The steamer
Wilfred Sykes loading at Burlington-Northern Santa Fe.
Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2634
Looking aft on
Wilfred Sykes. This is the Sykes first visit to the Twin Ports since 1997.
Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2613
The
Wilfred Sykes loading at Superior, 2006.
Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2657
Captain Ray Sheldon is a 1976 graduate of the Great Lakes Maritime Academy. He has sailed with
Mittal Steel (Ispat Inland, Inland Steel) his entire career. This is Captain Sheldon's first trip into Superior.
Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2607
The ship's logbook keeps a record of every trip a ship makes.
The
Sykes makes about 150 trips a year. In 1999 the Sykes hauled its
largest single season tonnage with 2, 968,887 tons.
The trip to Superior is the 121st of the 2006 season. The
Sykes
will carry approximately 18, 200 tons of taconite pellets to Indiana Harbor.
Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2604
Exterior of
Wilfred Sykes pilothouse.
Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2604
Steam plant on the
Wilfred Sykes.
Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2648
The throttle deck on the
Wilfred Sykes.
SSuperior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2640
Jason "Opie" Cracraft models his Santa hardhat during the holiday season.
Superior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2640
2nd Mate Ken Michels began sailing in 1976 on the
Diamond Alkali.
SSuperior WI, Dec 28, 2006, Image 06-2640
