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GREAT LAKES

LAKE CARRIERS'ASSOCIATION

Lake Carriers' Association was es- tablished in 1880 as a trade organi- zation serving companies operating

U.S.-flag bulk vessels on the Great

Lakes. Headquartered in Cleveland,

Ohio, the association represents 14

U.S.-flag Great Lakes fleets. The 14 member fleets have a combined total of 68 vessels with a per-trip capacity of 1,891,110 gross tons of bulk cargo. These vessels comprise more than 95 percent of the tonnage of Great Lakes vessels and approxi- mately 33 percent of all U.S.-docu- mented, self-propelled vessels of 1,000 gross registered tons or larg- er.

The association promotes the common interests of its member fleets, particularly as they relate to legislative and regulatory affairs.

U.S. Great Lakes Registry 1987 (As of December 31, 1987) # of

Trade/Vessel Type Ships GRT

Bulk Freight Vessels

Self-Unloaders .... 53 922,721

Straight-Deckers . . . 6 59,138

SeK-Unl. Tug/Barge . 1 24,199

Barges 2 18,692

Cement Carriers

Self-Unloaders .... 7 38,242

Barges 1 5,631

Tankers

Self-Propelled .... 3 14,020

Integrated Tug/Barge 1 5,318

Tank Barges 10 24,944

Total— 84 1,112,905

The 1,000-foot ore carrier, Columbia Star.

Lake Carriers' Association Fleet 1,000 Gross Tons and Over (As of January 1, 1988)

OWNER/OPERATOR LENGTH YEAR

Ship DWT (in feet) BUILT

American Steamship Co.

American Mariner 37,200 730 80

American Republic 24,800 635 81

Belle River 78,850 1,000 77

Buffalo 23,800 635 78

Adam E. Cornelius 23,200 666 59

Indiana Harbor 78,850 1,000 79

Roger M. Kyes 28,200 680 73

Sam Laud 23,800 635 75

Nicolet 11,150 533 05/65

St. Clair 44,000 770 76

H. Lee White 35,200 704 74

Charles E. Wilson 33,800 680 73

Bethlehem Steel Corp.

Burns Harbor 78,850 1,000 80

Steward J. Cort 58,000 1,000 72

Lewis Wilson Foy 78,850 1,000 78

Sparrows Point 22,300 698 52/58/80

Cement Transit Company

Medusa Challenger 10,250 552 06/67

Cleveland Tankers, Inc.

Gemini — 433 78

Jupiter — 391 76

Saturn — 384 74

Erie Sand Steamship Co.

Richard J. Reiss 14,900 621 43/64

Inland Lakes Management, Inc.

S.T. Crapo 8,190 403 27

E.M. Ford 7,000 428 98/56

J.B. Ford 6,950 440 04/59

Lewis G. Harriman 6,310 350 23

J.A.W. Iglehart 13,200 502 36/65

Paul H. Townsend 7,850 447 45/53

Inland Steel Co.

Joseph L. Block 37,200 728 76

Edward L. Ryerson 27,500 730 60

Wilfred Sykes 21,500 678 49/75

Interlake Steamship Co.

James R. Barker 60,500 1,000 76

Charles M. Beeghly 31,000 806 59/72/81

Harry Coulby 16,000 631 27

William J. DeLancey 68,000 1,014 81

Elton Hoyt 2nd 22,300 698 52/57/80

OWNER/OPERATOR

Ship

Herbert C. Jackson

J.L. Mauthe

Mesabi Miner

Litton Great Lakes Corp.

Presque Isle

M.A. Hanna Company—

Skar-Ore Steamship Corp.

George A. Stinson

Oglebay Norton Co.

Columbia Transportation Div.

Armco

J. Burton Ayers

Courtney Burton

Columbia Star

Joseph H. Frantz

Middletown

Robert C. Norton

Crispin Oglebay

Reserve

Fred R. White, Jr.

Wolverine

Oglebay Norton Co.

Pringle Transit Co.

William Roesch

Paul Thayer

Rouge Steel Co.

Ernest Breech

Henry Ford II

Benson Ford

William Clay Ford

U.S. Steel, Great

Lakes Fleet Inc.

Arthur Anderson

Roger Blough

Calcite II

Cason J. Callaway

Philip R. Clarke

Irvin L. Clymer

Edwin H. Gott

John G. Munson

George A. Sloan

Edgar B. Speer

Myron C. Taylor

Source: Lake Carriers' Association

DWT 24,800 21,400 60,500 57,500 59,700 26,000 15,575 22,300 78,850 13,600 26,300 15,400 15,400 26,000 23,800 19,650 19,650 19,650 18,800 13,000 25,900 29,300 25,650 44,500 13,000 25,650 25,650 12,100 74,100 25,800 14,975 73,700 12,800

LENGTH (in feet) 690 647 1,000 1,000 1,000 767 620 690 1,000 618 730 621 621 767 635 630 630 630 642 611 767 826 767 858 605 767 767 552 1,004 768 621 1,004 604

YEAR

BUILT 59/75 52 77 73 78 53/74/82 43/74 53/81 81 25/65 43/61/82 43/66 43/73 53/75/83 78 74 73 73 52 24/74 52/76/81 42/61/76/78 52/75/82 72 29/61 52/74/82 52/74/82 17 78 52/76 43/67 80 29/56 46 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News