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  1. Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
    #ShipsOfMastodon
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #DestinationDuluth

  2. Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
    #ShipsOfMastodon
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #DestinationDuluth

  3. Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
    #ShipsOfMastodon
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #DestinationDuluth

  4. Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
    #ShipsOfMastodon
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #DestinationDuluth

  5. Morning arrival in Duluth of the James R. Barker to load ore at the Canadian National dock, 10 May, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
    #ShipsOfMastodon
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #DestinationDuluth

  6. Last time I saw Cold Stream she was mint, gleaming fresh. This is after about a year or so of thumping through the pacific, up and down between NZ and Japan, Korea, China carrying millions of our delicious kiwifruit.
    Ka Pai, Kia Kaha, Cold Stream 💪
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  7. Sunrise arrival in Superior, Wisconsin, of the Paul R. Tregurtha to load ore at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe dock, 29 April, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
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    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #NorthernWayOfLife

    “The Tregurtha's coal hauling days are over and it now pays the bills with a steady diet of taconite pellets (iron ore).” - David Schauer

  8. Sunrise arrival in Superior, Wisconsin, of the Paul R. Tregurtha to load ore at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe dock, 29 April, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
    #ShipsOfMastodon
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #NorthernWayOfLife

    “The Tregurtha's coal hauling days are over and it now pays the bills with a steady diet of taconite pellets (iron ore).” - David Schauer

  9. An evening shot of “vintage iron”: the Lee A. Tregurtha (left) and John G. Munson take on their respective loads of ore at the LS&I dock in Marquette, Michigan’s upper harbor, 25 April, 2026. Photo by Ben Rzonca
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    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior

    “Both of these veteran lakers have a rich history dating back to the 1940s (WWII Pacific & European theater) for the Tregurtha and 1950s for the Munson.” - Ben Rzonca

  10. Double departure under the the aerial lift bridge in Duluth: the American Mariner leads the way with wheat loaded for Buffalo followed by the John G. Munson headed to Marquette to load ore, 23 April, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
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    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #DestinationDuluth

    “The Munson's master salute, parroted by the bridge, was a great way to close out a productive day of maritime photography.” - David Schauer

  11. Red Warning in Tauranga Moana.
    "Whero" is inbound from Busan, South Korea.
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  12. The Mark W. Barker makes a rare stop in Duluth arriving with salt for the Envirotech-Hallett Dock 8, 11 April, 2026. Photo by Gus Schauer.
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    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #DestinationDuluth

    “After unloading, the newest U.S.-flagged Great Lakes bulk carrier (2022) went out into the lake to wait for fleetmate Oberstar to clear Canadian National Dock 6.” - David Schauer

  13. Seriously. For a “boat nerd” like me, sitting in my riverside backyard watching the freighters go by wouldn’t suck and then there’s the Otis Redding: the Indiana Harbor on the St. Clair River in Michigan, 10 April, 2026. Photo by Georgia Closs-Burns.
    #ShipsOfMastodon
    #StClairRiver
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeHuron
    #MusicOfMastodon
    #60sPop

    m.youtube.com/watch?v=UCmUhYSr

  14. Morning arrival in Duluth of the first “saltie” of the shipping season, the Dutch-built, Liberia-flagged Ocean 7 Ranger, 8 April, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
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    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #DestinationDuluth

  15. The H. Lee White heads into Silver Bay, passing Split Rock lighthouse in Two Harbors Minnesota, 5 April, 2018. Photo by Christian Dalbec.
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    #LighthousesOfMastodon
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #NorthernWayOfLife

  16. The Herbert C. Jackson rounding Rice's Point in Duluth at sunrise, 31 March 2018. Photo by Jeff Doty.
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    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior

  17. The folks took my brothers and me to Mackinac in the early 70s, some of the best home made chocolate candy EVER; Great Lakes freighter Wilfred Sykes makes its first pass of the Great Lakes shipping season by Mackinac Island, 28 March, 2026. Photo by Clark Bloswick.
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    #GreatLakes
    #NorthernWayOfLife

  18. The first “blue hour” departure from Duluth of the 2026 shipping season for the Mesabi Miner, loaded with iron ore for Cleveland, 23 March, 2026. Photo by David Schauer.
    #ShipsOfMastodon
    #GreatLakes
    #LakeSuperior
    #NorthernWayOfLife