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By Bill Miston and FOX6 News Digital Team
MILWAUKEE - A ship with COVID-infected crew members was diverted to Port Milwaukee Thursday, April 1. The 1,000-foot Presque Isle tug-barge, one of the largest freighters on the Great Lakes, was diverted to Milwaukee after leaving Gary, Indiana.
Upon arrival in Milwaukee,20 sailors remained aboard the ore carrier at anchor about six miles offshore, with seven crew members confirmed to have COVID-19 and the rest negative as of Wednesday.
... It marks the first COVID-19 outbreak in the Great Lakes fleet since the pandemic began.
The Presque Isle is operated by Key Lakes Great Lakes fleet based out of Duluth. The articulated tug/barge typically runs a 20 to 25 person crew. It had left two harbors, Minnesota bound for Gary, with a 50,000-ton cargo of iron ore, offloading it there -- along with two crew who were hospitalized.
By Bill Miston and FOX6 News Digital Team
MILWAUKEE - A ship with COVID-infected crew members was diverted to Port Milwaukee Thursday, April 1. The 1,000-foot Presque Isle tug-barge, one of the largest freighters on the Great Lakes, was diverted to Milwaukee after leaving Gary, Indiana.
Upon arrival in Milwaukee,20 sailors remained aboard the ore carrier at anchor about six miles offshore, with seven crew members confirmed to have COVID-19 and the rest negative as of Wednesday.
... It marks the first COVID-19 outbreak in the Great Lakes fleet since the pandemic began.
The Presque Isle is operated by Key Lakes Great Lakes fleet based out of Duluth. The articulated tug/barge typically runs a 20 to 25 person crew. It had left two harbors, Minnesota bound for Gary, with a 50,000-ton cargo of iron ore, offloading it there -- along with two crew who were hospitalized.