07/25/2026
Calm Blue Hour Departure!
The H Lee White racing the kids down the pier? They ship began their visit to Duluth arriving June 4 at 09:14 in the morning. Arriving with a cargo of limestone for the Hallett 5 dock in Duluth. Before stopping at Hallett they pulled into the Cenovus dock for a fueling session. 2.0 hours that took out of their day, departing the fuel dock at 11:33. Sailing up the river, they arrived at the Hallett 5 dock at 12:30. 6.5 hours it took to discharge the stone, a pretty quick discharge in my opinion. The pulled in their boom, departed the dock at 19:01. Next job on their dance card was loading wheat at the General mills elevator down "the block" from Hallett, actually next door neighbor to Midwest Energy. The White arrived at General Mills at 19:28 and would stay there loading wheat for the next 25.9 hours. June 5 at 21:21 they departed the Elevator, sailing back down the river to depart Duluth. The H Lee sailed under the Aerial Lift Bridge at 21:51 after being in Port for 36.6 hours. Sailing to Buffalo NY to deliver the Wheat to General Mills out there.
Info from LSMMA:
The H. LEE WHITE was built in 1974 by the Bay Shipbuilding Company of Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. She measures 704 feet in length, 78 feet in width, and 45 feet in depth. She is powered by two 3,600hp 20-cylinder General Motors diesel engines. She is also equipped with 1,000hp bow and stern thrusters to aid her maneuverability in port. The H. LEE WHITE has 30 hatches on her deck which open into 6 cargo holds located below deck; each hatch covering measures 44 by 11 feet. She has a maximum carrying capacity of 35,400 tons. Above her deck is a 251 foot self-unloading boom which allows her to unload her own cargo at a rate of 6,000 per hour without the aid of shore side equipment. The H. LEE WHITE is owned by the American Steamship Company of Williamsville, New York, and she’s operated under charter by Grand River Navigation of Traverse City, Michigan. The H. LEE WHITE is named in honor of former American Steamship Company chairman Harris Lee White. She was the third of ten ships constructed under the provisions of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970, which guaranteed government financing and tax benefits for US Shipping Companies to build new vessels. She is used in the general trades, transporting iron ore pellets, coal, grain, and limestone for American Steamship. With American Steamship being placed under new ownership in 2020, Rand Logistics, the BOLAND was chartered to Rand’s Grand River Navigation company for 5 years starting with the 2021 shipping season.
Ship Information
IMO7366362
MMSI366938770
Year Built1974
Country United States
Call SignWZD2465
Length704'
Width78'
