Below you'll find a list of all posts from December, 2020
The S.S. Badger, along with the Pere Marquette 41 and its tug, Undaunted, have been sold to a family-operated shipping company based out of Middleburg Heights, Ohio. Interlake Holding Company announced today the purchase of Lake Michigan Carferry Company and Pere Marquette Shipping Company. The acquisition signals the creation of a new business entity, Interlake Maritime Services, which will manage the new businesses along with The Interlake Steamship Company and its fleet of nine freighters.
Interlake Holding Company announced today the purchase of the assets of Pere Marquette Shipping Company and Lake Michigan Car Ferry Company in an acquisition that includes two working Great Lakes vessels, the Articulated Tug-Barge Undaunted-Pere Marquette 41 and the S.S. Badger, a historic passenger-and-car ferry. The acquisition signals the creation of a new business entity, Interlake Maritime Services, which will manage the new businesses along with The Interlake Steamship Company and its fleet of nine freighters. “This is an exciting day for us and we are thrilled to be welcoming new employees into our Interlake family, new vessel lines into …
An assignment to haul salt cargoes is typically a Great Lakes freighter’s death warrant. As anyone who drives a car on salt-treated roadways knows, salt and metal are a recipe for rust, especially where there’s also moisture. Multiply that by 25,000 tons at a time and it becomes clear why salt service has historically been the final chapter in many a ship’s story before a trip to the scrap yard. So what’s up with Interlake Steamship Co.’s plan to use its new freighter, now being built at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Wisconsin, to haul rock salt from the Cargill mine in Cleveland pretty much as soon as the vessel enters service during the summer of 2022.
The coronavirus pandemic has brought loss, disruption, and dramatic change, but it also has inspired many Michigan students to find unique ways to help make a difference in the lives of others. Two high school students, who bonded over a love of the Great Lakes Region and freighters, wanted to show crew members aboard those fleets that their essential work was appreciated by creating Christmas care packages.
