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From: Leo Ames
Location: Potsdam, NY
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Remote Name: 74.71.216.11
Date: 04.30.08
Time: 10:46:16 PM
Grain and finances would be the reasons I'd give, though I'm sure more knowledgeable members here could elaborate further. Self unloaders were viewed for many years as being unsuitable for grain cargos, and the Canadians carry a lot of grain out the seaway for export overseas, carrying iron ore back into the Lakes. And it cost a lot to convert ships to self unloaders, so combined with the grain and major Canadian iron ore locations maintaining bridge cranes to unload straight deckers, it kept them viable much longer. American fleets don't carry nearly as much grain as their Canadian counterparts do, so they've converted their fleets to make them as versatile as possible to serve ports that don't have self unloading capability, since they don't have grain cargos to worry about, and to make their mode of shipping as attractive as possible to shippers who don't have to be burdened by maintaining bridge cranes, Hulletts, etc.
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