M/V Mark Barker departing Bay City, Michigan earlier this week, making its way through ice cover. 🚢 #DetroitDistrict #GreatLakesNavigationSystem | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District

Quarterly lifeboat exercise on our M/V Mark W. Barker this week in Toledo! #safetyculture #greatjobs #greatcareers | Interlake Steamship Company

Loading air-cooled slag on our M/V Mark W. Barker today in Indiana Harbor. **For those who are curious: Air-cooled slag is solidified under ambient conditions. Immediately after being discharged from the blast furnace, the molten blast furnace slag is dumped into cooling pits for air-cooling before further processing for slag products. | Interlake Steamship Company

Our new build, the M/V Mark W. Barker, hits water for the first time at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis.! Here's a bird's-eye view of the move from the dry dock where she has been assembled since this summer to her winter berth where work will continue. #MadeInAmerica #ProudUSFlagFleet #SupportTheJonesAct #UnderwayIn2022 | Interlake Steamship Company

From the cargo hold of the M/V Mark W. Barker unloading stone on the Cuyahoga River last night. Deckhands operate front-end loaders to push the last piles of cargo down onto the conveyor belt that travels underneath the holds and onto the unloading boom. | Interlake Steamship Company

Cool view of iron ore flowing into the belly of our M/V Mark W. Barker, loading at Cleveland Bulk Terminal earlier today. It really showcases the unique square-shaped cargo hold design on the 639-foot vessel, the newest and most versatile on the Great Lakes! 🚢⚓️🖤🧡 #interlake #usflagfleet #wedeliver #essentialcargoes #ironore #buildingblocksofamerica #shippingmatters 🎥: Eric Helder | Interlake Steamship Company

🇺🇸Our M/V Mark W. Barker🇺🇸 The pilothouse is being lifted onto the two upper deck modules of the superstructure on our new build, the 639-foot M/V Mark W. Barker, being constructed at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis. She's the first ship being built on the Great Lakes in more than 35 years. #MadeInAmerica #JonesAct #ShippingMatters | Interlake Steamship Company

A glimpse behind the scenes as our M/V Mark W. Barker makes her way through the Welland Canal for her third time into the Seaway. She’s headed to Ogdensburg, New York, with a load of more than 18,000 tons of salt. #wedeliver #essentialcargoes #greatlakes #greatlakers #salt #wellandcanal #maritime #shippingmatters 🎥: Nathan Wasil | Interlake Steamship Company