Interlake time-charters the Montville barge for Great Lakes Service

The Interlake Steamship Company, through Interlake Logistics Solutions will time charter a hopper barge from the East Coast to operate on the Great Lakes this spring, the Company said in a press release.

The 418-foot Montville, a single-hold, covered hopper barge with a 14,400-short ton capacity will be able to carry a wide variety of cargoes. The Montville barge will eventually feature a rail-mounted gantry that will support a large material handler capable of digging or lifting cargo out of the cargo hold and onto shore.