April 17, 2017 – Cleveland.com They’re called boatnerds, people who relish the commercial ships that navigate the Great Lakes, delivering iron ore, coal and other aggregates from one port, or one lake, to another
Some more behind-the-scenes details from Interlake Steamship
March 28, 2017 – Crain’s Cleveland Business Last week, I had the chance to tag along as the Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder traveled the Cuyahoga River, delivering iron ore to ArcelorMittal Cleveland. My story, with plenty of photos from Peggy Turbett, can be found here. But it’s difficult to fully appreciate the size of the Interlake Steamship Co.’s ship until you’re on it. Thanks to Captain Jeremy Mock, readers can get a little bit closer to that experience.
Interlake Steamship’s round-the-clock crew delivers ‘the building blocks of America’
March 26, 2017 – Crain’s Cleveland Business In the Great Lakes region, there’s a critical partner to the steel and construction industries that the public may overlook: the lake and river shipping industry. “We haul the building blocks of America,” said Jeremy Mock, captain of Interlake Steamship Co.’s Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder.
Clean Shipping on the Great Lakes
March 21, 2017 – Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Maritime Reporter & Engineering News recently spoke with Mark Barker, president of The Interlake Steamship Company, who sent its fourth vessel — its second 1,000-footer — to be outfitted with exhaust gas scrubbers.
Freighter crews celebrate Christmas afloat
December 24, 2016 – Times Herald Capt. Joseph Ruch will be home for Christmas — but that’s not always been the case for the Fort Gratiot resident. Ruch is the master of the M/V Hon. James L. Oberstar, one of the nine active vessels traveling the Great Lakes for the Interlake Steamship Co. He got his first ship in 1977, so he’ll have been a Great Lakes sailor for 40 years come the new year.
Steamship business repowers its fleet and invests in a Great Lakes future
September 6, 2015 Coal shipments are down, but the iron ore business remains strong, as Middleburg Heights-based Interlake Steamship Co. is finishing $100 million in improvements to the company’s fleet of nine Great Lakes freighters. And that’s on top of normal maintenance, which will run more than $20 million this winter, a bit more than usual.
Paul R. Tregurtha sails our Great Lakes
July 6, 2015 Detroit Free Press coverage aboard our Queen of the Lakes
Meet the crew of the Paul R. Tregurtha
June 25, 2015 Chris Perkins is the conveyor man aboard the freighter, the Paul R. Tregurtha, and he has one of the dirtiest jobs on the ship.
Meet Captain Bob Thibaudeau of the Paul R. Tregurtha
June 24, 2015 Detroit Free Press coverage aboard our Queen of the Lakes
Meet the Head Cook Aboard the Paul R. Tregurtha
June 22, 2015 Detroit Free Press coverage aboard our Queen of the Lakes