ANDRIE Settles into Drydock; Layup Update; Lakeshore Towing Moves Cofferdam

KAREN ANDRIE and barge A-397 are now drydocked at Erie Shipbuilding. The tug is inside the building covering the southern 150 feet of the drydock, and the barge A-397 is right behind it. Both are pulled in, which is the first time I can think of that any tenant at the shipyard has pulled a vessel into the drydock. Normally the vessels are backed in.

This morning Lakeshore Towing tugs FLATTOP and DON HENRY moved barge 502 to the Mountfort Terminal, where it was lifted out and placed on the dock. This afternoon FLATTOP and DON HENRY moved the cofferdam for the PRESQUE ISLE from Erie Shipbuilding to the Mountfort Terminal.

Both PRESQUE ISLE and CASON J. CALLAWAY are currently expected at 0500 on Friday for winter layup.

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DON HENRY pushes the barge 502 up alongside the Mountfort Terminal.


Crews from O-N Minerals and Lakeshore go to work to secure the barge to the crane.


Crane begins to lift the 502 from the water.


In mid-air.


Positioning the barge over the dock.


502 is lowered onto the dock.