Interlake Steamship Company

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Interlake Steamship Company is a shipping company based in Middleburg Heights , Ohio , which conducts its operations from the North American Great Lakes . The origins of the company go back to Pickands Mather & Company , founded in 1883 . Several company tasks and mergers led to independence from the beginning of 1987 under the leadership of the managing directors James Barker and Paul R. Tregurtha.

According to its own information, the company has a fleet of ten bulk carriers (mostly Great Lakes ships ):

Interlake Steamship Fleet
photo Surname Indienst-
position		 Length (m) Load capacity
Paul R. Tregurtha.jpg Paul R. Tregurtha 1981 308.77 69,172
USCGC Mackinaw assists MV James R. Barker 130326-G-ZZ999-003.jpg James R. Barker 1976 304.81 61,564
Downbound Mesabi Miner.jpg Mesabi Miner 1977 304.81 62,335
Lee A. Tregurtha-2011.jpg Lee A. Tregurtha 1942 251.76 24,588
The Hon. James L. Oberstar iron ore freighter at the Presque Isle Ore Dock, Marquette, MI 01.jpg The Hon. James L. Chief Star 1959 245.67 32,412
Coast Guard breaks ice in St. Marys River 140422-G-ZZ999-073.jpg Kaye E. Barker 1952 233.78 28,388
Herbert C. Jackson docks in the upper harbor Marquette, Michigan - Sept. 2009.jpg Herbert C. Jackson 1959 210.01 24,536
Tug Dorothy Ann and SS Pathfinder.jpg Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder ( ATB ) 1953 213.37 26,700
John Sherwin 1958 245.67 31,500
Stewart J. Cort 1972 304.80 60,079

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Marine Review . 43, Penton Publishing Company 1913, 184
  2. ^ Samuel Mather: Vein of Iron: The Pickands, Mather Story. World Publishing, Cleveland, New York 1958, pp. 99-102
  3. ^ Ned Whelan: Ruling the Waves , Inside Business , November / December 2012

Coordinates: 41 ° 22 ′ 4.8 ″  N , 81 ° 49 ′ 31.8 ″  W.