Photo feature: The Manitowoc

Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief

LUDINGTON — The 630-foot long MV Manitowoc was in Ludington Monday. The River Class vessel and is owned by Rand Logistics and operated under its subsidiary Grand River Navigation Company. The self-unloading vessel was built in 1973 and was purchased by Rand in 2008. The Manitowoc is designed to carry a variety of cargo types including grain, iron ore, coal, aggregates, salt and other bulk commodities. The vessel has a 260-foot unloading boom and has an unloading rate of 5,000 tons per hour and operates with diesel engines with a total of 5,600 horsepower. The Manitowoc has a sister ship in the Company’s U.S flagged fleet, the MV Calumet, and another with the Company’s Canadian-flagged fleet, the MV Robert S. Pierson.

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