S.S. Badger auto and passenger ferry beneath new ownership, but mission remains the identical

LUDINGTON, MI –The historic S.S. Badger car ferry is below new ownership, but the ship’s mission as a transport from Ludington to Manitowoc, Wisconsin will continue to be the very same.

Interlake Holding Business announced Wednesday, Dec. 30 that it experienced acquired the belongings of the Lake Michigan Carferry Organization and the Pere Marquette Shipping and delivery Business.

The purchase bundled the S.S. Badger and the articulated tug-barge Undaunted-Pere Marquette 41.

The Interlake Keeping Firm presently owns the Interlake Steamship Corporation, which has a fleet of 9 freighters in the Great Lakes area. It also operates Seastreak, fleet of substantial-speed passenger ferries that work in New York Harbor and from other places on the east coastline like New Bedford, Massachusetts.

Mark W. Barker, president of Interlake Holding Firm, reported there is no anticipated change in S.S. Badger’s operation.

“As a maritime business, we comprehend how vital the Badger connection in between Ludington, Mich., and Manitowoc, Wis. is to these communities,” Barker mentioned in a created assertion. “Interlake is completely fully commited to continuing its operation as the greatest cross-lake passenger service on the Terrific Lakes, a key part of US10 highway and a very important connection across Lake Michigan.”

The S.S. Badger, a 410-foot vessel, dates to 1952. It carried rail vehicles from it’s generation to 1990, then became a automobile ferry shortly soon after that.

The ship, the past coal-fired steamship operating on the Great Lakes, turned a Nationwide Historic Landmark in 2016.

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