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Pilothouse of vessel
Captain Tony Estvanic guides the Hon. James L. Oberstar toward the entrance to Indiana Harbor.
This is Captain Estvanic's first command and dock on his own as a relief skipper.
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wheelsman
Wheelsman Jason Roeder
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Pilothouse interior
Arriving off the entrance to Indiana Harbor.
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Oberstar arriving at Indiana Harbor
Inside the entrance to the ArcelorMittal steel mill
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cleaning hatch covers
As the hatch covers are removed crew members wash off any residue from the loading.
All hatch covers and cargo holds are cleaned between cargoes to not cause contamintation.
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James L. Oberstar
Once inside the harbor basin the captain turns the vessel around to make the dock.
Dock Number 7 is on the east side of the ArcelorMittal plant.
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James L. Oberstar
Even moving slowly, a fully loaded vessel carries a lot of momentum.
As the Oberstar nears the dock the deck crew are landed on shore to tie the vessel to the dock.
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Deckhand on dock
A heaving line is tossed to deckhand Larry Flemming.
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Oberstar alongside dock
The Oberstar arrives at Indiana Harbor to unload its cargo of taconite loading at Two Harbors, Minnesota.
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Marks on dockside
Markings on the dock indicate the placement of the vessel in relation to the dockside hopper.
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Unloading at Indiana Harbor
The taconite is unloaded into a dockside hopper. From the hopper the ore is sent
via an enclosed conveyor to the storage yard.
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Unloading at Indiana Harbor
Taconite travels along the belt on the vessel's unloading boom.
The enclosed conveyor line is seen to the left of the ship's boom.
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Unloading at Indiana Harbor
Taconite is carried up the inside loop belt and deposited onto the boom's conveyor belt.
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Unloading at Indiana Harbor
View looking from the unloading boom toward the after cabins of the Oberstar.
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Unloading at Indiana Harbor
The hopper at Dock 7 at Indiana Harbor
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Unloading at Indiana Harbor
Looking down into the hopper from the end of the unloading boom.
It takes anywhere from 8 to 12 hours to unload the vessel
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Unloading at Indiana Harbor
A trickle of pellets means the cargo is almost all on the dock.
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Unloading at Indiana Harbor
Looking down the deck of the Hon. James L. Oberstar as its cargo of 27,800 tons of
taconite are unloaded at Indiana Harbor.
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