BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION

Historic Fincantieri Bay Ship-crafted freighter normally takes maiden voyage

The 639-foot-long bulk carrier Mark W. Barker, shown in its dock at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, set off on its maiden voyage from the shipyard July 27, heading to Port Inland, Michigan, to pick up stone and deliver it to Muskegon, Michigan. Bay Ship built the vessel for Interlake Steamship Co., and it's believed to be the first Great Lakes freighter built on the lakes since 1983.

STURGEON BAY – Maritime background had its first working day of get the job done Wednesday July 27.

The M/V Mark W. Barker, the first U.S.-flagged, Terrific Lakes freighter to be designed on the lakes in nearly 40 yrs, established off on its maiden voyage from Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding, exactly where it was crafted.

The ship, designed by Fincantieri for Interlake Steamship Co., remaining the Sturgeon Bay shipyard at 10:36 a.m. Wednesday, beginning a 110-mile journey to Port Inland, Michigan. There, a crew of 21 mariners will load stone for delivery to Muskegon, Michigan, for use in ready-mix concrete manufacturing.

According to a information launch from Interlake, the Barker is the initial regarded vessel designed on the Good Lakes and developed to get the job done on the lakes because 1983. It is named for Interlake’s president, Mark W. Barker, who was at the shipyard for the get started of the voyage. The Barker also is to start with new ship crafted for the firm considering the fact that 1981, when it released the Paul M. Tregurtha. 

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