Comfortably Cruising into Duluth, The James R Barker pleasing the crowd with their signature salute

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About this visit:
They arrived at the Duluth Entry May 20, 2023 at 15:15, heading straight to the Port Terminal dock for a little delay. They pulled into the Port Terminal 9 dock at 15:57 and stayed there until 18:13. They departed the Duluth Entry at 18:48 for anchor outside the harbor. They anchored outside the Duluth Entry May 20 from 19:10 to 05:10 May 21 waiting for the Indiana Harbor to finish loading at CN 6. They arrived Duluth Entry again May 21 at 5:51, waking up the city of Duluth. Heading up river to the CN dock to finally load iron ore pellets. Pulled into the dock at 07:05 and began loading. Finished up at 5:24 May 22nd, set sail down river to depart Duluth. Depart Duluth they did, at 6:25 loaded with ore from CN 6, heading to Indiana Harbor, IN

Carrying Capacity 63,300 Gross Tons

Overall Length 1004.0'

Year Built 1976

Hull Depth 50.0'

Beam 105.0'

Engine Horsepower 16,000

The Walter J McCarthy Jr arrived Duluth 9/10/2022 6:50:00 for the sole purpose of loading coal at SMET. They arrived at the SMET dock 08:08 to begin their load. The completed loading and departed the dock 9/10/2022 21:22:00 after spending a total of 13.2 hours at the dock.
They departed Duluth 9/10/2022 22:02:00 after being in the Twin Ports for a total of 15.2 hours.

Length, Overall 1000'-0"
Beam 105'-0"
Depth 56'-0"
Midsummer Draft (MS) 34'- 3/4"
Deadweight Capacity at MS Draft 80,900 Gross Tons
Deadweight Capacity at 27'-6" 62,100 Gross Tons
Unloading Boom Conveyor Length 250'
Maximum Unloading Rate 10,000 Tons/Hour
Number of Cargo Holds 7
Number of Hatches 37
Shaft Horsepower 14,000
Year Built 1977
Number of Propellers 2

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