MIDDLE CHANNEL

  • General
    • Vessel Name : MIDDLE CHANNEL 0
    • Operator : CHAMPION AUTO FERRY, INC. 0
    • Ships Type (ICST) : 329 0
    • Vessel Type : 13 0
    • Construction : A 0
  • Engine
    • Horsepower rating : 600 0
  • Location
    • City : HARSENS ISLAND 0
    • STATE : MI 0
  • Capacity
    • Net Tonnage : 55 0
    • Passenger Capacity : 100 0
  • Size
    • Register length : 48 257
    • Regular Breadth : 30 257
    • Overall Length : 78.9 257
    • Overall Breadt : 30 257
    • Load draft : 6.5 257
    • Light Draft : 6.5 257
    • Height : 30 257
  • Other
    • Year : 1996 0
    • EQUIP1 : NONE 0
    • Coast Guard Number : 1048910 0

CHAMPION AUTO FERRY, INC.

  • Area of Operation : BETWEEN ALGONAC, MI AND HARSENS ISLAND, MI IN THE ST. CLAIR RIVER NORTH OF DETROIT, MI 0
  • Principal Commodity : COMMERCIAL AND PRIVATE VEHICLES 0

CHAMPION

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : A 0

NORTH CHANNEL

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : A 0

SOUTH CHANNEL

  • Type : 13 0
  • Construction : A 0

News

By the Numbers: U.S. Inland Waterways Careers

By the Numbers: U.S. Inland Waterways Careers

The U.S. inland waterways don’t just move cargo — they move people into long-term, well-paid careers. At a time when trucking and rail struggle with shortages, turnover, and burnout, inland waterways operators quietly offer something different: a job you can start without experience, a career you can grow into, and a paycheck that gets better every step of the way.

Israel Intercepts and Stops 14 Gaza Aid Boats

Israel Intercepts and Stops 14 Gaza Aid Boats

Israeli forces stopped 14 boats carrying foreign activists and aid bound for Gaza, flotilla organisers said on Thursday, but 23 boats are continuing to sail towards the war-ravaged Palestinian enclave, according to the flotilla's tracking system.A video from the Israeli foreign ministry verified by Reuters showed the most prominent of the flotilla's passengers

Baltimore: Bulk Carrier Afloat After Explosion

Baltimore: Bulk Carrier Afloat After Explosion

The US Coast Guard and local partners are responding to an explosion aboard the 751-foot Liberia-flagged bulk carrier W-Sapphire in Baltimore Harbor.Responders from Coast Guard Sector Maryland - National Capital Region were dispatched to the area to assist. No injuries have been reported, and the cause of the explosion is under investigation.

Electric Passenger Ship Completes Range Test on Lake Constance

Electric Passenger Ship Completes Range Test on Lake Constance

On July 10, 2025, the electric solar passenger ship "Insel Mainau," designed and built by Ampereship GmbH, completed a range test on Lake Constance. During a 19-hour continuous journey, the all-electric catamaran covered exactly 211.3 kilometers on the lake, with a remaining battery capacity of 20 percent. The ship was back in regular operation the very next day.

Crew Rescued After Attack Near Yemen

Crew Rescued After Attack Near Yemen

The crew of a ship set on fire in an attack in the Red Sea on Sunday abandoned the vessel and were rescued as it took on water, a British maritime agency said, in an assault that private security firm Ambrey said resembles that of the Houthi militant group.The attack, off the southwest coast of Yemen, was the first such incident reported in the vital shipping corridor since mid-April.

Ferry Sinks off Bali, Killing Four as 30 Go Missing

Ferry Sinks off Bali, Killing Four as 30 Go Missing

Four people died, 30 were missing and 31 survived after a ferry carrying 65 people sank near the Indonesian island of Bali, the country's Search and Rescue agency said on Thursday, as rescuers raced to find victims in the rough sea.The KMP Tunu Pratama Jaya sank almost half an hour after leaving East Java province's Banyuwangi port on its way to Bali late on Wednesday, the agency said on Thursday.

Houthi's Response to US Attack “Only a Matter of Time”

Houthi's Response to US Attack “Only a Matter of Time”

A Yemeni Houthi official said on Sunday that the Iran-aligned group's response to the U.S. attack on Iran was "only a matter of time."Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthi movement's political bureau, told Al Jazeera Mubasher TV that its ceasefire deal with Washington was before the "war" on Iran.

LNG Canada Produces First LNG for Export

LNG Canada Produces First LNG for Export

The Shell-led LNG Canada facility has produced its first LNG for export in Kitimat, British Columbia, a spokesperson for the project confirmed on Sunday.The milestone comes in advance of the facility loading its first LNG export cargo, which LNG Canada said it remains on track to do by the middle of this year.

Tanker Vessel Market Flashes Yellow as Middle East Burns

Tanker Vessel Market Flashes Yellow as Middle East Burns

While global energy markets are not yet pricing in worst-case scenarios for the Israel-Iran war, oil tanker rates are providing a good real-time gauge of the escalating risks.Geopolitical risk has spiked following Israel's surprise bombardment of the Islamic Republic last Friday and Iran's retaliatory ballistic missile strikes, leading to a rally in global energy prices

Tanker Trade Stands Firm (for now) Amidst Middle East Conflict

Tanker Trade Stands Firm (for now) Amidst Middle East Conflict

When tensions rise in the Middle East, it can be helpful to look at what is not happening as much as what is.In the crude oil market, this means focusing on the fact that so far not a single barrel of crude oil supply has been lost. It is in the interests of all involved parties that this remains the case.

Satellites Help NOC Track Tidal Change for Safer Port Operations

Satellites Help NOC Track Tidal Change for Safer Port Operations

Scientists at the UK’s National Oceanography Centre (NOC) in Liverpool have used satellite data to create insight into the Mersey River that will help port operators be smarter about managing complex navigation channels. Through a project focused on Liverpool’s famous river and funded by the UK Space Agency

One Year Ago Today: U.S. Maritime Industry Delivers in Wake of FSK Bridge Collapse

One Year Ago Today: U.S. Maritime Industry Delivers in Wake of FSK Bridge Collapse

We are at the one-year since the Francis Scott Key (FSK) Bridge collapsed over the Patapsco River’s Fort McHenry Channel in Baltimore, Maryland.  Nearly 100 percent of the wreckage and debris removal was conducted by the Jones Act private sector U.S. maritime industry.  The FSK collapsed at about 1:28 a.m.