Writing,
2022: Sea Service LLC: A
Seaworthy Crew
Fraser Industries: New Owners, New Plans
Azcon Metals: Recyling for Industry
USCGC Spar: A Woman's Touch
Minnesota Navy League Council: On a Mission of Support
Writing,
2021: In Neptune's Realm: The Maritime Legacy of the Thompson & Norick Hard Hat Diving Family privately published
Writing,
2020:
The Port of Superior: An Engine for Growth
Gavilon Grain: Market Driven
Lake Superior National Estaurine Research Reserve
Writing,
2019: Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority
Marine Recycling Corporation of Port Colborne
Writing,
2018:
Witamy na poktadzie (Welcome Aboard) Polsteam A look at one of the few steamship companies operating on the Great Lakes that is owned and operated by a foreign entity. Special thanks to Polsteam New York and Polska Zegluga Morska in Poland.
Writing,
2017:
Forecasting weather on Lake Superior and the Great Lakes in an era of technology is thejob of science and operations officer Dan Miller at Duluth's National Weather Service office.
After over two decades of research and writing, I have self-published the extensive history of Superior's Fraser
Shipyards Inc., focusing on the modern era from 1948 to 2017, with an overview of the origins of the shipyard in 1890
through its early inception to its overall decline in the 1940s.
Writing,
2016:
Climb aboard the S/S Herbert C. Jackson for a ride on the last steamship in the century-old history of the Interlake Steamship Company.
Explore the 60-year history of the Hallett Dock Company, the Twin Port's largest and most successful bulk cargo handling facility.
The Winter issue of the Seaway Port Authority's North Star Port tells the story of Ethan "Big E" McCray, a story of heartbreak, courage, and friendship on the Great Lakes.
"It's one of my favorite fetures included in the magazine in recent years," says Adele Yorde, Public Relations Director at the Duluth Seaway Port Authority.
Writing,
2015: AMI Consulting Engineering, Inc., Superior's marine engineering firm is profiled in Positively
Superior.
Find out whats new at the Transportation and Logistics Research Center at UW-Superior, learn about a legacy of safety on the Great Lakes on the
40th anniversary of the loss of the Edmund Fitzgerald and an overview of Northern Engineering, Inc.
Writing,
2014: As the final Canadian steamer makes it farewell runs, Chief Engineer Bill Armitage sits down to talk about his work and the end of the Algoma Montrealais.
The Fall 2014 cover of North Star Port features my photograph of the Algoma Transport unloading salt, along with a feature article about the salt trade at the Port of Duluth.
Two non-maritime local business profiles for the Duluthian came out in the spring, the first showcasing the W.P. & R.S. Mars Company, and the second taking a look
at Minneapolis Oxygen, and an article for Positively Superior on Lakehead Constructors, Inc.
Writing,
2013: A Lake Superior Magazine feature on Fraser Shipyards, along with a double crew profile
on Capt. Paul Franksand Chief Dave Guay of the Mesabi Miner
A visit with Captain Jim Leaney at Duluth during the first cargo loaded on the new M/V Baie St. Paul;
An article I am very proud of about my hometown shipyard, Fraser Shipyards; Some fun photos of shipyard workers during winter lay-up...two versions, one final and
one rejected with different photos...so it goes.
Writing,
2012: tug-barges are featured here in a story featured for the Port of Duluth, and re-purposed for Seaway Review;
Mariner profile on Bob Hedine; feature story on the renewal of Canadian and American fleets with new builds and re-powering of vessels
Writing,
2011: A box of old photos inspires a story about the Island Creek Coal dock in West Duluth;
An old letter inspires a story about using packet freighters to move livestock at the head of the lakes;
Veteran mariner Don Donovan of Interlake Steamship is profiled;
Cover photo of the new M/V Hon. James L. Oberstar
Writing,
2010: Port's Past about the Duluth-Superior High Bridge, now known at the John A. Blatnik bridge; Tall ships;
Mariner profiles on captain Vaughan Kendall, and Steward Al Chesky;
Feature story on the hard hat diving family of Horace H. Thompson, his son John Thompson, and son-in-law Jerry Norick
Writing,
2009: Mariner profiles on Steve Meyer (Interlake), Clarence Vautier, and Constantin Kakouris(Upper Lakes Group);
Early Seaway days remembered by longshoremen from Superior;
Rookie ship-runner Gerry Grandmaison;
Modern technology aboard Great Lakes vessels;
Superior's Standard Oil dock and tank farm.
Writing,
2008:
A look at the colorful lumber hooker M. C. Neff for Port's Past,
An overview of how the Seaway era
grain trade fueled growth of the Duluth-Superior port; mariner profiles of AB Tim Burke, and Chief Engineer Roger Kuhlmey;
Feature story on captain Gerry Greig of the M/v Canadian Miner;
Feature story on thousand-footers on Great Lakes.
Writing,
2007:
The Russian grain deal of 1973 and the shipyard repair of the Sophie C highlight the Port's Past;
Cover photo of the M/V Federal Hunter; crew profiles of M/V Canadian Ranger captain Pete Klassen and mate Andy Leclerc;
More crew profiles: captain Jack Callahan, captain Ray Sheldon, captain Bill Beatty and the father son tandem of Bill and Trevor Hodder on the Maritime Trader; a feature story on the Wiinikka built Voyageur I
Writing,
2006:
Mariner profiles on Chief Engineers, Eric Wiese (Great Lakes Fleet) and Mark St. Pierre (Interlake Steamship), plus two veteran sailors on the Manistee, Mike Romel and captain Ron Brezinski;
More historical looks for Port's Past, including a look at flour milling in the port, an overview of harbor dredging, the classic Superior built steamship Edward Y. Townsend;
Feature story on Steward Bob Stark
Writing,
2005:
Winter lay-up; cover photo of M/V Indiana Harbor;
Renewal of CSL Assiniboine;
Mariner biography of captain Gil Porter;
Feature story on Duluth-Superior harbor's working waterfronts;
First installments of Port's Past series featuring the old Minnesota Point lighthouse, Superior's Lakehead Pipeline dock, and the stranding of the M/V Socrates
Writing,
2004:
More grain elevator company profiles: AGP, and Peavey-ConAgra at Superior;
A look at Great Lakes Fleet and crew profile of M/V Burns Harbor captains Al Tielke and Dave Lindmark:
Cover photo shot of buoy tender Sundew; vessel profiles of the M/V Indiana Harbor, the ATB Joseph H. Thompson
Writing,
2003:
Duluth-Superior grain elevator company profiles - Cenex-Harvest States, General Mills, and Cargill Duluth;
Cover shot of Duluth Port Authority's Adolf Ojard;
Vessel profiles of the steamer Middletown, the Kaye E. Barker,
the Arthur M. Anderson, M/V Algosoo,
M/V Stewart J. Cort
Writing,
2002:
Cover photo of S/S Cason J. Callaway at Fraser Shipyard;
Captain Mitch Hallin, a tribute
Writing,
2001: Great Lakes mariner Ell Barclay
Writing,
1991 - 1999:
Vessel agent Gerry Grandmaison;
Steamer John J. Boland;
Captain George Eskolin;
1887 era Globe Elevator; steamer J. L. Mauthe;
Steamship Lee A. Tregurtha;
Captain Dick McLean and the fuel tanker Reiss Marine;
A look at the venerable E. M. Ford
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