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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
