generation and salt for de-icing roads and highways. The Barker had its launching ceremony, a formal maritime tradition to mark the first time a boat is transferred from land to water, at Bay Ship Oct. Its duties will be to transport raw materials such as salt, iron ore and stone to customers throughout the Great Lakes region. ![]() It is 639 feet long, 78 feet wide, 45 feet high, and is 28,000 DWT (deadweight tonnage, or how much weight it can carry, including cargo, crew, fuel, fresh and ballast water, among other items). ![]() Tregurtha.įincantieri, Interlake and Bay Engineering jointly designed the Barker, a River-class, self-unloading freighter with advanced automation. The Barker also is first new ship built for the company since 1981, when it launched the Paul M. Barker, who was at the shipyard for the start of the voyage. It is named for Interlake's president, Mark W. There, a crew of 21 mariners will load stone for delivery to Muskegon, Michigan, for use in ready-mix concrete production.Īccording to a news release from Interlake, the Barker is the first known vessel built on the Great Lakes and designed to work on the lakes since 1983. Wednesday, starting a 110-mile journey to Port Inland, Michigan. The ship, built by Fincantieri for Interlake Steamship Co., left the Sturgeon Bay shipyard at 10:36 a.m. Barker, the first U.S.-flagged, Great Lakes freighter to be built on the lakes in almost 40 years, set off on its maiden voyage from Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, where it was built. STURGEON BAY - Maritime history had its first day of work Wednesday. Bay Ship built the vessel for Interlake Steamship Co., and it's believed to be the first Great Lakes freighter built on the lakes since 1983. Barker, shown in its dock at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, set off on its maiden voyage from the shipyard July 27, heading to Port Inland, Michigan, to pick up stone and deliver it to Muskegon, Michigan. ![]()
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