Mesabi Miner

Mesabi Miner is a bulk carrier that operates on the upper four North American Great Lakes.[1] She is one of the small number of vessels that are too large to travel through the Welland Canal that connects Lake Erie to the lowest lake, Lake Ontario.

The Mesabi Miner transits the Soo Locks in 2011

History

The American Ship Building Company built the ship in 1975 at Lorain, Ohio. Like her sister ship, the James R. Barker, she is owned and operated by the Interlake Shipping Company.[2]

In spite of its size the Mesabi Miner is able to maneuver, in harbor, without requiring assistance from tugboats.[3]

On the morning of January 5, 2014 U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock was breaking ice for the lake freighter Mesabi Miner approximately 22 nautical miles west of the Straits of Mackinac.[4] She slowed after encountering harder ice and was struck in the stern by the much larger ore carrier. Both vessels sustained damage but there were no injuries, release of pollutants, or reports of flooding.[5]

References
  1. George Wharton. "Mesabi Miner". Boatnerd. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  2. Raymond A. Bawal (2011). Superships of the Great Lakes: Thousand-foot Ships on the Great Lakes. Inland Expressions. pp. 27–32, 35, 42–46, 70. ISBN 9780981815749. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  3. Alex Roland; W. Jeffrey Bolster; Alexander Keyssar (2008). The Way of the Ship: America's Maritime History Reenvisoned, 1600-2000. John Wiley & Sons. pp. 367–370. ISBN 9780470136003. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
  4. Times Herald (January 6, 2014). "Hollyhock hull, stern, fantail damaged". Port Huron Times Herald. Retrieved January 6, 2014.
  5. Times Herald (January 11, 2014). "Hollyhock returns to ice breaking duty". Port Huron Times Herald. Retrieved February 8, 2014.
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