EDGAR B SPEER
Cargo · United States of America
Current position
No live position received yet. Identity and particulars below.
Identity & particulars
- Name
- EDGAR B SPEER
- IMO number
- 7625952
- MMSI
- 366971330
- Call sign
- —
- Flag
- 🇺🇸 United States of America
- Vessel type
- Cargo
- Gross tonnage
- —
- Deadweight (DWT)
- —
- Length overall
- 306 m
- Beam
- 32 m
- Year built
- 1980
- Builder
- —
- Registered owner
- —
- Operator
- —
Particulars are enriched from public sources as they become available. Position & identity are derived live from AIS.
About EDGAR B SPEER
MV Edgar B. Speer is a very large diesel-powered lake freighter owned and operated by Great Lakes Fleet, Inc, a subsidiary of Canadian National Railway. This vessel was built in 1980 in two halves by American Ship Building Company, in Lorain and Toledo, Ohio, with the two halves being joined in Lorain. The ship is 1,004 feet (306 m) long and 105 feet (32 m) at the beam. It has a carrying capacity of 2,105,527 cubic feet (59,621.9 m3), has a 52-foot (16 m) unloading shuttle boom and is capable of unloading 10,00 NT/hr. The maximum load that the Edgar B. Speer, is cable of carrying is about 74,100 tons. The ship has 20 hatches which are 28 by 11 feet (8.5 by 3.4 m), which open into 5 cargo holds. Unlike her sister ship Edwin H. Gott, Edgar B. Speer has retained her shuttle boom.This unique unloading system restricts her to transporting iron ore to Conneaut, Ohio and Gary, Indiana.
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is EDGAR B SPEER now?
- EDGAR B SPEER has not transmitted a live position recently. Its identity and particulars are kept on this page, and its position will appear here the moment it is detected on AIS again.
- What kind of ship is EDGAR B SPEER?
- EDGAR B SPEER is a cargo sailing under the flag of United States of America, built in 1980. The vessel is 306 m long with a beam of 32 m.
- Has EDGAR B SPEER been detained or sanctioned?
- No detentions or sanctions for EDGAR B SPEER appear in the public sources Seadar tracks (USCG PSIX inspections and the OFAC SDN list).