Broken Bridge Cable? Watch the Bridge North Counter Weight! American Century Duluth Arrival.

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Pictures of the arrival here:
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For those who read the info, bonus! Look at the Tower light on the right side, along with a crew riding it, you can see the light is red. This signifies there is an inbound current. when it flashes either red or green it means the water is flowing 3MPH or better! Green means outbound current, yellow means neutral current. Very important to know for the ships.
About this Visit:
The American Century arrived Duluth May 13, 2024 15:56 for the 6th time this season! First trip for Iron Ore! (have loaded 1 time at BNSF Superior), Pushing through the canal at a quick clip of 7.5 kts! They arrived up at the CN dock at 17:10 and began loading ore. They finished loading the pellets May 14 at 14:35, 21.5 hour load. Departed the dock, heading down river to the canal to depart and head to Conneaut OH. They departed Duluth at 14:48, out a little slower this time at 4.5 kts.
To date of this trip"
Spent 92.5 hours in Port.
The M/V American Century is primarily used for long-haul transport of iron ore pellets and western coal on the Great Lakes.
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 1981
Number of Propellers 2

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@CharlesinGA 3 ай бұрын

Having seen several of your videos in the past, I was finally able to experience the Duluth canal in person on May 17 and 18 (2024). We camped at the Lakehead Boat Basin marina about three blocks south of the bridge and toured the museum and watched the Stewart J Cort make its first run of the season into Duluth for fuel and ore loading, sporting a brand new paint job. The entire area is well worth the visit.

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

Awesome! I hope the whole visit was a great time! Catching the Cort was a huge bonus for you, normally this ship does not come to Duluth but 2 or 3 times a season.

@TheRichardsArt 3 ай бұрын

That is so freaking cool dude. I hope to, perhaps my final adventure some day. .

@christophertappero8426 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the videos and the audio. Throughly enjoy your videos

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thank you!

@user-AZ-phil 3 ай бұрын

Hi, Paul. Watching this it occurred to me that the economic impact of the bridge not being able to rise would be incredible. The closest Harbors that might be able to handle the traffic probably would be Thunder Bay, Marquette or Escanaba. All three have problems. Thunder Bay would have border problems, naturally. Marquette and Escanaba, while they could probably handle most of the shipping, have rail infrastructure issues. It's a good thing they got the bridge issues delt with. Thanks for the details you provided in this video.

@SteamCrane 3 ай бұрын

There is another entrance to the south. The bridge is the access to the long peninsula that ends at the north side of the south passage.

@gregobern6084 3 ай бұрын

Superior entry , which requires tourists to go for miles and miles along Moccasin Mike road, is next to several loading docks, The Duluth canal has more show biz appeal, horn salutes, Tourists, Announcers, popcorn, etc.

@SteamCrane 3 ай бұрын

@@gregobern6084 Agree!

@louGriggs1944 3 ай бұрын

I'm about a week late seeing this one but great video Paul, and good info. Thanks.

@BiancaJacquelineWawrzinek 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the wonderful video

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

You're welcome, thanks!

@lynnsenger9950 3 ай бұрын

Holy cow! She was cruising through the canal!

@bmwtravel1100 3 ай бұрын

I believe they maintain speed so to enable proper steering. Yeah, sometimes they are really hauling, not sure what the speed limit is.

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

It seems the more familiar with the canal is, the ships cruise in a little quicker,

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

I think the "speed limit" is under the terms of what is deemed safe by the captain. The fastest I've seen one cruise through the canal was about 10 kts.

@lynnsenger9950 3 ай бұрын

@@PaulScinocca Whomever is navigating (captain?) is threading the needle nicely.

@anthonygiglio9860 3 ай бұрын

Great Video😊

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! 😊

@dianarose4122 3 ай бұрын

Paul, have you seen the news about the ship Michipicoten struck something and took on water south of Isle Royal? There is Coast Guard present there. No one was hurt.

@AJay-ip1mp 3 ай бұрын

I read something from a knowledgeable local, who says there are shoals in that area, and it requires a ship to be very diligent not to stray out of the deep passage. This it was said will all come out when the ship bottom is inspected in drydock.

@peterjensen6844 3 ай бұрын

Turns out they didn't hit anything. It was a hull failure. 13ft crack a quarter inch wide. The loud bang the crew heard was likely the sudden crack happening. They're extremely lucky they got to port etc and the crack was not in a critical space. Unfortunately for a boat of that age, it doesn't look good for their future.

@Raptorman0909 3 ай бұрын

@@peterjensen6844 Yeah, I think she's seen her last voyage. When she left Duluth last month and the cameras recorded how she looked it was apparent to me that she'd seen better days. That ship was beat up!

@ricka5471 3 ай бұрын

Thanks Paul for getting the audio and videos. It is a pleasure to watch them and listen to the ship traffic.

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks!

@Mike-ij5hn 3 ай бұрын

Just curious, Do these ships have any type of braking system? Sounds like stupid question but what if there a problems with bridge upon ship approach?

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

Great question. They can drop anchors, throw the prop(s) in reverse. The reason the do the 1.5 mile call for the lift, is precisely for that reason. If there is a bridge failure, at that distance they can easily turn off.

@tpep1693 3 ай бұрын

Well, that was "dramatic". Hmm.

@markbaker3639 3 ай бұрын

So how big of tide is there?

@kevinduveneck1504 3 ай бұрын

There really are no tides on the Great Lakes

@PaulScinocca 3 ай бұрын

Not really a tide, they call it a seiche (a temporary disturbance or oscillation in the water level of a lake or partially enclosed body of water, especially one caused by changes in atmospheric pressure.), we are talking inches of water level change, more of a direction of water change from the harbor to lake.