VESSELS & SHIPYARDS

GREAT LAKES OPERATOR INVESTS LOCALLY

6 years ago

Reckoned to be the first ship for Great Lakes trade built on the Great Lakes since 1983, keel-laying for Interlake Steamship Company’s 28,000dwt self-unloading bulk carrier took place on 23 June at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, writes David Tinsley.

Fincantieri’s Sturgeon Bay shipyard in Wisconsin (credit: Fincantieri).

Reckoned to be the first ship for Great Lakes trade built on the Great Lakes since 1983, keel-laying for Interlake Steamship Company’s 28,000dwt self-unloading bulk carrier took place on 23 June at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, writes David Tinsley.