The Beatrix Metal Print

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The Beatrix entering the Duluth Ship Canal.

The BEATRIX is a General Cargo Ship built in 2009 and currently sailing for Wagenborg Shipping out of the Netherlands. She is 515 feet long and 59 feet wide.

She is known around the Great Lakes region as a “salty” because she is an ocean going vessel that is small enough to pass through the St. Lawrence Seaway and into the Great Lakes.

Salties often visit to pick up loads from Great Lakes ports to take out to Atlantic Ocean ports. However, they are only able to take a partial load while sailing through the Great Lakes because of their deeper draft and lower buoyancy in the Great Lakes fresh water.

Copyright 2018 Susan Rissi Tregoning

I'm a travel photographer that enjoys photographing United States architecture, nature, and transportation. As the 8th photographer in 4 generations of my family, I don't remember a time when photography was not part of my life. By the time I was five years old, I was standing on a stool in the darkroom, helping my dad develop pictures. It was my job to transfer the photos from the hypo to the water bath. I went to college for interior design. After I graduated, I had a long successful career as an art buyer and designer for a large home furnishings company. In 2006, I had a significant life change. My husband became a medical traveler, and I decided to put my career on hold to tag along. In the process, I found my roots again. What...