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Great Lakes Fleet

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Great Lakes Fleet (GLF)
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryTransportation
FoundedJuly 1, 1967; 57 years ago (July 1, 1967)
HeadquartersDuluth, Minnesota,
United States
Area served
Great Lakes (North America)
ParentCanadian National Railway Company
Websitewww.cn.ca/en/our-services/supply-chain-services/marine/

Great Lakes Fleet, Inc. is a shipping firm headquartered in Duluth, Minnesota that operates a fleet of nine self-unloading bulk carriers on the Great Lakes transporting dry bulk cargo such as iron ore, coal and limestone.[1]

History

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Great Lakes Fleet was formed on July 1, 1967, when U.S. Steel consolidated its Great Lakes shipping operations by merging the Pittsburgh Steamship Division and its sister fleet, the Bradley Transportation Company forming the USS Great Lakes Fleet.[2]

In 1981, Great Lakes Fleet was spun off into a U.S. Steel-owned subsidiary, Transtar, Inc.[3]

Vessels

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Former Vessels

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References

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  1. ^ "Marine | Transportation Services | Our Services | cn.ca". www.cn.ca. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  2. ^ Miller, Al (1999). Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press. pp. 206, 349. ISBN 978-0-8143-2832-3.
  3. ^ Bencomo, Phil (1 June 2016). "Great Lakes Fleet's Ties to Duluth Stretch Back to 1901 and One Man's Refusal to Leave the Big Lake". Lake Superior Magazine.