Boland and Cornelius Company was a shipping company founded in 1904 by Messrs Boland and Adam E. Cornelius in

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. Adam Edwards Cornelius came up with the idea of having self-unloading ships to save time and money. Adam Edwards Cornelius self-unloading ships changed the way ships were unloading. In 1907 Boland and Cornelius founded the

American Steamship Company The American Steamship Company (ASC) is an American transportation company that operates a fleet of self-unloading vessels in the Great Lakes. The company is currently owned by Rand Logistics Inc. History The American Steamship Company was fo ...

a subsidiary of Boland and Cornelius Company. American Steamship Company later became the current

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. Boland and Cornelius Company flew a white and red flag with B&C in blue. In 1973, the Boland and Cornelius families sold Boland and Cornelius Company and American Steamship Company to the

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(GATX). GATX sold the shipping company to RAND Logistics Inc. in 2020. RAND Logistics Inc. was founded in 2006 and has purchased other shipping companies. Messrs Boland first shipping company was on the

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with his brothers. Messrs Boland, John J. Boland and Joseph Boland founded the J.J. Boland Company, also J.J. Boland Jr. Company in 1895 in Buffalo, New York. In 1901 Joseph Boland departed the shipping company.

Self-unloading ships

USEPA GL collection 151 DuluthHalletDockSelfunloader

SS Carl D. Bradleyunloading hopper in 1958 Adam Edwards Cornelius bulk-carrier self-unloading ships used a

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arm to unload cargo. The

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was the first to build these new ships.

World War II

In 1941 Boland and Cornelius Company operated as an agent for the American Steamship Company. Boland and Cornelius Company operated a fleet of ships that were used to help the

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effort. During World War II Boland and Cornelius Company operated Merchant navy ships for the

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. During World War II was active with charter shipping with the

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and

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. Boland and Cornelius Company operated

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s and tankers for the merchant navy. The ship was run by its Boland and Cornelius Company crew and the

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supplied

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s to man the deck guns and radio.

Ships

The launch of the SS ''William G. Mather'' SS Yale

* SS ''Yale'' first steel ship * Adam E. Cornelius (1) (1908) * SS William G. Mather built in 1905 *Adam E. Cornelius (2) *Adam E. Cornelius (3), self-unloading ships, built in 1959 *Hugh Kenndey 1907 laker * MV John J. Boland built in 1973 *

MV Saginaw The lake freighter MV ''Saginaw'' was launched as ''John J. Boland'' in 1953, the third vessel to bear that name. ''John J. Boland'' was owned and operated by the American Steamship Company and constructed by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Ma ...

Built in 1953
J.J. Boland Company ships: *SV Alta a 1905 Schooner 1884-1905 *J.J. Boland Jr, sank
Liberty ships operated: * James F. Harrell *

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* La Salle Seam * Darel M. Ritter * Mary Wilkins Freeman * Francis A. Retka * Thomas H. Gallaudet * Pocahontas Seam * Jellico Seam

External links

ASC website

References

{{Authority control Defunct shipping companies of the United States American companies established in 1904

Self-unloading ships

World War II

Ships

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