Presque Isle hits pier in Duluth

I took this video on July 13th. The Presque Isle scraped the pier under the water and later returned to Duluth for Repairs

[@tuxedotservo]

For those wondering about the previous scuff marks. The ship is 105' wide. The largest lock at the Soo - the Poe - is 110' wide. For those who don't like math, that gives you 2.5' on each side. All ships occasionally get lock rash from rubbing the sides, but the 1000-footers can be excused for maybe doing it a bit more. (edit: fixed spelling)

[@adriannegrillo8394]

I hope she was OK without serious damage! Including her crew of course!

[@wyldkat603]

and they usually stick to one side vs the middle so that the water can move thru smoother.

[@insertnamehere313]

The Fitz had that problem...and I have an old picture taken on the Fitz showing what looks like only inches on each side of the locks..😬

[@derekgray1633]

that thing is longer than my commute to work

[@leeanne4638]

HAHA

[@chrisk8187]

My mother and her two sisters were born and raised in Duluth in the early 1900's. Their father came to Duluth from Norway at the age of 16, was in the Spanish American War, worked for the railroad, married a woman born on the plains of Nebraska and built a house on the east end of the city. All three of the sisters became teachers, one taught home economics at Ordean Jr. High, one was a professor of art education in the New York city university system during the 50'-60's and my mother was an honors graduate in choral conducting and piano from Northwestern University. She became the minister of music in charge of six choirs in Milwaukee including a100 voice chancel choir for a 2,400 member Methodist church, this before the mega churches with contemporary choirs with guitars, percussion, brass and amplifiers etc. existed. I can recollect visiting Duluth as early as being 7yrs old and continued visiting until 2010. I'm now 73 and have retired to Madison, Wisconsin. We have watched the ore/grain etc. boats many times. Many fond memories! Thanks so much for your channel!

[@zinplease1595]

WTFC

[@oldgoat142]

"You're good! You're good! Okay! Perfect! Don't worry, Cap'n, we'll buff those scratches right out!" While I'm at it, I read this on another thread.... Captain: "I SAID RUM ON THE ROCKS! NOT RUN HER ON THE ROCKS!"

[@Tiredoldchannel]

Top notch Spongebob reference

[@oldgoat142]

@@Tiredoldchannel Thank you. The joys of raising kids in the 90's. LOL!!

[@olderbutyoung7959]

That should buff out.

[@thebuckwheatchannel5744]

Yup, a little Bondo and spray paint should do it.

[@usefultuber1608]

Flex seal?

[@panachevitz]

It's funny, I came here from watching a video of the same thing from a guy shooting right behind these people, whom you can see in his video. :)

[@beanman6684]

Yep me too.

[@themspspotter593]

@@beanman6684 Shame he got more views than me lol

[@beanman6684]

@@themspspotter593 lol

[@themspspotter593]

@@beanman6684 Im also uploading a new video tonight

[@Cookie-kf3xn]

Damage report, Scotty?

[@aisle9]

Ever Given: "Hold my beer, chump."

[@peter50555.]

I suspect that wall has a knee some distance below the water.

[@jasonmcconnell9419]

Ahhh, we've all been there. Sometimes the canal is a bit too big and we have to rub up on the side to get some friction.

[@larrykeene4733]

First Mate: You've hit the pier Captain. Capt: I've hit what? FM: The pier. You've hit the pier. Capt: Well it just jumped right out in front of me!!! Again!!

[@lmsl1957]

From the looks of the side, he’s hit a few walls before 🤦🏻‍♀️😂

[@thebuckwheatchannel5744]

melanie, it looks like captain kangaroo is sailing and texting.

[@shannonlowe2412]

The sides of all the commercial ships have the paint scrapped away from the sides, caused by going through the locks. These ships just fit inside the locks, if you see one without these marks it is either new or never been in a lock.

[@lilrawrrr9352]

About 10 years or so ago it was run aground by ice or something. Look up the ships name and you find other video

[@chrisk8187]

Plan on visiting soon once I can figure out the logistics. I hope to come up there with my daughter for a few days this summer/fall. Have to have lunch at "Grandma's, drive along Skyline Dr., Enger Tower,, Glensheen, Park Point, 7 Bridges drive and drive along the north shore for pie etc. LOVE Duluth!

[@jimlund5022]

Wouldnt waste money eating at grandmas, go to canal park brewery instead.

[@JackR_TV]

@@jimlund5022 grandmas is pretty good though 🥺.

[@lutemule]

I remember seeing that ship back in 1973 coming through. I was standing under the bridge at the time.

[@peter50555.]

Captain crunch!!!

[@arthurgonzales9720]

😂

[@petergriffin383]

Lmao!! Omg his nickname now has to be Captain Crunch😂🤣💀💀

[@RLTtizME]

Whistle: I...........SCREWED..........UP. Bridge: YOU........SURE.......DID.

[@dcbadger2]

The worst part is she was still under the bridge when she got stuck.

[@boataxe4605]

The new Flex Tape commercial.

[@pamanderson5841]

Thanks for sharing, your video just showed im my feed....

[@USMCArchAngel03]

Judging from all the folds and creases on the side of that ship it's not the first time she's done that.

[@jjdogfather5604]

Wonder how it got off the wall....maybe the bow thruster or did tugs pull it off?

[@potatolew4495]

That ship most likely was under control.of a harbor pilot not the captain, either he made a mistake or there was mechanical issues. I have been in the commercial fishing industry for over 25 years running vessels from 60 foot largest 195 and find it funny most people that pass judgment could not properly dock the toy boat in their bathtub.

[@boataxe4605]

As a fellow Captain, well said!

[@shannonlowe2412]

Not sure if Duluth requires all commercial ships to use the harbor pilot, but agree that there was a mechanical issue. Reading the comments very few people know about commercial shipping on The Great Lakes or they would know the scrapped paint is from going through locks.

[@jimlund5022]

No pilot boat captain required, only for the salties.

[@yep1932]

You're in the shot of this that perfect duluth day posted haha

[@HMSFord]

I found out that due to this incident the PRESQUE ISLE had to have a plate welded over a crack.

[@hightechcarpentry]

And right in the town of home office... I'm sure some papers were delivered and exchanged quite promptly.

[@EperogiLimousine]

The angle of this shot 1:10 makes it look like you could touch it, but then there’s a human wide gap, I think the ship ran the rocks at the sides of the canal, as it didn’t make direct wall contact

[@oakleafwellness]

Kudos to the captain, kept trying to get into better position. I would have just left after this 😅

[@jeffreykielwasser3637]

Does it have bow thrusters ??

[@giovannicherico3837]

That horn blast shook me!

[@douglaslett7504]

Wholely molely I haven't heard that for years ! Wow !

[@catmom1561]

Hey!! Who put that pier there? Ummm, could someone move it over so I can get through?

[@thomengel9720]

So what happened to make her brush the wall? Bow thruster didn't work?

[@daemoncan2364]

Bow thruster our of commission?

[@douglasvonfreund8945]

No bow thruster ?

[@tonybutcher4762]

That ship looks like that one car in the carpark all dented up and you know not to park near it, as the owner is bound to hit something on their way out.

[@wezelhond5572]

Hahahahahaha exactly This

[@steemdup]

Goodness, who is driving?

[@Hunkerbunker346]

Should've pushed the park assist button.

[@crunchfootjim4936]

There is another video of the Presque Isle running aground at Pr Huron Mi in March 2010.

[@chinarider022474]

That old girl was assembled in my hometown of Erie, Pa. looks like she’s lived a rough life!

[@theroxs9707]

By the look of that boat it looks like it isn’t the first time it has hit something solid

[@RobertSmith..]

“Presque Isle, US Coast Guard channel 16” Presque Isle, go ahead Coast Guard”. “Roger Captain, when was the last time you were boarded by the Coast Guard because today is your lucky day”.

[@rollydoucet8909]

From the looks of the scrapes on the port side of the bow, crashes are the norm'

[@rickslife]

A fast sanding job.

[@wientz]

good catch!

[@bindlepig8064]

Did you see any booze bottles getting thrown out of the wheel house?

[@RDC_Autosports]

he had an itch on the bow lol

[@curdledcuntjuice]

Holy moly!

[@katherineaustin2477]

Cool video

[@PhantomDrums917]

What was the remedy? Did they back out or did a tug come and pull it away?

[@themspspotter593]

It reversed back out straighten itself out with its bow thrusters. Later in the video it kinda shows it

[@douglashurd8652]

Loaded laker skims guardrail in slippery commute 👌

[@michaelvoorhees2813]

Coming from someone who works tanker barges and looking at the length of that ship and the narrow channel hes coming through with what looks like no assist tugs he probably wanted to ease into the pier to slow his head way down we do it on tow boats all the time

[@themspspotter593]

Only ships from the ocean use tugboats in the canal. The Lakers all have bow and stern thrusters and don't need tugboats. He was just going too fast and couldn't turn fast enough

[@tcm2kd5000]

A bad time to be trying to get over the bridge looks like it will be a bit longer.

[@dafrasier1]

please hold camera steady, still; so we can see what the ship is doing. is the ship backing? did it bounce off the pier?

[@mariaedwards6371]

Ring Dave let's see you done better job walking and filming most likely with a phone. I think it's good footage.

[@mariaedwards6371]

That is long longer than a football field

[@mlarson3107]

what a lucky day.

[@lateshiftsailor]

is the screeching caused by the scraping along the wall, or the noise of the steel beams and spars bending?

[@garrettfalls7953]

Scraping along wall.

[@garrettfalls7953]

No steel beams or spars were bent.

[@lateshiftsailor]

@@garrettfalls7953 thanks for the info :)

[@jimlund5022]

Construction machinery working just off camera

[@robrussell5329]

I assumed it was the Pilot.

[@imxploring]

This is what happens when you navigate by feel. Looks like it's a common occurrence on this ship looking at the hull.

[@ukaszw6623]

Lolz, do it better

[@dave3682]

The hull is scratched up from constantly traversing the 110-foot wide Poe lock at the soo locks, where the 105-foot wide Presque Isle has only 2.5-feet of water on either side of her.

[@Pantheroful]

There's no better brake than a pier to rub against.

[@therago-xm7lg]

I remember watching it live in the live cam and I was holy hell that captain is in deep trouble

[@53glowe]

Shallow trouble actually 😂

[@pismotclam6717]

Dockmaster...

[@jillsmcfarland2001]

Right timing

[@tinkmarshino]

Captain Ron has nothing on this guys eh? Dang that was a looooong ship!

[@markrhuett]

Damn that's a long ship!

[@themspspotter593]

1,000 feet long

[@danpease8395]

Wasn’t the first time, won’t be the last. Called “bank suction “

[@USA-Truck-Train-Ship-Car-lover]

On other long ships from this size, is the wheel house on the front, that is not a bad idea, in bad weather and cloudy view. ye 1000 feet (300 M) that is very long.

[@dickjohnson1158]

Looked like he was giving way to another ship coming in .

[@FreighterChasinMason]

What happend

[@patriciaduvall2565]

That explains the scratches....

[@donahuewittner3022]

How long is that ship 1000 feet

[@oldgoat142]

Yes it is.

[@thgo8906]

O navio grandão quebrou ? 🚢🚢🚢

[@nightlightabcd]

By the look of the ships sides, it appears that it rubs and hits a lot of things a lot!

[@shannonlowe2412]

All commercial ships have the paint scrapped from the sides. It's from going through the locks, these ships just fit into the lock.

[@mopar28m]

It was loaded heavy, the draft was almost 30 feet.

[@ybebjuan461]

A huge ship was down by a rock. The impossible to topple was down by a.... rock. ✝️

[@rogerdickinson920]

Not heard of bow thrusters??

[@papabits5721]

They rub the lock walls all the time and it’s a very common occurrence, not sure why he doing it here though.

[@paulsimpson9286]

Galaxy Quest!

[@HappyQuailsLC]

Looks like this wasn't the first time they had done that, either!

[@travelingman4983]

New guy driving 😂🤣😂🤣🤣

[@davidhumphries7092]

I see Captain Joe Hazelwood ( Exxon Valdez) found a new job!

[@RLTtizME]

Captain Wrong Way Peter Peach Fuzz?

[@garyanddebwi2857]

Call the bridge. We may have bumped something. Send someone forward to look. We'll wait.

[@bargepoled]

This ship is notorious for doing this.

[@dirktate2921]

Looks like that wasn't the first time.

[@billhanna8838]

Nice bit of parking lol

[@christisgod3354]

I hate when that happens. Bow thruster failure??? Texting and driving???

[@SimonElenor]

Too my knowledge they don't have bow thrusters.

[@tomloeper8933]

@@SimonElenor It definitely has a bow thruster. That is what that round symbol is for just under where it says "Presque Isle" on the bow.

[@masterful7574]

Thrusters don’t work at that speed

[@crocodile1313]

@@masterful7574 Do you mean they don't work at "that" forward speed or what?

[@masterful7574]

@@crocodile1313 yes

[@formhubfar]

Why wasnt anyone at the front with a radio?

[@scottbenzing1361]

Normally this isn't a problem.

[@rulerofomicronpersei8]

Yikes, that thing is super long!

[@themspspotter593]

1,000 feet long

[@michaelfarrell8962]

I see no problem here.

[@vernwallen4246]

UH-OH better call maaco!⚓⚓⚓

[@davidfoulk3078]

Hey Boss,you know that brand new $200 million dollar cargo ship you just bought.... we gotta talk!

[@rakaiser7331]

Hold the damn camera still!

[@tracytimberlake6588]

Yes!!

[@christophertmunro358]

I said Rum & Coke on the Rocks!! Not Run the Boat on the Rocks!!!!

[@WootTootZoot]

Captain heard there was a donut shop near by and just thought he’d stop for a minute

[@ddyodaman5515]

Oopsy your fired!!

[@damanyocum149]

uh oh, better get Maaco Captain....

[@alex_lomov]

that wasn't her furst time...

[@merky6004]

Minnesotans when the worst that can happen happens: “Well,that’s not good,” and “Holy Moly.”

[@jonasasplund1423]

Don’t forget “Oof da”

[@clydebalcom8252]

And the skipper was quoted as saying "Oopsy!"

[@chuckjeffery944]

Clyde Balcom My Bad

[@sammyvh11]

Bummer

[@jamesmason4323]

wow isnt concrete so amazing haha

[@flick22601]

I'll bet the mate on duty was wishing the bow thrusters had more power.

[@masterful7574]

Thrusters don’t work at that speed

[@flick22601]

@@masterful7574 - I beg to differ.

[@masterful7574]

flick22601 clearly you have no experience maneuvering ships or in this case ITBs.

[@es-qf2gw]

Guys Don't hey use pilots???

[@evanbarr9270]

Captain CRUNCH

[@jimjonrs3932]

Bow thruster not thrusting.