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Freighters that crisscross the Great Lakes carry more than 100 million tons of cargo each year.

September 14, 2017 – WTVG 13abc Monroe, MI (WTVG) – 13abc’s Lissa Guyton and videographer Todd Gaertner had a rare opportunity to go along for the ride as the ship unloaded coal in the Detroit area and Monroe.

September 1, 2017 – Lakeland Boating Writer Craig Ritchie takes a ride on our Lee A. Tregurtha.

August 28, 2017 – The Plain Dealer MARBLEHEAD, Ohio – A rumbling conveyor belt carried crushed stone to the holds of the 700-foot Pathfinder barge, its V-shaped stern nocked like an arrow with the bow of the 124-foot tug Dorothy Ann as they rode as conjoined twins in Lake Erie’s calm early morning waters at the Marblehead dock.

August 1, 2017 – Cleveland Magazine With a load of limestone coming out of Marblehead, Capt. Jeremy Mock, master of the 711-foot Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder, scans the horizon. It’s 20 minutes past five o’clock in the morning on an early summer day. From his 72-foot eye-sight on the bridge, Mock already can see the red sliver of first light coming across the lake.

June 5, 2017 – Marine Link The 1,004-foot M/V James R. Barker has sailed from the Twin Ports with a new specialized cargo: 60,000 tons of Mustang superflux pellets – the first shipment of its kind since the new pellet production began at Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.’s United Taconite mine last month.

April 17, 2017 – cleveland.com CLEVELAND, Ohio — One of the grandest sights in Cleveland is catching a glimpse of a giant ore boat snaking its way up the Cuyahoga River.