Ship Hits St. Joseph Bridge

I thought the shipping season was over, but the 620-foot Manistee hit the railroad bridge in St. Joseph, MI, on Tuesday, 12/30/08. The bridge can still carry rail traffic since the damage was only to the fendering system around the bridge supports. The Coast Guard is performing required drug and alcohol tests. My guess is that the freighter's bow thrusters were not sufficient in the winds of December. This was reported in the Herald-Palladium. I assume the Manistee had delivered a load of road salt because she was leaving the harbor empty.

http://www.boatnerd.com/pictures/fleet/manistee.htm

 

Nope.

MUSKEGON — What could be the last vessel of the 2008-09 shipping season — the 647-foot Agawa Canyon — made its way in and out of Muskegon on Tuesday.

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2008/12/agawa_canyon_delivers_salt_her.html

 

No need to apologize. You were thinking of the ice breaker? The new one doesn't look as formidable as the old one.

http://www.mightymac.org/mackinawlaunch1.htm

http://www.theobserver.ca/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1364528