Return to the Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping home page
Copyright © Boatnerd.com All Rights Reserved.
This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Terms of use
From: Bob Graham
Location: Massena NY
email: her3bayattwcnydotrrdotcom
Remote Name: 74.71.197.39
Date: 10.29.07
Time: 08:34:10 AM
Looking at the "classic" lakers, can someone familiar with ship construction explain why (given similar exterior dimensions) there is apparently a significant difference in the cubic capacity of US-built "730s" (such as the Ryerson) and their Canadian counterparts? I know that capacity for grain cargoes was a priority for Canadian vessels and not for US boats built for captive fleets, but what are the actual structural differences? Larger ballast tanks? Are machinery/bunker spaces on US boats larger?
Return
to the Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping home page
Copyright © Boatnerd.com All Rights Reserved.
This material
may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Terms of use