As someone who lives in Indiana, is fascinated with the great lake freighters, use to work for a CAT dealer as a power systems tech, and now works for a Cogeneration (CHP) landfill gas generator facility, this is right up my ally.

On a self unloader how can you unload the two types of coal separately? Does not the unloading belt go the full length of the hold? For that matter, when loading and unloading the two types of coal, what happens to the trim of the ship?

Wish you could buy passage on a laker just to sail and watch like some ocean going freighters allow.

Any excuse to blow the whistle indeed. 😊

I also would rather spend time on a great lakes freighter than a crowded "fancy" cruise ship!

5:24 smoking on deck while loading coal? Seems like that takes a special type of intelligence.

Coal dust can be very flammable, yet the interviewer was smoking a cigarette.

Thank you so much so interesting and Informative

Thank you so much so interesting and Informative

Camera man drunk?what shitty work

I’m surprised coal dust isn’t a problem.

Good. Good. Good video. Years agod (decades past, actually), I had heard about someone who traveled on a freighter. He preferred it to crossing the ocean on a passenger ship.

Yikes, all that fast camera movement I felt i was on a rolling ship....🤢

That would be so cool to experience

Can’t here the conversation.

They're called "emergency crash back". In Navy we will do these regularly. The propellers are what they call a "CRPP" system(controllable reverse pitch propeller). The ship is "supposed" to be able to go from full throttle forward to full throttle back in 1 1/2 lengths of the ship. I was stationed on a destroyer and we had fun with 80,000 shaft horsepower. We could go from standstill to 35+ nmph in less than 2 minutes and pull a crash back in less than the required length.. Fair winds and happy sailing... USS Conolly DD979 RIP...

LMFAO!!!! I don't know how many times I've watched this video and always get a laugh! Without a doubt, the PRT is a fav of mine!

How much can Paul hold compared to his sister lee?

This is a treat!

I am pretty sure I passed this ship as it was leaving the Sandusky coal docks!

always wanted to see the cargo holds close up

Hi mike. Boy do i remember working on that deck. Me and a fitter set the rails on her

I was one of many that built your ship. I am pretty sure I burned in all the windows on her.

Madagascar ship honk

That looks awesome!! ❤ I would so love to be able to stay on a Great Laker!! How long can one stay aboard?? I absolutely love how it sounds!🥰 I'd fall asleep so fast aboard any Great Laker!@ Very awesome video!! Thank you so much for sharing! How i would have loved to have been able to stay on the Edmund Fitzgerald!!! ❤❤❤

Was it 7 tenths of a statute or nautical mile?

I worked on board the PRT for inter-lake steam ship as roving maintenance for the fleet.they did not have any open rooms down below with the crew so i had to stay up in the owners room the best view & the food was awesome while on board

Who is this woman that is touring you guys? What’s her name? Just curious? Thks in advance

Thats awesome who said u cant drive a 10 story building down river

The Queen of the Lakes

I wanna do that 😭😭😭

I am surprised that these ships are so chopped up inside, seems like a lot of doorways and narrow halls to go through in an emergency.

0:04

terrible camera work.. hard to watch, and showed little

I would love to do this.

I was on CGC Morgenthau in the mid 1970's, she had 2 Fairbanks Morse diesels that had 3500shp each and 2 Pratt and Whitney FT 4 gas turbines that had 18000shp each. Morganthau was 378 ft long and weighed about 3000 tons full load. A flank bell on the turbines would give a max available speed of 29 kts. We had 2- 13 ft controllable pitch props and from a flank bell we could stop in about 2 ships lengths, from dead in the water we could get to 29 knots in a just less than a minute. It was fun to watch and experience but it about deafened us in sonar. Like you are doing here we also shook like a wet dawg, fun times!

Is this a "one way" cruise?

What does one have to do to be a guest on that ship?

great video thank you

1000 feet per minute is just over 11 mph.

Get some foam on that microphone!

It's So Big, what do l do? Oh my God!

These freighters are simply majestic and in my opinion a huge part of Michigan history. Beautiful ships❤️

I wanna go !!!

Captain Timothy Dayton. Respect ✊

Wow. I would love to take this ride. It looks very interesting and relaxing at the same time.

I love the PRT.

I’ve watched this video dozens of times. Yeah, I love the PRT!⛴️

Nice vid and emergency stop test. But I was always wondering what purpose is the long stepladder serves an great lakes bulkers?

I would love to be on board!