Thank you! Docks like those are very common in river ports around the Great Lakes. Since the ships have booms to unload the docks don’t have to be perfect since the ship can unload from a was out.
Also that dock only receives 2-3 loads by water per season so Wirt doesn’t see it as a necessity to keep it up tight. They own 3 other docks along the river that take many more loads per year and they are nicer.
Nice, yeah I do know about the live cam! If your interested the freighter Algoma Compass will be passing Smith Park at about 10:30 tonight heading outbound. I filmed her twice today so those will be videos in the future!
I agree! But sadly the Saginaw is a workhorse so she will probably be in too rough of shape after she is retired for preservation……She would be amazing here on the Saginaw River !
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 at least i hope that the Lee A. Tregurtha is preserved, because she is the most intact example of a t2 related vessel.
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 thanks for the reply! Where do you find the info out like that? There were 2 ships here most of the spring. I doubt ships ever leave empty, but maybe. Last fall I heard the elevators were full, but didn't notice anything being unloaded. Course, I only ever see them by chance. For something so huge, the ships manage to come and go relatively undetected lol
@@NickFortier I get the info off of Marine Traffic. I follow there past track and go off that. If you go on Marine Traffic you can see the positions of all the ships and never miss one! Also I think Owen Sound elevator is just a unload dock, maybe they got the grain by truck.
Does using the conveyor require having only one large hold on the boat-otherwise, how get stuff from additional holds to the conveyor? And could a "mourning post" also be called a mooring post?
All vessels with a conveyor boom have multiple cargo holds. The cargo holds have angled walls on the bottom forcing the cargo to flow into the conveyor belt below. Then the belt takes it up to the conveyor unloading the vessel. And yes the mourning post could go both ways.
@@blackdog8248 So the lines are meant to keep it from drifting out into the river but the back of the ship is controlled by the stern thruster. The captain would have to be up in the pilot house making sure the stern doesn’t drift away. But most likely the side of the ship was touching the river bed because they were very close.
06:40 MaK? That is a former engine builder from Kiel, Germany (my old home town). Interesting. I do not believe that this ship went over the great pond to visit the baltic sea...
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 actually she has crossed the welland canal. On her wikipedia page it says that she suffered rudder damage in a collision in welland canal on 6 dicembre 2002. So yes, this old beautiful lady can and is travelling around all the great lakes
In case anyone missed it she saluted at 1:40
Seeing her unload, First for me,. Thankyou ,Amazing, 😳
Thank you ! She is a Beautiful boat.
It was my first time seeing her in person! Thank you for the compliment!
Nice!!!... I watch the Saginaw River Live Cam all the time.💠
Enjoyed the video immensely! Thanks!
Glad to hear ! Thank you for the compliment!
😅😅😅😅😅
Great video, thanks for posting!
Thank You !
Can't get no closer then that thought I seen you on the saginaw river camera
No you can’t ! I was very glad to see her today. Got right up with the action being allowed on the dock and watching them tie her up!
Good looking ship! The colors are perfect!!
She is a good looker!
Great and unusual video. Like the low budget dock they have - and it works!
Thank you! Docks like those are very common in river ports around the Great Lakes. Since the ships have booms to unload the docks don’t have to be perfect since the ship can unload from a was out.
Also that dock only receives 2-3 loads by water per season so Wirt doesn’t see it as a necessity to keep it up tight. They own 3 other docks along the river that take many more loads per year and they are nicer.
thats awesome, and just a few blocks from my house !
They have a live cam for that spot as well
Nice, yeah I do know about the live cam! If your interested the freighter Algoma Compass will be passing Smith Park at about 10:30 tonight heading outbound. I filmed her twice today so those will be videos in the future!
Great Video
Thank you !
still a beautiful boat
Yes she is !
Great video. Just shows what's involved in the unloading process.
Thank you, for sure !
Very cool!
Thanks !
I hope she is not scrapped, some antique lakers like this one need to be preserved!
I agree! But sadly the Saginaw is a workhorse so she will probably be in too rough of shape after she is retired for preservation……She would be amazing here on the Saginaw River !
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 at least i hope that the Lee A. Tregurtha is preserved, because she is the most intact example of a t2 related vessel.
We all want all of them to be preserved. But who has they $$$ for it?
Nice
going strong for an old girl.
Hopefully we get many more years of her !
Same with the Alpena, Lee A Tregurtha, and Michipicoten
Cool man, that was in owen sound last week, at the elevators. Not sure what it was doing, got a pic though:)
She was unloading grain from Thunder Bay at the elevator. After she left Owen Sound she went to Meldrum Bay to load stone for Essexville.
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 thanks for the reply! Where do you find the info out like that? There were 2 ships here most of the spring. I doubt ships ever leave empty, but maybe. Last fall I heard the elevators were full, but didn't notice anything being unloaded. Course, I only ever see them by chance. For something so huge, the ships manage to come and go relatively undetected lol
@@NickFortier I get the info off of Marine Traffic. I follow there past track and go off that. If you go on Marine Traffic you can see the positions of all the ships and never miss one! Also I think Owen Sound elevator is just a unload dock, maybe they got the grain by truck.
Does using the conveyor require having only one large hold on the boat-otherwise, how get stuff from additional holds to the conveyor? And could a "mourning post" also be called a mooring post?
All vessels with a conveyor boom have multiple cargo holds. The cargo holds have angled walls on the bottom forcing the cargo to flow into the conveyor belt below. Then the belt takes it up to the conveyor unloading the vessel.
And yes the mourning post could go both ways.
Cool
The rain sounds like bacon cooking. 🙂
It dose lol, it was 40 degrees so I was frozen that day 🤣
Pulled in with a pickup truck?
They used the truck to keep the line tight because they just tied the vessel to a post with no hooks on it to wrap it around.
What holds it off of the shore, or is it touching bottom?
Are you talking about the self unloading boom ?
No, I mean the whole ship. They have lines ashore, but what is holding it off of land?
@@blackdog8248 So the lines are meant to keep it from drifting out into the river but the back of the ship is controlled by the stern thruster. The captain would have to be up in the pilot house making sure the stern doesn’t drift away. But most likely the side of the ship was touching the river bed because they were very close.
06:40 MaK? That is a former engine builder from Kiel, Germany (my old home town). Interesting. I do not believe that this ship went over the great pond to visit the baltic sea...
No this vessel has never been overseas. Probably hasn’t even been through the Welland Canal
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 actually she has crossed the welland canal. On her wikipedia page it says that she suffered rudder damage in a collision in welland canal on 6 dicembre 2002. So yes, this old beautiful lady can and is travelling around all the great lakes
@@willghezzi oh ok! I should have thought, she’s a Canadian laker lol. My bad !
how old is this ship??
It was built in 1952 at Manitwoc Shipyard.
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 it's very old..
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 how many people work there??
@@ivanych890 on average a ship has about 20-25 crew members
@@GreatLakesStateProductions6708 does the machine crew live in the aft quarters??
how is the crew arranged (navigators, mechanics, sailors)??