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MV Paul R. Tregurtha is a Great Lakes-based bulk carrier freighter. She is the current Queen of the Lakes, an unofficial but widely recognized title given to the longest vessel active on the Great Lakes. [1]
The Presque Isle is the only 1,000-foot tugboat/barge combination on the Great Lakes and is the largest of its kind in the world. Construction cost a reported $35 million, which equates to over $252 million in 2023.
Regular boat watchers on the Great Lakes are already aware that the Paul R. Tregurtha is the longe... Sometimes, a video title just needs to tell it like it is.
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.
The Presque Isle is the only 1,000-foot tugboat/barge combination on the Great Lakes and is the largest of its kind in the world. She was constructed in separate sections at different shipyards in 1972. Construction cost a reported $35 million, which equates to over $230 million in 2020.
Unanimously known as the ‘Great Lakes’ Queen’ across the global maritime community, the M/V Paul R. Tregurtha is an unparalleled and peerless bulk carrier vessel and the biggest to sail on North America’s GreatLakes.
Here is a look back at some of the highlights of the 2020 Great Lakes shipping season that I recorded during my 22 visits to Duluth that year. A total of 40 ...
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was the largest ship on the Great Lakes. The large cargo vessels that roamed the five Great Lakes were known as lakers, and the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald was, at...
The Tregurtha, also known by the nickname "Fancy DeLancey", is the longest ship on the Great Lakes. Propelled by over 17,000 of engine horsepower, this 1,013.5-foot ship sailed under Duluth's Aerial Lift Bridge on the evening of January 17, 2024 for a winter nap before getting back into service after a brief winter break.
The Tregurtha is one of nine ships owned by Interlake Steamship, the largest privately held fleet on the Great Lakes. Kadleck says the company moves cargo for a number of different industries,...