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DULUTH — The Great Lakes’ newest U.S.-flagged freighter made its first stop in the Duluth-Superior harbor Tuesday morning.
The Mark W. Barker, Interlake Steamship Co.’s 639-foot ship with a carrying capacity of 26,000 gross tons, was built by Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, with steel made from iron ore mined on Minnesota’s Iron Range.
It entered service in late July and was christened in Cleveland on Thursday, Sept. 1.
The ship was expected to discharge its cargo of salt at EnviroTech Hallett Dock 8 in Superior and load iron ore at the Canadian National dock in Duluth, according to Jayson Hron, spokesperson for the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
It’s the first Great Lakes ship to be built by an American company since 1983.
Although it’s the shortest ship in Interlake’s fleet, the self-unloading bulk carrier can carry traditional bulk cargoes as well as wind turbines and other possible future cargoes.
The Mark W. Barker is named after Interlake’s president.
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