Lake Ontario

  • A Toronto company is prepared to start a roll-on roll-off, translake ferry service if the scheme receives approvals from U.S. regulatory bodies.

    Sherwood Marine Inc. has been developing plans for a truck/ trailer ferry run across Lake Ontario for some time, and has set up a subsidiary, Ro-Ro Ontario Inc., to operate the proposed service.

    According to company president W. Paul Sherwood, his firm is willing to spend $35 million to establish the ferry link between the Port of Toronto and a yet-to-be-determined US. city.

    Several sites for the U.S. base port are being considered and include Somerset, Rochester and Oswego, all located in New York State.

    "A new marine service across Lake Ontario carrying commercial tractor trailers will mean significant benefits to the transportation industry and the consumer," said Mr. Sherwood, who explained that he is confident his firm will gain the necessary approvals to operate the service.

    "There is no indication, from the preliminary studies, of any problems," he said.

    "The service offers a fast and inexpensive alternative to shippers of freight and parcels between Canada, the United States and foreign destinations. It's a cost-efficient transportation method that is expected to have a discernable impact on lowering fuel consumption, as well as reducing truck traffic on public highways," he said.

    According to Mr. Sherwood, feasibility studies conducted in both Canada and the United States have shown that the 2y>- hour translake service is a practical practical approach to shipping commercial traffic as compared to the conventional overland method.

    Once given the go-ahead, Mr.

    Sherwood expects to inaugurate the service with a chartered RO RO vessel. This would be followed by the construction of equipment specifically designed for the run and for this purpose.

    "Further down the road we will have to build," he said. Among other craft, Sherwood Marine is looking at a U.S.-designed Catug integrated tug-barge system. Marketed in Canada by Bulk-Mar Canada Inc., a Toronto-based affiliate of Logistec Corporation, the Catug cross-lake ferry would accommodate 85 trailers on two enclosed decks of the barge, with room for up to 51 twenty-foot containers on the exposed upper deck.

    Designed by J.B. Hargrave, Naval Architects Inc. of West Palm Beach, Fla., in collaboration with Seabulk Corporation of Fort Lauderdale, the unique Catug system incorporates a twin-screw catamaran tug that fits closely over and around the specially contoured stern of the barge.

  • feasible. During the summer of 1980, a regularly scheduled hydrofoil service operated between Niagara-onthe- Lake and downtown Toronto on Lake Ontario. The service was popular with shoppers and tourists, but was discontinued for reasons unrelated to market demand. In November 1990, Wavetrain Inc

  • in terms of cargo-handling charges, customs and packaging services. "In all probability," Mr. Closs added, "it could be a year-round service, since Lake Ontario rarely freezes over during the winter months." The study considered three vessel variations for the trans-lake operation — conventional roll-on/ ro

  • Canada Steamship Lines christened M.V. Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin at Port Weller Drydocks at the Lake Ontario entrance to the Welland Canal. The vessel is the newest addition to Port Weller's fleet joining CSL Niagara as one of two Seamax vessels - the largest Canadian ships ever constructed for the Grea

  • to Western Australia shipbuilder Austal Ships. The high-speed vessel will provide a new service route between Rochester and Toronto across Lake Ontario, connecting the United States and Canada. This will see the total number of U.S. ferries with LSA MES installed increase to seven. The order from

  • diesel technology, landing a deal whereby its potent 8 0 0 0 - s e r i e s engines will be used to power a large catamaran ferry intended for Lake Ontario operation. A 32,800-kW plant based on four examples of the 20-cylinder engine has been nominated for an Austal 282-ft. (86-m), RoRo equipped

  • first sale into the North American market. Built for U.S. company Canadian American Transportation Systems (CATS), the ferry will operate across Lake Ontario at well over 40 knots, linking Rochester. NY with Toronto, Canada. With two passenger decks housing 774 passengers and space for some 238 cars

  • one of those major factors which can make us an attractive option under certain circumstances. For instance, the travel distance between Philadelphia to Lake Ontario is only 536 miles via the Hudson River and NYS Canal System, but 1,884 miles via the outside ocean route.     What would be your vision for the

  • committee began researching potential boat builders and conceptualizing a fire rescue boat of approximately 40 feet to best suit their application on Lake Ontario in 2013. The RFD’s Area of Responsibility includes the Genesee River, Great Lakes Shipping Channel, over 1,000 seasonal and transient boat slips

  • ;recession-proof”, Bob Clark, who is the contracts manager at MetalCraft Marine, with both U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries on the eastern fringes of Lake Ontario, told Marine News, “It is hard to confirm that the RIB market is recession-proof. We have not had a real recession in a long time, but based

  • in 2003 and more is expected in 2004. For the first time in decades, auto/passenger ferries will start appearing on the Great Lakes in 2004. On Lake Ontario, the Canadian American Transportation Systems (C.A.T.S.) will operate a 43-knot catamaran between Rochester, NY and Toronto, Ont. The 284-ft

  • . A lot of them I didn’t go; my customers went. All kinds of shipwrecks were found, for example the Hamilton and Scourge, the War of 1812 ships in Lake Ontario; the space shuttle Challenger; a lot of airplane wrecks were found. One of our biggest projects: I went Loch Ness a number of times and had some

  • MR Feb-24#22   the late 1960’s for Lower Lakes Towing and was primarily)
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    Wabtec’s ? rst marine engine product was introduced back in Leader, responsible for the product development and install the late 1960’s for Lower Lakes Towing and was primarily the base support across our full Engine Technology organization, rail V228 engine, or FDL as it is known in the rail industry

  • MN Feb-24#42  Leichtfried has been ap-
Great Lakes Towing
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    of CEO Reko-Antti Suojanen. Leichtfried to Head Danfoss Drives N. America Leichtfried Ballard Menoyo Joins Hannes Leichtfried has been ap- Great Lakes Towing pointed head of sales and marketing for the Danfoss Drives business segment in The Great Lakes Towing Company North America. has hired Salvadore

  • MN Feb-24#41  J. Celebrezze 
The Great Lakes Towing Company (GLT) acquired)
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    , are the ? rst in a series of ? ve identical Incat Crowther- ready for the retro? t of the Volvo parallel hybrid system. Anthony J. Celebrezze The Great Lakes Towing Company (GLT) acquired a ? re pumps and ? ve 62-year-old ? reboat from the city of Cleveland, Ohio. The monitors, providing a vessel,

  • MN Feb-24#20  for  January that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation’s)
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    to terminate the Offshore Wind pire Wind 2 OREC Agreement, it was announced in early Renewable Energy Certi? cate (OREC) Agreement for January that Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation’s the Empire Wind 2 project. Like Ørsted, Equinor stated (GLDD) rock installation contract for the Empire Wind Avangrid 20

  • MT Jan-24#32  Research Detachment (ARD) on Lake Pend 
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    , and operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Di- designed for the Soviet Navy threat. vision’s Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) on Lake Pend Originally 29 were to be built, but only three were completed, Oreille in Bayview, Idaho. Kokanee (LSV 1) is an unmanned, with the third, USS

  • MR Jan-24#21  exterior topcoats 
in The Interlake Steamship 
Company’s distinctive)
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    COATINGS Figure 6. The M/V Mark W. Barker sports exterior topcoats in The Interlake Steamship Company’s distinctive red (hull) and brown (freeboard). coat with a DFT of 20 to 25 mils. Aluminum oxide was added for at least a decade before dry docking – nearly double the for slip resistance and texture

  • MR Jan-24#19  scattered across the Great Lakes region.
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    Figure 1. The M/V Mark W. Barker is speci? cally designed to navigate the occasionally narrow rivers and con? ned ports scattered across the Great Lakes region. All images courtesy of The Interlake Steamship Company Figure 2. Distinguished by its Figure 3. The Interlake Steamship square-shaped cargo

  • MR Jan-24#18  FEATURE
A New Era for Great 
Lakes Freighters with 
Modern)
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    TECH FEATURE A New Era for Great Lakes Freighters with Modern Marine Epoxies By Justin Peare, Marine Coatings Representative, Great Lakes Region & Matt Heffernan, Commercial Marine Business Manager, North America, Sherwin-Williams Protective & Marine he Motor Vessel Mark W. Barker – the ? rst U.S.

  • MR Jan-24#4  its endorsement by the  Great Lakes Region at Sherwin-
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    Justin Peare is the Marine Coat- process, or service does not coatings inspector. ings Representative for the imply its endorsement by the Great Lakes Region at Sherwin- Department of Defense or De- Laursen Williams Protective & Marine. He partment of the Navy. Wendy Laursen has 20 years of has

  • MT Nov-23#42  Robotics’ 
underwater drone in 
Lake Zurich during a 
harbor)
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    CASE STUDY ROV DVL TECH Tethys Robotics’ underwater drone in Lake Zurich during a harbor inspection. All image courtesy Nortek Tethys Robotic’s new ROV Leverages Nortek DVL Tech new Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) from Swit- pulse along a minimum of three acoustic beams, each pointing zerland’s Tethys

  • MT Nov-23#24 SEAFLOOR MAPPING & DEEP TREKKER ROVS [SPONSORED]
ENHANCING)
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    SEAFLOOR MAPPING & DEEP TREKKER ROVS [SPONSORED] ENHANCING SEAFLOOR MAPPING AND 3D MODELING: Images courtesy Deep Trekker THE ROLE OF ROVS IN PHOTOGRAMMETRY PROJECTS eneath the ocean’s surface, a technological revolu- Empowering Ef? cient Data Collection tion is reshaping sea? oor mapping and 3D model-

  • MR Dec-23#33  6,500-cu.-yd.
Shipowner  Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD)
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    carry, the better GALVESTON ISLAND MAIN PARTICULARS Name Galveston Island Type Trailing Suction Hopper Dredge Capacity 6,500-cu.-yd. Shipowner Great Lakes Dredge & Dock (GLDD) Shipbuilder Conrad Shipyard T W HE ABTEC Main Engines Wabtec Corporation 2x12V250MDCx6L250MDC 12V250MDC Naval Architect

  • MR Dec-23#32  dredges being built for Great Lakes Dredge &  relative shallow)
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    ,” Galveston Island, the ? rst of two newbuild hop- said Gunsten. “One of the best features of the Galveston is her per dredges being built for Great Lakes Dredge & relative shallow draft for her capacity. So that allows her to Dock Corporation, a 6,500-cu.-yd.-capacity trail- get closer to the beach

  • MN Nov-23#55  oper- icance of our great Lake Champlain,” said Jason)
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    Feature Great Vessels of 2023 Derecktor Shipyards MARCELLE MELOSIRA Marcelle Melosira is a research and teaching vessel oper- icance of our great Lake Champlain,” said Jason Stockwell, ated by the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natu- director of the Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory. ral

  • MN Nov-23#51  
safety improvements to Great Lakes’ 
dredge pipeline operations)
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    need for multiple vessels to perform these tasks.” Improved safety is another bene? t. “The Multi Cat brings step change safety improvements to Great Lakes’ dredge pipeline operations, which was a prime driver for the investment,” said Chris Gunsten, Great Lakes’ senior vice president of project services

  • MN Nov-23#50  Vessels of 2023
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation
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    Feature Great Vessels of 2023 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation CAPE HATTERAS & CAPE CANAVERAL Damen’s Multi Cat multipurpose workboat design, well of deck space for the works on deck, and also enhance the proven in European markets, has made its entry into the stability that these vessels need for

  • MN Nov-23#48  Vessels of 2023
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation
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    Feature Great Vessels of 2023 Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corporation GALVESTON ISLAND Delivered this year amid an ongoing dredge building ed by a USCG requirement for crawl spaces around the boom in the United States, Galveston Island is the ? rst tanks in the event of a leak, Webb noted. “[Urea tanks

  • MN Nov-23#27  have included McAllister  Lake Charles and Port Arthur)
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    exhaust gas recirculation (EGR). 3512E) or on diesel generators (also from Caterpillar). The Recent deliveries of Tier 4 vessels have included McAllister Lake Charles and Port Arthur operations of Seabulk Towing, Towing’s Jane McAllister, a Washburn & Doughty-built trac- where the two vessels have been operating

  • MN Nov-23#20  
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    and moves nearly 700 million tons of cargo on America’s riv- the public today: the story of a single dry cargo barge that ers, coastal waters and Great Lakes annually, it’s both an can move as much cargo as 16 rail cars or 70 trucks; of ves- exciting and challenging time. How does an industry as sels that

  • MN Nov-23#19  marine terminal in the United 
Lakes, noncontiguous domestic)
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    for that taxable year attribut- U.S. ? ag vessels that are operated in the U.S. foreign, Great able to the operation of a marine terminal in the United Lakes, noncontiguous domestic, or short-sea transportation States, (2) the amount allowable as a depreciation deduction trades. Even with these geographical

  • MN Nov-23#10  (NY)In service April 2023
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    ,000 cyKeppel AmFELS (TX)Expected delivery Q4 2023 Cashman DredgingMighty QuinHopper (T&B)4,000 cyFeeny’s Shipyard (NY)In service April 2023 Great Lakes Dredge & DockAmelia IslandHopper6,500 cyConrad (LA)Expected delivery Q2 2025 Great Lakes Dredge & DockGalveston IslandHopper6,500 cyConrad (LA)Expected

  • MR Nov-23#70  is designed to 
operate on Lake Champlain in 
up to 1.5-meter)
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    operability, and offers a large interior space and an expansive exterior aft deck area. Constructed of alu- minum, the vessel is designed to operate on Lake Champlain in up to 1.5-meter Signi? cant Wave Height conditions. Photo Derecktor Shipyards Electric Tugs @ Sea Trial Two electric-powered emissions-free

  • MR Nov-23#67  being built by Senesco for the  Lakes’ pipe and anchor operations)
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    electromechanical hybrid pro- overboard. These vessels will also enhance and improve Great pulsion system onboard a ferry being built by Senesco for the Lakes’ pipe and anchor operations. Further, the Multi Cats’ two State of Maine; crane and multiple winch and wire tugger arrangements will • L-Drives

  • MR Nov-23#66  by Conrad Shipyard for 
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. 
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    Senner LLC reference list is long, a strong recent win was last- month’s delivery of a pair of Damen 3013 Multi Cats, built by Conrad Shipyard for Great Lakes Dredge & Dock. Credit: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Gearing Up for a Hybrid Future Karl Senner LLC is a ? xture in the maritime community, a third generation