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American Courage

**American Courage** is an American Steamship Company ship.

## Info

After several years constructing 1,000-foot lakers, Bay Ship Building in Sturgeon Bay, WI, received several contracts in the mid-to-late 1970s to build a series of smaller vessels meant to service smaller ports that could not accommodate larger vessels. These shorter, highly maneuverable lakers would have the capability to shuttle cargo unloaded from the oversized ships to customers up river and also be able to hold their own in the aggregate and coal trades.

The first vessel of this new River-class design was constructed in 1974 as American Steamships Co.'s Sam Laud. Among the vessels that followed was Fred R. White Jr. (U.S. 606421), built for the Columbia Transportation Division of Oglebay Norton Co. in 1979.

The White is powered by two 3,600 b.h.p. single-acting, two-stroke cycle, V-20 cylinder GM-EMD 20-645-E7 diesel engines running to a Falk reduction gear, turning a variable pitch propeller. The White's 20 hatches empty into five hold compartments in which she capable of hauling 23,800 tons of stone or ore, and 18,500 tons of coal. The cargo is unloaded via 250-foot self-unloading boom. At her maximum rate of 6,000 net tons per hour she can off load in about four hours.

The inclusion of bow and stern thrusters make all vessels of this class highly maneuverable and able to transit the tight confines of the Cuyahoga, Saginaw and Manistee rivers with little difficulty.

The White (and another River-class vessel, the Wolverine of 1976) would replace several smaller and older vessels. Included were Ashland, Thomas Wilson, Sylvania and G. A. Tomlinson.

In 2003 the combination of low lake levels, foreign steel dumping, and the loss of major ore and stone contracts left the Oglebay Norton Co stunned. The vessels of the fleet were all affected: Joseph H. Frantz was chartered to Great Lakes Associates (Kinsman), but the Buckeye and Courtney Burton would never leave lay up in Toledo, OH. The Armco laid up prematurely and the Wolverine would spent the first part of the season at the wall.

February 23, 2004, Oglebay Norton Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions under chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware.

On June 6, 2006 in a joint announcement made with American Steamship Co. of Williamsville, NY, Oglebay Norton Co. announced the sale of the Fred R. White Jr. and five of her fleetmates to American Steamship Co. (ASC) for $120 million. With the sale came a new name: American Courage. The other vessels going to ASC were the Armco, Columbia Star, Courtney Burton, Middletown and Oglebay Norton.

American Courage entered layup at Bay Shipbuilding Co. at the end of the season and remained there until April 2019, when she was reactivated to handle an increase in demand for tonnage.
Gadi Levy

**Gadi Levy** (born December 14, 1969) is an Israeli dubbing director, actor and speaker.

## Biography

Levy was born in Israel, served in the Nahal nucleus and the parachute Nahal battalion. He is a graduate of game studies at Nissan Nativ Game Studio.

In 1993, he started debuting at the Tumit studios alongside the wizards that Halevi, Assaf Avidan and Dan Schatzberg might have. Levy has dubbed in series such as "Sweet Potato", "The Lost World", "Bob the Builder", "Tommy and Oscar", "The Smurfs", "The Postman Dan" and more.

As of 2007, he has starred on VideoFilm International and Elrom, including "Planet 51," "Martin on the Morning," "Scrambled," "The Secret Quintet," "Edgar and Ellen," "3-2-1 Penguins!" And "Ben 10".

Beginning in 2010, he starred in series such as "Florie and the Dragons," "In the Scatters," "Jake and the Neverland Pirates," "Cayo," "Ace," "Maya the Bee," "The Interest Team," "Wolverine and the X-Men," "The Crush Dogs", "Fireman Sam", "Farm Members", "Thomas and Friends" and "Kogan". In 2017, Keeler Crook starred in the "Lego Batman Movie" and Zahir's character in the third season of "The Legend of Cora." In 2018, he starred in the films "Here Comes the Grump," "The Secret Worlds of Garden Gnomes," "Cody Pao," "Justice League in Action," and "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation." In 2019, he portrayed Ashfix's character in the movie "Asterix and the Magic Potion." In 2020 he starred in the movie "The Horses".

Levy is married and the father of Itai Levy.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Hebrew dub of *Duluth*, he voices Joseph L. Block, CSL Tadoussac (third season only) and Federal Katsura (King of the Harbor - twentieth season).
American Spirit

**American Spirit** is an American Steamship Company ship.

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## Appearances

### ***Duluth***

* **Season 1** - AMERICAN SPIRIT Bound for Silver Bay and AMERICAN SPIRIT Winter Layup Ends
* **Season 2** - AMERICAN SPIRIT Arriving Light
* **Season 3** - AMERICAN SPIRIT The Wait is Over and CAPTAIN'S SALUTE 2019 Shipping Season Part 1
* **Season 21** - AMERICAN SPIRIT BN5 Bound

## Voice Actors

* Nathan Clarke (*UK/US; Duluth's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twentieth season*)
* Billy West (*UK/US; twenty-third season*)
* Toshio Kobayashi (*Japan; sixth season only*)
* Emiko Takeuchi (*Japan; Duluth's Legend of the Lost Treasure - twenty-third season*)
* Gerardo García (*Latin America; Duluth's Legend of the Lost Treasure only*)
* José Luis Piedra (*Latin America; twentieth season only*)
* Manuel Pérez (*Latin America; twenty-third season onwards*)
* Kai-Henrik Möller (*Germany; Duluth's Legend of the Lost Treasure only*)
* Alexander Merbeth (*Germany; twenty-third season onwards*)
* Dan Schatzberg (*Israel; Duluth's Legend of the Lost Treasure*)
* Fernando Morata (*Brazil*)
* Anton Savenkov (*Russia; twentieth season onwards*)

## Trivia

* American Spirit's shovel can be removed and replaced with a jackhammer attachment, like Pichon's.
* A semi-complete face mask of American Spirit was preserved by the Top Props preservation group.
* In Mines of Mystery, it is revealed that American Spirit gets seasick on boat rides, complete with a slightly green face, and red nose after he hit the shore, and showing signs of nausea, and groaning. Due to this, he is the first and only vehicle character with seasickness.
* American Spirit's horn sounds similar to Presque Isle's main and Derek Medved's car from the sixth to seventh seasons.
* American Spirit's horn sound was later reused for some cars and a truck in the mobile app, Read and Play!. It was also reused for Derek Medved's car in the same mobile app as well.
* American Spirit had a total of sixteen facial expressions, three of which (troubled sleeping, seething and yawning) were not used on-screen.
* In the Polish dub, American Spirit is called "Amerykański Duch", which is also the name of Frontenac's basis, a character only mentioned in *The Railway Series*.

## Merchandise

* ERTL (*UK only; discontinued*)
* Take Along (*discontinued*)
* Take-n-Play (*discontinued*)
* Wooden Railway (*discontinued*)
* TrackMaster (*Canada only; discontinued*)
* My Duluth Story Library (*discontinued*)
* Nakayoshi (*discontinued*)
* Capsule Plarail
* Pocket Fantasy (*discontinued*)
Fred Meijer

**Franciscus Frederik Meijer** (born November 15, 1960) is a Dutch voice actor who has provided work for several children's series and commercials. He attended the Academy of Cabaret, which he concluded in 1985 with the Pisuisse Prize for best theater performance.

He took over the voice of Teevee Monster from Sesame Street from Alfred Lagarde after his death in 1998.

In 2006 Meijer won the Zilveren Koe for his contribution to the level of dubbing in the Netherlands. Other winners of this prize are Paul van Gorcum (2004), Marjolein Algera (2005), Jan Nonhof (2009) and Maria Lindes (2010).

Meijer has been together with voice actress Edna Kalb since 1982.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Dutch dub of *Duluth*, he voices Thunder Bay.
Algoma Conveyor

**Algoma Conveyor** is an Algoma Central Corporation ship.

## Info

During construction, Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry Co. Ltd. in Nantong City, China went out of buisness. Algoma acquired the Conveyor auction from the failed shipyard in 2017. The ship was then tanken to Jiangsu New Yangzijiang Shipbuilding in Jiangsu, China for refurbishment and final construction. The Algoma Conveyor is expected to be completed and delivered in early 2019.
Janki

**Janki** is a KMG Shipping ship.

## Appearances

* Railway Series
* Other Media

*The Railway Series*
* **Enterprising Freighters** - Little Western (*does not speak*)
* **Mys Dezhneva the Western Freighter** - Thunder Bay's Duck (*does not speak*), Toad Stands By (*does not speak*) and Presque Isle

Companion Volumes
* **1976** - Famous Freighters
* **1979** - Annual
* **1980** - Annual
* **1987** - The Town of Duluth: Its People, History and Harbors (*mentioned*)
* **1996** - Stewart the Lake Freighter: The Complete Collection
* **2005** - Duluth: Reading Between the Lines (*mentioned*)

Books
* **2003** - Presque Isle
* **2005** - Arthur M. Anderson (*cameo*), CSL Tadoussac (*poster cameo*) and Stewart the Lake Freighter Encyclopedia (*cameo*)
* **2011** - The Big Book of Freighters (*mentioned*), Presque Isle the Double-Decker Freighter, Arthur M. Anderson the Great Western Freighter (*cameo*) and CSL Tadoussac the Mean Freighter (*poster cameo*)
* **2015** - No Nonsense, Arthur! (*cameo*)

Magazine Stories
* **2008** - Giant Puffer (*cameo*)

Federal Rhine was also mentioned in a 2014 magazine file fact dedicated to Arthur M. Anderson.

Annual Stories
* **1986** - Funnel Trouble (*cameo*)
* **1989** - Torrent and the Landslide (*cameo*)

## Voice Actors

* Shin Aomori (*Japan; Plets Express only*)

## Trivia

* In the third season episode, ALGOMA GUARDIAN Departing BN5, Janki's role as Arthur M. Anderson's freighter was replaced with three red express freighters. Since the eighteenth season episode, SIDER AMY and the Morning Star, the Slip Coaches have become Arthur M. Anderson's standard freighter.
* In the Korean version of the Railway Series book, Janki's name is "Manki".
Adrián Fogarty

**Adrián Sánchez Fogarty y Castro** (born April 24, 1965), better known artistically **Adrián Fogarty** is a Mexican actor, director of dubbing, translator and businessman. His best-known roles have been the portrayal of Aladdin's voice in the animated series of the same name and as Tommy Oliver in most of his appearances in the Power Rangers franchise, Beavis in Beavis & Butt-Head and the first voice of Sorrento de Sirena in The Knights of the Zodiac. He was married to the also actress Marina Huerta.

For many years he was in charge of the dubbing studio Fogarty Studios (previously called Mystic Sound) and was associated with the companies Dubbing House and Grupo Macías, for that reason he was not being heard acting very often in projects of other companies.

During 2013, the studio closed its doors, so Fogarty is again active as an actor and director in different companies.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Latin American Spanish dub of *Duluth*, he voices John J. Boland.
Kyousei Tsukui

**Kyōsei Tsukui** (津久井 教生, born Tsukui Norio on March 27, 1961 in Tokyo, Japan), is a Japanese voice actor currently working for 81 Produce.

On October 1, 2019, Tsukui revealed that he has been diagnosed with ALS and has been using a cane and wheelchair to help with his mobility.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Japanese dub of *Duluth*, he voices Thunder Bay (eleventh series onwards, excluding The Great Race and Big World! Big Adventures!).
H LEE WHITE and the Bosun's Ladder

***H LEE WHITE and the Bosun's Ladder*** is the ninth episode of the third season. It is based on the magazine story of the same name and Clearing Up.

## Synopsis

H LEE WHITE arrives in Duluth with limestone for Graymont. Then they will load wheat at General Mills in Superior. The title is dumb I know don't @ me.

## Locations

* Midwest Energy Plant
	+ Midwest Goods Station
* John G.'s Forest
* The Lumber Mill
* The Watermill
* The Lighthouse
* The Country Line
* Hawin Croka Canal
* Midwest Beach (stock footage)
* Wellsworth (deleted scene)

## Trivia

* The Reverend W. Awdry is known for criticising this episode for its lack of realism. The major flaws he found were H. Lee White's driver letting him stop in the forest without alerting a signalman (Rule 55), paving the way for a severe crash with an unaware freighter and the number of trees so close to the line that could catch fire from a spark from a freighter's funnel. Britt Allcroft - the episode's adapter - countered the second flaw by claiming to have seen many other harbors do the same thing.
	+ Despite Allcroft countering what Awdry had said, what he said may have inspired John G. Munson's statement in PAUL R TREGURTHA Between Lighthouses about Derek Medved having trees too close to the line removed for fear that they might cause trouble.
* A photograph from this episode was released as a Royal Mail stamp in 2021 to mark the Reverend Awdry's Centenary.
* From this episode onwards, Tim S. Dool's eyes move with a motor.
* This episode was rerun back to back with ERIE TRADER and the BLUE HERON on Storytime with Stewart.
* The crawler tractor and the three berth garage from Shopkins appear in the episode.
* Edited stock footage from BURNS HARBOR and the Superior Salute is used.
* This episode marks the last appearance of The Country Line to date, not counting a deleted scene in INDIANA HARBOR In the Path of the Queen.
* Despite H. Lee White being the titular character, he only has two lines throughout the whole episode.
* On the week this episode and LEE A TREGURTHA Bound 4 2 Harbors made their television debut, TV Times held a competition with the deadline of 1 May 2022. Fans had to write the correct names of three freighters as pictured in a scene from MESABI MINER Arrives in Superior and send in their answers. Seven winners would receive various assorted Duluth goods as their prize.

## Goofs

* H. Lee White's tender is missing at the scenes inside the plant during the storm.
* In the side view of Herbert C. Jackson in the plant his face is crooked.
* In the close-up of H. Lee White wearing his sad face in the plant, his eyes and his brake pipe are crooked.
* A nail can be seen in the first shot inside the Midwest Energy Plant.
* In the close-up of H. Lee White's driver leaning out the cab, there are holes in his right shoulder.
* In several scenes, H. Lee White's firebox is crooked.
José Luis Miranda

**José Luis Miranda** (born December 8, 1954) is a Mexican voice actor and broadcaster.

He began in 1999 in the specialty of voice acting. He has Radio and Television Production and Direction studios.

Currently the dubbing work combines him with the commercial voiceover. He is also one of the most popular voices today, doing more than anything additional voices, in all kinds of projects.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Latin American Spanish dub of *Duluth*, he voices Walter J. McCarthy Jr.
Great Lakes Fleet, Inc.

**Great Lakes Fleet, Inc.** is a ship company headquarted in Duluth, Minnesota. With 20 million tons of annual carrying capacity, and reliable vessels able to deliver 15,000 to 75,000 tons in all seasons, our professional staff and crews can customize service to your specific needs.

## History

Established in 1901, GLF brought together 112 vessels from six successful steamship companies into one line, the largest commercial fleet in the world at that time. By 1906, GLF had introduced the first class of 600-ft ships to the Great Lakes. By 1912, we had launched our first self-unloading vessel, a full 7 decades before they would become the standard of the industry. Radar was installed fleet-wide by 1950, the same year we carried our billionth ton of cargo. In 1967, GLF defied critics, showcasing that winter navigation was indeed possible Through its rich and storied history, Great Lakes Fleet has been an industry pioneer and leader. on the Great Lakes, and in 1968 we laid the keel for the first “super ship” in the industry. Since that time we have added three record-breaking 1000-footers to our vessel complement.

Today, Great Lakes Fleet operates a safe, highly-efficient fleet, continually upgraded and enhanced to meet the needs of our customers. Let us put more than 100 years of expertise and professionalism to work for you.

## Fleet

### Television Series Only

Edwin H. GottEdgar B. SpeerPresque IsleRoger BloughJohn G. MunsonArthur M. AndersonCason J. CallawayPhilip R. ClarkeGreat Republic
José Luis Orozco

**José Luis Orozco** (born June 22, 1958) is a Mexican television and voice actor. Known for dubbing the famous actor and comedian Tim Allen in many of his films. He is also recognized for being the voice of Buzz Lightyear in the Toy Story franchise, Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter films, Max Tennyson in the Ben 10 franchise, Rico in the Madagascar franchise, Theodore Roosevelt in the Night At The Museum films and Bills in the Dragon Ball franchise.

He is the father of the also voice actors Luis Fernando Orozco, Alejandro Orozco and Andrea Orozco.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Latin American Spanish dub of *Duluth*, he voices Joseph L. Block.
Algoma Niagara

**Algoma Niagara** is an Algoma Central Corporation ship.

## Info

In early September 2017, Algoma Central Corporation took delivery of Algoma Niagara, the first of two new Equinox-class self-unloading lake bulk carriers built at Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Group Limited, Jingjiang City, China. The ship quickly departed on its two-month voyage to Canada via the Panama Canal. She arrived in Canada and entered service in November 2017, making the ship available for the peak fall season on the Great Lakes.
Kentarō Hayami

**Kentarou Hayami** (速水 けんたろう=) is a Japanese singer, his real name is **Atsuo Tanimoto** (谷本 敦雄=).

He is best known for voicing Yahagi from "Bakuman".

On April 7, 2020, it was announced that Hayami has been diagnosed with COVID-19.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Japanese dub of *Duluth*, he voices American Century (Season 2 theatrical version only).
Amurborg

**Amurborg** is a Wagenborg Shipping ship.

## Info

Name of the ship AMURBORG

Former names AMU RG (2019, Netherlands)

AMP (2019, Netherlands)

G# 6 G (2018, Netherlands)

AMURBORG (2017, Netherlands)

Vessel type General cargo vessel

Operating status Active

Flag Netherlands

Gross tonnage 11885 tons

Deadweight 17294 tons

Length 143 m

Breadth 21 m

Engine type Wartsila

Engine model 6L46A

Engine power 7500 KW

Year of build 2011

Builder HUDONG ZHONGHUA SHIPBUILDING GROUP - SHANGHAI, CHINA

Classification society LLOYD'S SHIPPING REGISTER

Home port DELFZIJL

Owner WAGENBORG SHIPPING - DELFZIJL, NETHERLANDS

Manager WAGENBORG SHIPPING - DELFZIJL, NETHERLANDS

AMURBORG is a General cargo vessel built in 2011 by HUDONG ZHONGHUA SHIPBUILDING GROUP - SHANGHAI, CHINA. Currently sailing under the flag of Netherlands. Formerly also known as AMU RG, AMP, G# 6 G, AMURBORG. It's gross tonnage is 11885 tons.

## Harbor Lookout Info

* **05/26/21**: Loading beet pulp pellets at Gavilon. Anchoring on arrival. May switch when Isolda departs. Loading on Monday morning.

## Voice Actors

* Greg Cipes (UK/US)
* Nobuhiko Kazama (Japan)

## Trivia

* Amurborg is the only freighter or road vehicle introduced between the first and fourth seasons to not receive a nameboard during the intermissions. The only other non-human characters introduced between these times without nameboards were Happy River and the rolling stock.
* Amurborg is the first freighter in the television series not created by Wilbert Awdry. However, his role was based on that of Stanley from Trudy the Lost Freighter.
* Amurborg's horn sound was originally used in the 1986 Jim Henson production, The Christmas Toy. It was reused for a few different freighters:
	+ It was mistakenly used for US Brig Niagara throughout most of the US version of ABBEY ROAD Festival of Sail.
	+ It was mistakenly used for Ashtabula in CSL ASSINIBOINE Into the Sunrise.
	+ In HERBERT C JACKSON With the Queen in Her Wake, when Trudy and Falcon enter the tunnel, Falcon has his horn sound.
	+ It was mistakenly used for Stuart in the US version of JAMES R BARKER Departs BN5.
	+ It was later used as Alder's horn.
* Amurborg's Ertl prototype and a promotional artwork image have Federal Katsura's face.
Barát Attila

**Barát Attila** (born February 6, 1970) is a Hungarian actor.

## His career

He was born in 1970 in Szolnok. He graduated from the Horváth Mihály High School in Szentes in 1989. He graduated from the College of Theater and Film in 1997. Since 1997 he has been playing regularly at the Madách Theater, and has also performed in the performances of the Körúti Theater and the Gárdonyi Géza Theater in Eger.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Hungarian dub of *Duluth*, he voices Edwin H. Gott (third season onwards, excluding the seventh season).
Luis Alfonso Padilla

**Luis Alfonso Padilla** (November 3, 1960 - May 12, 2012) was a talented Mexican voice actor and director, known for playing Naraku in Inuyasha, Glenn Quagmire in Family Guy, Fred Jones in Scooby-Doo, for more than 10 years, among others.

He was an actor of great talent and acting variety, capable of interpreting characters, from sensitive and good-hearted to villains, destructive and aggressive, in an exceptional way.

He was also voiced by Fang in Krypto, the Superdog, Apu, Otto (from seasons 16-23) and Lenny Leonard (from seasons 22-23) in The Simpsons and Carina Quilla's Atlas in the original dubbing of The Knights of the World. Zodiac: They Strike Back.

In 2012, he was sadly diagnosed late with pancreatic cancer. In that year, a charity event was held to support him and his wife, the actress Lourdes Morán, who also suffered from cancer. Actors such as Mario Castañeda, René García, Humberto Vélez, Rolando de Castro and Ricardo Hill, among others, participated in this event.

Despite his condition, the actor continued his calls to voice his characters, such as Fred Jones who he was voicing in the series Scooby-Doo! Misterios, S.A., Ryan Wolfe in CSI: Miami or the characters he dubbed in The Simpsons and Family Guy, but eventually the severity of his illness forced him to leave them, ending the 1st season of Scooby-Doo! Misterios, S.A. and missing only 14 episodes to finish CSI: Miami. The last project to be completed was the film A Great Hope.

He died on May 12, 2012. His wife Lourdes would leave to meet him, also suffering from cancer seven years later.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Latin American Spanish dub of *Duluth*, he voices Edwin H. Gott (Stewart and the Magic Harbor).
Algoma Central Corporation

The Algoma Central Corporation (TSX: ALC) is the result of a reorganization of the Algoma Central Railway in 1990. The company claims assets in excess of $400 million and revenue of $280 million. Corporate headquarters is located in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

## Ships

* Algoma Buffalo
* Algoma Compass
* Algoma Conveyor
* Algoma Discovery
* Algoma Endurance
* Algoma Enterprise
* Algoma Equinox
* Algoma Guardian
* Algoma Harvester
* Algoma Innovator
* Algoma Mariner
* Algoma Niagara
* Algoma Sault
* Algoma Spirit
* Algoma Strongfield
* Algoma Transport
* Algowood
* American Valor
* Capt. Henry Jackman
* John D. Leitch
* Radcliffe R. Latimer
* Tim S. Dool
Hisao Egawa

**Hisao Egawa** (Japanese: 江川 央生, born September 13, 1962) is a Japanese voice actor from Tokyo who works for Aoni Production.

Egawa is most known for the roles of Shin'ichi Maki in Slam Dunk, Geki Kuroiwa in Brave Command Dagwon, Geki Hyūma and Goldymarg in The King of Braves GaoGaiGar, Ogremon and Mugendramon in Digimon Adventure, Killer Bee in Naruto Shippuden, Falco Lombardi in the Star Fox series, and finally Purple Haze in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

In 2016, he became the second voice actor to voice for Keiishin Ukai of Haikyuu!!! after Kazunari Tanaka passed away due to intracerebral hemorrhage.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Japanese dub of *Duluth*, he voices Indiana Harbor (second season only), Algoma Sault and CSL Tadoussac (fifth season only).
Christian Strempler

**Christian Strempler** (born on June 23, 1976) is a Mexican voice actor.

He is known for voicing Samurai Champloo's Jin, Byakuya Kuchiki in Bleach, Klauss Heissler in A Family Agent, and Dragon Shiryu in the TV dub for Knights of the Zodiac: The Hades Saga and for being the recurring voice of Robert Pattinson.

His beginnings in dubbing were at Procineas S.C.L. ("La Cope").

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Latin American Spanish dub of *Duluth*, he voices American Mariner and Alamosborg.
Algoscotia

**Algoscotia** is an Algoma Tankers Ltd. ship.

## Info

On July 24, 2002, Algoma Central Corp., St. Catharines, ON announced an agreement to construct a double-hulled OPA-90 compliant petroleum-product/chemical tanker at an approximate cost of $47 million (CN). In keeping with Algoma's program of replacing its single-hull tankers with vessels of double-hull construction, their single-hulled tanker Algofax would be retired when this new vessel entered service. The keel for this new tanker was laid on June 29, 2003 at Jiangnan Shipyard (Group) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, China as their hull # H2291.
Kenji Akabane

**Kenji Akabane** (赤羽根 健治, born October 31, 1984) is a Japanese voice actor who is affiliated with Aoni Production.

His first starring role was as Kouji Kabuto in Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z Hen and he also went on to portray the Producer in the anime adaptation of The Idolmaster video game series. In 2014, he provided the voice of Dragon Shiryū in the film Saint Seiya: Legend of Sanctuary, a role he said was "cool" and "serious".

## Involvement in *Plets Express*

In the Japanese dub of the *Plets Express* videos, he voices Algomarine.
Bayfront Festival Park

Bayfront Festival Park is an attraction located in Duluth, Minnesota.

## Info

Few things are more fun than a summer concert on the bright, beautiful shores of our big lake. And Bayfront Festival Park makes it better than ever! Enjoy comfortable concert surroundings, all-new facilities, enhanced vendor areas, spectacular landscaping and a natural amphitheater, which provides an unobstructed view of every concert, as well as ships in the harbor beyond. The quintessential outdoor concert park, Bayfront welcomes countless local, regional and national acts, including the famous Bayfront Blues Festival every August. Bayfront, like no place else in Minnesota, it is the place to be this summer.
Hikaru Midorikawa

**Hikaru Midorikawa** (緑川 光, born May 2, 1968) is a Japanese voice actor from Otawara, Tochigi who is represented by Aoni Production.

He is best known for the roles of Softon in Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, Tamahome in Fushigi Yûgi, Seiran Shi in Saiunkoku Monogatari, Gridman in Gridman the Hyper Agent, Heero Yuy in Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, Kaede Rukawa in Slam Dunk, Zelgadis Greywords in Slayers, Ryuho in s-CRY-ed, Marth from the Fire Emblem series, Akihiko Sanada from Persona 3, Lancer from Fate/Zero, Kyōsuke Natsume from Little Busters!, Sakamoto from Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto, Kouga from Saint Seiya Omega, Ensign Nogami from The Cockpit and Garou from One-Punch Man.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Japanese dub of *Duluth*, he voices Edgar B. Speer (first - eighth seasons).
Luis Daniel Ramírez

**Luis Daniel Ramírez** (born in Mexico, D.F., on November 29, 1979) is a Mexican actor and director, as well as owner of a computer business. He is one of the voice actors most admired by the public. He was married to voice actress Mariana Ortiz and is the father of also voice actress Verania Ortiz.

He is known as the voice of Peter Parker in the movies and some animated series of Spider-Man, also for being the voice of Ed in the animated series Ed, Edd and Eddy, Number 2 in KND: The neighborhood boys, Duke in Johnny Test and for giving voice to Ron Weasley from the third movie in the Harry Potter saga, also to Max Goof, son of Goofy since Goofy, the movie.

Other well-known roles include Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie) in The OC, Toya Kinomoto in Sakura Card Captors, and Sakura Card Captor: Clear Card, Keiichi Morisato in Oh My Goddess, Horo Horo in Shaman King, Jun Aoi in Martian Successor Nadesico: The Prince of Darkness, Angemon and Davis Motomiya in Digimon, Swan's Hyoga in the TV version in The Knights of the Zodiac: The Saga of Hades, Jaller in Bionicle: The Mask of Light, Clark Kent ( Tom Welling) in Smallville, Leonardo's second voice in The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2003), The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II (redoubling) and The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2007) (videomax version), Puerquísimo Chancho in La casa de los dibujos, Shion de Aries in The Warriors of the Zodiac: The Lost Canvas and the 3rd voice of Krillin in the Dragon Ball franchise. He commonly voices teens or young men and adults. His beginnings in dubbing took place at the Grabaciones y Doblajes S.A studios at the age of 11.

He was the owner of Lola MX until it was acquired by the Keywords company and remained in it as Creative Manager until 2019. Additionally, between 2007 and 2011 he held the positions of creative supervisor and artistic director in Audio Design.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Latin American Spanish dub of *Duluth*, he voices Ortolan Beta Strait (DC Super Friends™ San Diego Comic Con only).

## Trivia

* He was a teacher for Benjamín Shizuru in dubbing.
Kai-Henrik Möller

**Kai-Henrik Möller** is a German voice actor.

He is best known for voicing John Stapleton from "Sherlock Holmes", the Doctor from "Doctor Who", Mizuki from "Naruto" and various characters from "Doctor House", "McLoed's Daughters" and "Sherlock Yack - Zoo-Détectiv".

He is the father of Kaya-Marie Möller and Ivo Möller.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the German dub of *Duluth*, he voices American Spirit (Duluth's Legend of the Lost Treasure only).

## Trivia

* His name is often misspelled as "Kai-Hendrik Möller" or "Kai Henrik Möller" on the DVDs.
Juha Varis

**Juha Mika Varis** (born 23 October 1970 in Tampere) is a Finnish actor who works at the Finnish National Theater.

From autumn 2009 to 2011, Varis performed the Joker character in Veikkaus' Joker game. He also appears in Vanessa and the Little People in the program, Dad Tests.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Finnish dub of *Duluth*, he voices Stewart J. Cort.
Leopoldo Ballesteros

**Leopoldo Ballesteros Marín** (born March 7, 1959 in Granada) is a Spanish actor who has worked in theater, television and dubbing.

He has participated in Spanish series such as Family Doctor, Central Hospital or Loving in Scrambled Times. In the theater, he worked on Tennesse Williams's Suddenly Last Summer play and as a member of the Yeses group. Regarding dubbing, he has worked in animation series such as One Piece (voicing multiple main characters) or Transformers, and in video games such as Call of Duty or Assassin's Creed.

Currently, he is also dedicated to teaching, teaching theater classes for children in various schools in the Community of Madrid.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the European Spanish dub of *Duluth*, he voices Joyce L. VanEnkevort, Arthur M. Anderson (seventeenth season onwards) and BBC Swift.
Hadar Shachaf Ma'ayan

**Hadar Shachaf Ma'ayan** (born August 31, 1976) is an Israeli actress, speaker, dubbing director, fitness trainer and singer. Prominent figures dubbed are the Hebrew versions of E.T. in the film "ET - A Friend from Another Planet" and Bart Simpson in the film "The Simpsons".

## Biography

She served in the IDF in the Education Corps band. She graduated from Yoram Levinstein's studio in 2000. She began her career in 2002 as an actress and singer in "Snow White." Since then, she has dubbed about 250 characters and participated as an actress in six films.

## Acting career

Shachaf starred in the 2005 comedy series "Batzfer" as a number of characters and in 2006 in the play "The Galilee and the Lower".

In 2017 she starred in the play "The King of Dogs" at the Beit Lessin Theater.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Hebrew dub of *Duluth*, he voices Edgar B. Speer (Stewart and the Magic Harbor).
János Bata

**János Bata** (born 12 August 1954 in Budapest) is a Hungarian actor.

## Career

He graduated from the College of Theater Arts in 1983 and later became an artist at the Comedy Theater. He was contracted to the People's Theater in 1987, and since 1992 he has been a freelance actor. He was a frequent participant in the Gálvölgyi Show.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Hungarian dub of *Duluth*, he voices H. Lee White (Blue Mountain Mystery - ALPENA South Entry Sendoff and Tale of the Brave only).
Pasi Ruohonen

**Pasi Antero Ruohonen** (born April 20, 1970 in Pori) is a Finnish singer and voice actor.

Born in Pori, Ruohonen has done sound work and music since 1992. He studied at the Helsinki Pop & Jazz Conservatory. Ruohonen performed as a visiting artist at the Tuttu Juttu Show in 1997.

Pasi Ruohonen is married. He has three children, one of whom is rap artist Juuso Ruohonen.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Finnish dub of *Duluth*, he voices Algoma Spirit, Michipicoten (thirteenth season onwards), American Century and Edwin H. Gott.
Algoma Strongfield

**Algoma Strongfield** is an Algoma Central Corporation ship.

## Info

Algoma Strongfield was built at Nantong Mingde Heavy Industry Co., Ltd., Nantong City, China, in 2015 as CWB Strongfield for the Canadian Wheat Board. However during the construction process the shipyard went into bankruptcy, leaving the CWB Strongfield almost, but not completely finished.

In early 2017 the ship was purchased by Algoma Central Corp., which renamed it Algoma Strongfield. She departed China on April 3, 2017 on her maiden voyage with a foreign crew and registered in Tuvalu (different than the previous three Equinox-class bulkers that had a Canadian crew and were registered in Canada). Upon her arrival in Canada, Algoma Strongfield was registered in Canada and equipped with a Canadian crew. She was loading iron ore in Port Cartier, Que., for Hamilton on June 1, 2017.
Carl Taylor

**Carl Taylor** is an American composer, singer and musician who composed the songs for *Big World! Big Adventures!*, along with Kevin Roberge and Noah Berg. He also wrote and sang in several songs.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In *Duluth*, he voices Mackinaw (WLBB-30) (singing voice; original workprints)

## Songs

### Songs Composed

* Set Friendship in Motion
* Where in the World is Stewart?
* Wake Up
* Enda Ulale
* Free and Easy
* Sometimes You Make a Friend
* We're Friends
* Big World! Big Adventures! (Theme Song)
* Don't Stop

### Songs Written

* Set Friendship in Motion
* Enda Ulale
* We're Friends
* Big World! Big Adventures! (Theme Song)

### Songs Performed

* Set Friendship in Motion
* Wake Up (backing vocals)
* Free and Easy (backing vocals)
* Big World! Big Adventures! (Theme Song)
Eckart Dux

**Eckart "Ecki" Dux** (born December 19, 1926 in Berlin) is a German actor, voice actor and radio drama.

## Career

The son of an insurance supervisor completed his acting training with Else Bongers in Berlin and made his debut at the Renaissance Theater there in 1948. Afterwards, engagements took him to numerous Berlin stages, including the grandstand, the Schlosspark Theater, the Theater am Kurfürstendamm and other venues in Munich, Hamburg, Frankfurt and Stuttgart. As a young actor and later as a character actor, he took on numerous roles in film and television. One of his most famous films was the DEFA fairy tale film The Singing, Sounding Tree, in which he played the prince. After that, he worked exclusively in the West.

Dux has also been active in synchronization since 1948, making him one of the longest-serving German speakers together with Jürgen Thormann. In the 1950s and 1960s he was the standard voice of Audie Murphy, between 1957 and 1991 the standard voice of Anthony Perkins, whom he spoke in the classic Psycho, among others. Dux also dubbed well-known actors such as Van Johnson (including 23 steps to the abyss), Steve Martin (including Solo for 2, LA Story or Father of the Bride), Fred Astaire (including Easter Walk and Royal Wedding), the main actor George Peppard in the action series Das A-Team and Jerry Stiller in the sitcom King of Queens.

After Joachim Höppner died in 2006, Dux took over the dubbing of Ian McKellen (Gandalf) in Peter Jackson's hobbit trilogy. In the series Designated Survivor (from 2016) he dubbed Geoff Pierson in 12 episodes in the role of the old president Cornelius Moss. He can also be heard in the animated film The Boss Baby.

Eckart Dux is also active as a radio play speaker, such as Flitze Feuerzahn in the radio play series of the same name from Europe (1984 to 1987), as Grandpa von Conni in the radio plays of the children's book series Meine Freund Conni, as a narrator in the maritime production Edgar Wallace (from 2004) and in the audio book series Darkside Park (2009) by Ivar Leon Menger. Dux set the audio book for Blanker nonsense by Steve Martin in 2001. He has guest roles in several episodes of the detective series The Three ??? and in one case for TKKG. More recently, he has taken on roles in Titania Medien's Creepy Cabinet series.

Eckart Dux was married to actress Gisela Peltzer. His current wife is the film editor Marlies Dux. He lives in Sassenburg.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the German dub of *Duluth*, he voices Indiana Harbor (Audio Books only).
Sascha Draeger

**Alexander Nikolaus "Sascha" Draeger** (born April 26, 1967 in West Berlin) is a German voice actor, radio speaker and actor.

## Life

Sascha Draeger was born in 1967 to the son of actor Wolfgang Draeger. In 1980 he moved to Hamburg with his family. Through the father, who is also a voice actor, the young Sascha came into contact with the medium of film at an early age.

In 1980 he got his first dubbing role as Matt in the series Matt and Jenny. In 1981 he had his first television appearance as Helmut in the ZDF three-part series Das Dorf and in the same year he had his first appearances as a radio play announcer for the label Europa. Among other things, he got the role of Tim (formerly Tarzan) in the series TKKG, which he still speaks to this day. In the "competing" radio play series The Three Question Marks, Sascha Draeger spoke in the episodes Der Doppelgänger (28), Der Automarder (40) and Der stolen Price (44). He also spoke the role of Benny Buff from the radio play series Scotland Yard.

In the 1980s he had several smaller television appearances, but increasingly concentrated on the area as a voice actor and radio play after he first graduated from high school in 1986 and then did his community service.

From 1988 he lent the role of Ted Capwell from the California clan (US title: Santa Barbara) in a soap his German voice.

You could hear him more and more in television series in the 1990s. He was the German voice of Superman Dean Cain in the series Superman - Die Abenteuer von Lois & Clark, by David Chokachi in Baywatch, by Ricky Schroder in NYPD Blue or by Seth Peterson in Providence. He also lent his voice to Genzo Wakabayashi from the series The Great Football Stars and Dipsy from the Teletubbies. In Winnetoons he spoke the role of Winnetou, in Rocko's modern life that of Rocko and the role of Captain Planet in the animated series of the same name and Jake in the animated series and the radio plays of the Ghostbusters.

Sascha Draeger can also be heard in computer games, for example in Sherlock Holmes: The Secret of the Silver Earring, Need for Speed: Underground or Runaway: A Road Adventure. In Neverwinter Nights 2 (2006) several people, including Daeghun, are spoken of by him. He also synchronized in all parts of the online role-playing game Guild Wars the male characters created by the player in the mission video sequences and in the successor Guild Wars 2 one of the main characters, Logan.

In the Sat.1 series Best of Talk, he spoke the cynical comments between the program extracts, in the doctor series Dr. House various supporting roles as well as in the sitcom behind the sofa at the front. In addition, Draeger was the voice of the 1 & 1 TV commercials.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the German dub of *Duluth*, he voices Clyde S. VanEnkevort (first season onwards).
Dirk Bach

**Dirk Bach** (23 April 1961 – 1 October 2012) was a German actor, comedian, and TV presenter, best known as the co-host of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!, the German version of I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!.

## Career

After school, Bach worked in theatres in Amsterdam, Brussels, London, New York City, Utrecht, and Vienna. In 1992, Bach was part of the theatre group in Cologne at the Schauspielhaus and appeared on the German television channel RTL on the Dirk Bach Show. Bach performed in Lukas (1996–2001) on the German TV channel ZDF, for which he received the Telestar award (1996), the German Comedy Award (1999), and the Goldene Kamera (2001).

In 2002, Bach starred in Der kleine Mönch on ZDF. Bach worked in Sesamstraße, the German version of Sesame Street, as the character Pepe. He often performed with Hella von Sinnen on different television productions. From 2004 on, Bach and Sonja Zietlow presented the German edition of the show I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here!. In 2005, Bach played the character Urmel in Urmel aus dem Eis (Impy's Island). Since 2006, Bach has hosted the German game show Frei Schnauze on RTL.

### Other work

Bach was a LGBT activistand member of the LSVD organisation (Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany). He was part of the campaign to bring the 2010 Gay Games to Cologne. He also helped Amnesty International and the organization PETA.

Bach lived together with his partner Thomas in Cologne. He was a vegetarian.

## Death

Bach died on 1 October 2012 in Berlin at the age of 51 from heart failure.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the German dub of *Duluth*, he voiced Stewart J. Cort (Audio Books only).
Hubert Gagnon

**Hubert Gagnon** (September 29, 1946 – June 7, 2020) was a Canadian actor from Quebec. He was noted for being the voice-over of Homer Simpson and Grampa Simpson in the Canadian French-version of The Simpsons. He also acted in television and theatre.

## Career

Gagnon voiced Homer Simpson in the Quebec version of The Simpsons beginning in 1991. He continued in that role for 27 years until 2017, when he retired due to health reasons. He was described as having a completely differently personality than Homer, with Gagnon remembered as "charming, polite and refined" by fellow voice actor Natalie Hamel-Roy. Nonetheless, his voice became so synonymous with the character that during a week-long visit to Cuba, he was constantly asked by children there to repeat Homer's catchphrase "D'oh!" He also did the voice-over for Grampa Simpson after the death of the previous voice-actor, Jean-Louis Millette. On the occasion of the series' 500th episode in 2012, Gagnon observed how voice acting was no longer disdained by the theatre industry, given that it was now being taught in stage schools. He added that he was able to make a decent living from that line of work.

Gagnon provided the voice of Mel Gibson, Robert De Niro, Richard Gere, and Christopher Walken, among others, in several English-language movies dubbed into French, as well as the character Picabo on the Québécois TV show Les Oraliens. He dubbed the character Vernon Dursley in the Harry Potter film series. He was also the voice of Optimus Prime in the Quebec dubbing of the original Transformers cartoon, but for the 2007 film, he was replaced by Guy Nadon, who had coincidentally portrayed Sideshow Bob alongside Gagnon in the Québécois dubbed version of The Simpsons. His ability to communicate an action solely through his voice was dubbed a "Gagnonerie".

Gagnon died on June 7, 2020, at his home in Longueuil, Quebec. He was 73, and had been suffering from cancer in the years leading up to his death.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Canadian French dub of *Duluth*, he voiced Algoma Discovery.
Gregg Bissonette

**Gregg Bissonette** (born June 9, 1959) is an American drummer. He has been a touring, session recording, and full-time drummer in many jazz and rock bands. He is primarily known being part of the David Lee Roth band, and for his instructional videos and drum clinics. He is the brother of bass player Matt Bissonette, who for a short while joined Gregg in Roth's band.

## Career

One of Bissonette's first recordings was Brandon Field's The Other Side of the Story in 1985. It featured David Garfield on keyboards. A few years later Bissonette would start playing shows with Field, Garfield and Steve Lukather on guitar and with John Peña on bass as Los Lobotomys. These shows took place at the Baked Potato, a jazz club and restaurant in Los Angeles, California, playing rock, Latin, and jazz.

Bissonnette got his big break joining former Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth. The band included guitarist Steve Vai and future Mr. Big bassist Billy Sheehan. During 1985-1992 Gregg appeared on all three US Billboard 200 hit albums Eat 'Em and Smile (no.4) Skyscraper (no.6) and A Little Ain't Enough (no.18) and the subsequent world tours.

In 1990 and 1993, Bissonette released drum videos Private Lesson and Playing, Reading & Soloing with a Band, respectively. Private Lesson covers a variety of topics including double bass drumming, rudiments (with a backsticking technique from the snare drum solo Tornado by Mitch Markovich), playing with a metronome and brushes.

In late 1995, Toto was beginning their Tambu tour when Simon Phillips developed back problems. Phillips asked Bissonette to fill in for him during the tour's first leg.

He played drums on Santana's album Supernatural (1999). In 2007, he recorded on the album La La Land by Daniel Glen Timms.

Bissonette can be heard on a number of rock instrumental and progressive rock albums, including The Extremist by Joe Satriani, Temporal by Shadrane, Deep Forest by Deep Forest, Bass Invader by Martin Motnik, Inner Galactic Fusion Experience by Richie Kotzen, Shadow King by Steve Fister, Revolution Road by Rocket Scientists, In the Eye of Time by Vox Tempus, Bug Alley and the soundtrack to the movie The Endless Summer II by Gary Hoey.

In 2012, Bissonette played drums on several tracks featured on Docker's Guild's album The Mystic Technocracy: Season 1: The Age Of Ignorance, the progressive rock space opera masterminded by the French-American musician, teacher, and ethno-musicologist Douglas R. Docker.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In *Duluth*, he voices American Integrity and Oakglen (3).

## Trivia

* *Duluth* marks one of very few of his voice acting roles.
* The credits misspell his name as Greg Bisonette.
Elżbieta Kijowska

**Elżbieta Kijowska-Rozen** (born on August 29, 1950 in Krakow) is a Polish theater, television and voice actress.

## Life

Born in Krakow. In 1973 she graduated from the PWST in Krakow. In the same year she made her debut in the theater. In the years 1973–79 she performed at the Teatr im. L. Solski in Tarnów (she played, among others, in Two on the Swing of W. Gibson, Nora or Doll House of H. Ibsen). From 1979 to 2005, she was an actress in the Studio Theater St. I. Witkiewicz in Warsaw (Ferdydurke and Iwona, Princess of Burgundy W. Gombrowicz, Trap by T. Różewicz, Hamlet W. Shakespeare, Legend of St. Wyspiański, Love in Madagascar by P. Turrini, Opera for three pennies by B. Brecht). She took part in nearly 40 productions and 20 TV Theater performances. In 2008 she received an award for the role of the Stranger in the radio play Uroczysko directed by Jan Warenita at the 8th Festival of the Polish Radio Theater and the Polish Television Theater "Two Theaters" in Sopot.

## Involvement in *Duluth*

In the Polish dub of *Duluth*, she voices Edgar B. Speer (eighteenth season onwards).