How to get the Largest Ship on the Lakes to fit into this Dock! It took structural metal cutting!
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- The Queen heading to Fraser Shipyard for Winter Layup! Look at the Stack, missing the tower!
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About this visit:
The Paul R Tregurtha arrived Duluth MN January 17, 2023 at 19:08 for the 38th time this season! Arriving this time, instead of coal or to load Iron Ore they are arriving for Winter Layup! They headed to the Port Terminal to have their upper structure removed so they can fit under the Blatnik Bridge heading to Fraser Shipyard! If they did not remove it, they would tear it off passing under! check out the limited space allocations on this arrival!
They pulled into Port Terminal at 20:08 and the Benson Electric crew de-energized everything on the upper structure. January 18 at 10:10 they departed Port Terminal and headed to Fraser shipyard. They arrived at the Shipyard at 12:52 and tied up for 1 last time this season!
Their Visits this season:
Duluth 38 4 loads of Iron Ore 32 loads of Coal 1 arrival for layup.
Superior 2 loading iron ore
Silver Bay 1 loading iron ore
Two Harbors 1 loading iron ore
Imagine this, if each load was 68k tons, they hauled 2,856,000 tons of product!
Info from the Interlake Site:
At 1013.5 feet, Interlake’s flagship M/V Paul R. Tregurtha is the longest ship on the Great Lakes. She can carry up to 68,000 gross tons of taconite pellets or 71,000 net tons of coal. Her unloading system and 260-foot boom empty her five cargo holds in about eight hours. Built by American Ship Building Company at Lorain, Ohio, in 1981, this vessel was first named William J. DeLancey. In 1990, she was renamed Paul R. Tregurtha in honor of Interlake’s Vice Chairman of the Board.
Interesting Facts
She is the reigning "Queen of the Lakes", a title she has held since she entered service in 1981.
She has an elevator and quite luxurious guest accommodations.
Built for approximately $60 million, she became a flagship for the Interlake fleet.
General characteristics
Class and type
Lake freighter
Tonnage
14,497 net register tonnage 36,360 GT
Length 1,013.5 ft (308.9 m)
Beam 105 ft (32 m)
Depth 56 ft (17 m)
Installed power
2 × MaK 6M43C four-stroke diesel engines, 8,160 HP (6 MW) each at 514 RPM
Propulsion 2 × 5.33 m (17.5 ft) controllable-pitch propeller
Bow thruster: 1,500 hp (1,100 kW)
Speed 15.5 knots (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph)
Capacity Iron ore: 68,000 long tons (69,000)
Coal: 63,616 long tons (64,637 ) - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
The tug zipping around breaking up ice! 😊
Oh yes!
A little info on the two tugs doing the work of breaking ice for the Paul R Tregurtha for viewers not familiar with these plain Janes. The first tug shown is the North Carolina, built in 1952 and the second tug is the Missouri, built in 1927. There's another clip of them out there working, with their names plainly shown as they clear a path getting the PRT to the dock. Neither one is a spring chicken, but can they get down and boogie smashing the ice.
Wow, they've been around for a long time. And still working hard! 🌹⚓
Thanks!
Great to see you Paul watching the ship p.r.t.. coming to Fraser ship yard it's amazing and fun watching the tugs break the ice this video is awesome 👍👍👍😊......
It was fun chatting! Thanks Joe!
Powerful ships, tough men, bad weather...thank you for your hard work. God bless those who put out to sea. I keep you all in my prayers. I wish you calm seas and good fortune 🌹⚓
Much appreciated
Nice 🍁🙂🇨🇦
Very interesting to see the Paul R Tregurtha going to winter layup. Thanks Paul...⚓❄
All of the Great Lakes freighters go in for winter layup
@@mattharper588 Yes, I'm aware of that, but I've never actually seen a laker vessel in winter layup for myself...⚓❄
Wow man you would really love to see it if you are a boat nerd I use to work at Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin and for winter layup they have room for 18 ships and it is really cool to see them all moored together or in the dry docks sometimes I was able to go explore the older ones during my lunch break and check out their forward pilot houses
Wow Paul, thanks for sharing another great video 😊 ⛵️⛵️
Thanks!
It must have been cold on your fingers and toes filming that one Paul, thanks for your dedication. 👍🙂🔥😀👍
LOL! It was a bit nippy for sure, I was prepared for the chill though.
@@PaulScinocca very much appreciated. Thanks.
WOW that was cool. Thanks Paul for being in the cold to film this
I refused to miss this event! Thanks!
Great to see this part. Loved the tug action.
Thanks!
Paul, I think you’re pretty much out did yourself this time very awesome video along with the very interesting information. Thanks again. Stay warm.
Thanks! Appreciated.
God bless Captain T.D. And crew.
Watching from Rock Springs, Wyoming. I really enjoy these.
Awesome! Thank you!
I love how much Power those Tugboats have a what Kind of waves they can Make? It is Cool to see the Difference when Ships come in here and how the Ships need Tugboats to bring ships down The Maumee River!
They're so low in the water! I can't imagine how they manage with waves...
I bet! , maybe someday I head that away to chase a ship!
Terrific video, we see the hard work, dedication, our beloved ship, and respect to the tug! Thanks, this was a real good one!!😊😊
Glad you enjoyed it, thank you!
Great Video I Enjoyed it😊
Glad you enjoyed, thank you!
Moin Paul, a top video. Thank you and cheers. As usual ; - )
Many thanks! Time off now! I may be able to sleep in on a weekend now!
You make the best videos, thank you
Thanks 👍
I make things out of clouds but here in the ice I see Barny in a Flintstones car with Denos head popping out the roof . 😂
Lol, when the waves are wild I see faces and things...I thought I was the only one. 😏🌹⚓
Neat!
Great job today and always.
Thanks again!
Back in the 1980s, I was stationed on a US Navy submarine tender the USS Holland AS-32 stationed in Charleston SC. The only way or better time to get under the old cooper river bridge was at low tide.
Makes sense! Not much of a tide here, more like a Seiche
Great shots of the big tub....
Glad you enjoyed it, it is a "big tub" for sure!
Hi Paul. The Arthur M Anderson is wintering at Fraser's this year. Is she getting her 5 year CG inspection and other upgrades during Winter layup? Her last inspection I believe was 2019. Thanks Paul for any information you can provide.
She came out of layup in 2019, I'm guessing she gets her 5 year this time next year.
It would seem practical to design the stack where it could be removed without using a torch. You did say they cut it off.
Above the stack they had a little tower with lights and such, they cut it off and craned it down to store it until fitout.
Poor design? Layup elsewhere if possible without the torching? Bolt 🔩 it. Plan ahead? My opinion. Great video 📹 again!
Like some other comments, I'm curious why Big Paul laid up here instead of Toledo or Sturgeon Bay. I guess we might know in time. I'm sure our 'man on the scene' will keep us informed if he hears some info. 😅 We appreciate you standing out in the cold for us, Paul. 👍🍁 edit: I see Boland has left the Soo and is currently upbound in Whitefish Bay. The last ones coming in for her winter rest.
If all goes well, she comes in with daylight! A day earlier than I expected!
@PaulScinocca I watched her come into Algoma at daybreak. It didn't take long to unload and head back out. Maybe the stated destination.. 'Anywhere Tropical'.. might be the incentive. Lol.
how does the crew get home, hitch hike, or uber ?
LOL, my guess is if they live close, Uber, otherwise, bus, friends/spouse vehicle, airplane.
Gooooood morning from Southern Ontario the sunshine of🇨🇦 -13 C😅 have a good day .
Morning! as of my tardy reply, we are not sitting at a tropical 5.5 C
@@PaulScinocca It does sound better in Celsius, doesn't it? You gotta admit it 32 or O can have different meaning. 🍁🙂
Do you know why they didnt go to same place they layed up two years ago?
That I don't know, yet..
Sounds like extreme measures! Do they take the top superstructure off every year??
I don't think they do, this was only done so they could make it under the bridge.
@@PaulScinocca let’s hope they get her back together right so she keeps her good looks!
What was the main reason for the PRT to go to fraser instead of laying up at the port terminal or SMET
Yes, I don't get why they chose Fraser as well. They're not dry docking so why not the port terminal? Pretty odd
Maybe financial? I haven't really heard anything concrete.
Thanks Paul, great video. They must have a good reason to layup at Fraser Shipyard, because they spent a lot of money getting PRT there.
Good point, I am not sure what the reasoning was though.
All of the other shipyards must be full I know she would be able to get into Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin if there was room because she has been there before
Or maybe the work needed cannot be fulfilled at Sturgeon Bay, due to manpower issues everybody seems to have. Just a though, backing up your idea.
Im a bit surprised they decided to cut things off to get her to fit.... is she due for dock work that they needed her at fraiser? shame they couldnt ballast her down and then back out when she got under the bridge
The height of the ship and the depth of Howard's Bay did not allow it to fit. They could not get it low enough in the water.
wow, well, if it works, the parts can always be welded back on or relocated! @@PaulScinocca
I not really sure but her bow has 1in steel. I remember cutting them in at Am Ship in Lorain Ohio.
Neat info! Thanks.
Absolutely loved this video. Did not like the cutting off part of the ship to get it in to dock. The PRT is a great ship.
All I had time for.
Paul how many foreign ships are tied up in (🙂the) Duluth this year.🍁🙂
If Canadian is foreign, 2. Which really confuses me! We have the Baie Comeau and the Manitoulin for winter.
@@PaulScinocca There's no more room in port colborne to tie them up, they had to go somewhere LOL . Or CN , Canadian lakers the silent invasion 🇨🇦 has begun. 😇🍁🙂 Maybe the equinox classes have to have more repairs now.Lots in Port Colbourne. 🍁🙂
I think I see the Ryerson! She will have company.
Indeed, they now have the Ryerson, PRT, Manitoulin, Lee A Tregurtha and Arthur M Anderson at the Fraser Shipyard for layup. Lee is in drydock.
she is a beauty.
She's the queen!
Thanks. Love the iron boat videos. My dad used to travel in the UP and Wisconsin, and I'd get to go in the summer.
Very cool!
Why park it in a place that you have to alter the structure for it to fit?
That's actually a great question! To which I have no answer, yet.
I bet she is ready for her winter sleep 😴
I bet!
Why did they decide to do layup in Frazier instead of a more accessible place for this giant? I see she's still laid up too. Is it because of maintenance?
I really have no idea why they chose Fraser, maybe because of all the work they needed to do on it?
Did they have to cut the upper structure off or was it taken apart where it was bolted just asking?😊🍁 🙂
They ended up cutting it, not sure why they did not unbolt it, it may be welded to the ship at the base?
@@PaulScinocca Make sure they put the proper bolted connection where they cut it so they can just undo it next time k Mr. Paul. Tough to be a Bill's fan. go Browns 😇🍁🙂
Thats not a ship,its a barge with a motor on one end
😉 The description I included does not disagree with your comment. "Simply said, 'ship' is a generic term for any watercraft of considerable size that is used for the transportation of people or goods. Meanwhile, a 'barge' is a long, flat-bottomed vessel traditionally used to transport goods (and now, also people) through inland waterways."