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原文传递 Interlake's Mv. Mark W. Barker Set For Sea Trials Next Week

题名：	Interlake's Mv. Mark W. Barker Set For Sea Trials Next Week
正文语种：	eng
作者：	FRANK MCCORMACK
摘要：	Ship watchers on the Great Lakes will soon see a brand-new "laker" underway when Interlake Steamship Company puts the forthcoming mv. Mark W. Barker to work. The Mark W. Barker, under construction at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., is set for sea trials next week. The 639- by 78-foot ship will have a hull depth of 45 feet and a carrying capacity of 26,000 gross tons. The vessel is named for Interlake's president and second-generation leader, Mark Barker. A new laker is a rare thing, Barker said, making construction of the mv. Mark W. Barker a special project. "On the Great Lakes, we operate in pretty unique water in that we're fresh water, so we have pretty long-lived assets," Barker said. "We have ships running that were built in the '50s." Working in fresh water gives lakers unusual longevity, which makes repowering and modernizing existing ships more common than building new, especially for the U.S. fleet. There have been new articulated tug barges, but not so much lakers.
出版年：	2022
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	136
期：	12
页码：	18,21