Shipyard Bound! The Last Arrival John J Boland arriving for their Winter Berthing! Original views!
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Pictures of the event at / duluthshipphotography
About this visit:
Arriving Duluth for their 13th and last time this season January 17, 2025 at 11:58 in the unseasonably warm Duluth afternoon! Coming in light, heading to the Fraser Shipyard for their winter layup. They arrived at Fraser Shipyard with G-Tug assistance at 12:49, got all tied up and ready for the Winter layup maintenance work to be done.
See Ya end of March!
What they did this season:
Arrived Duluth 13 times (1 for layup), arrived with limestone 10 times, departed light 5 times (heading elsewhere to load ore), departed with Blast Furnace Trim 4 times, Departed with Fuel only 2 times and departed with Iron Ore 1 time.
Spent 251.1 hours in Port
Arrived Two Harbors 5 times. Each time for Iron Ore
Spent 128.9 hours in Port
Delivered product to:
Gary IN 6 times
Sault Ste Marie 4 times
Info on the Boland From Boatnerd.com :
The self-unloading lake bulk carrier John J. Boland (the fourth vessel to bear the name of this pioneering Great Lakes ship owner and manager) was built by the Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI, and launched March 10, 1973 for the American Steamship Co, Buffalo, NY, as Charles E. Wilson.
In January 2000, the Wilson was renamed John J. Boland. That year while at Fraser Shipyards in Superior for lay-up, crews welded the new name on the vessel. The name change followed the sale of the former John J. Boland to Lower Lakes Towing, Port Dover, ON, (now sailing as the Saginaw).
The Boland is powered by twin 3,600 horsepower GM diesel engines, giving her a rated service speed of 13 knots. She is equipped with bow and stern thrusters. Her 22 hatches feed into six holds where she is capable of carrying 33,800 tons at her maximum mid-summer draft of 30 feet seven inches. The stern-mounted self-unloading conveyor system feeds a 250-foot-long boom that can be swung left or right a maximum of 105 degrees.
The Boland was the first of 10 vessels launched (though the second to enter service) for the American Steamship Co. under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 at a cost of $13.7 million. Under this Act, U.S. shipping companies could build or modernize their fleets by receiving guaranteed government financing and tax deferred benefits. The other vessels included in this program were the Roger M. Kyes (now Adam E. Cornelius 4), H. Lee White (2), Sam Laud, St. Clair (2), Belle River (now Walter J. McCarthy Jr.), Buffalo, Indiana Harbor, American Mariner and American Republic.
During the winter of 1997/98, a new Sperry adaptive digital gyroscope steering control system was installed on the Boland. A vessel with very few mishaps, the John J. Boland remains a very active carrier for the American Steamship Co.
Written by George Wharton.
Ship Particulars
Length 680' 00" (207.27m)
Beam 78' 00" (23.77m)
Depth 45' 00" (13.72m)
Midsummer Draft 30' 07" (9.32m)
Unloading Boom Length 250' (76.2m)
Capacity 34,000 tons
Engine Power 7,200 bhp diesel
Previous Names
Charles E. Wilson 1973 - 2000
John J. Boland (4) 2000 - Today - Авто та транспорт
Thank you for feeding our addiction, Paul! Canal is looking, well, like a canal right now
Glad I can help!
Hello, Paul...the BOLAND certainly deserves her layup. She had quite a season. Enjoy your time off, too!
indeed she does!
@PaulScinocca is the John J Boland going to getting a coat of gray paint and the red stripe. Besides the H Lee White needs a paint job but I don't know when will it happen.
@planetearthadvocate1569 God, I hope not. If the JJB gets painted, make it in ASC colors, black hull, white cabins and the silver red silver stripes on her stack. Get that Lower Lakes logo off.
Stay frosty JJB and my other strapped friends
LOL, they sure will!
Really enjoyed this one Paul. Great location to film it from. Thank you.
Glad you liked it!, thats it for that view until late March!
Great catch. She even looks exhausted.
That’s what they say about these ships...a bit tired after the season!
@PaulScinocca Well you know the saying. Been rode hard and put up wet. That certainly applies to the whole Great Lakes fleet.
Really nice from a good perspective. Shows off the the true size of these ships. Stay warm. Thank you .
Thanks! I was plenty warm with a few layers on, but yes it was cold!
Holy smokes, talk about shooting the gap. That’s some piloting skill. 😳
Indeed!
Very dramatic sky for the last 2 minutes!
Thanks! I noticed that in a few of the pictures from that view.
Another season in the books…enjoy the break! Looking forward to more ship videos in a couple months!
Quick question-do you know anything about how the tug boat operators get paid? Are they employed by the Port Authority or independent operators? Paid by the hour, on-call, by the job?
Thanks again for all your awesome work!
Great Lakes Towing is the Tug Company on this arrival, they have contract rates with the ships, I'm guessing agreed minimum hour as well as dollar per hour, per tug rate.
@ Interesting, thank you!
nice maybe michipicoten will return next season and maybe the ryerson
Michipicoten hopefully, next season! Not sure about the Ryerson.
Maybe on the Michi, no clue on Fast Eddie.
@@PaulScinocca ok
I have two questions Paul.
As long as I've been a subscriber, I have wondered what the function of the white pill boxes at the front and centre of all these Lakers. I've never seen anybody standing in one, and it has reached a point where I can contain my curiosity no longer?
Secondly, My daughter moved to Canada just before xmas, really!! Will you make sure she's OK. She has brown hair?
Technically used for "bow watch" in inclement weather. LOL on the Daughter!
@@PaulScinocca Thanks Paul, I thought it was something like that.
What boat was that we could see at the 6 minute mark to the right of the Boland?
Edward L Ryerson.
I believe the Ryerson is just used for storage these days, isn't she?@@PaulScinocca
@gregmctevia5087 not for storage, just in extended layup.