by import2 | March 24, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Soon-to-be-scrapped Cuyahoga takes on water at Ashtabula ASHTABULA, OH – Reliable waterfront reports indicate the laid-up Canadian-flagged laker Cuyahoga took on water in the engine room over the weekend. On Saturday she was down by the stern and showing a noticeable...
by import2 | March 24, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday March 23. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | March 24, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1874 1874: On 24 March 1874, the 181-foot, 3-mast wooden schooner MORNING STAR was launched at E. Saginaw, Michigan, by Crosthwaite. 1876 1876: On 24 March 1876, CITY OF SANDUSKY (wooden side-wheel passenger/package freight vessel, 171 foot, 608 gross tons, built in...
by import2 | March 24, 2024 | Boatnerd News
PHOTO GALLERY: Hundreds pack Soo Locks Park Friday to watch first freighter SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The 2024-2025 shipping season is officially open on the St. Marys River navigational system. The 728-foot-long Joseph L. Block locked through the Poe Lock at 6 p.m....
by import2 | March 24, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, March 23, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | March 24, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1874: On 24 March 1874, the 181-foot, 3-mast wooden schooner MORNING STAR was launched at E. Saginaw, Michigan, by Crosthwaite. 1876: On 24 March 1876, CITY OF SANDUSKY (wooden side-wheel passenger/package freight vessel, 171 foot, 608 gross tons, built in 1866, at...
by import2 | March 24, 2023 | Boatnerd News
First ship through the Soo Locks for the shipping season will be the Edwin H. Gott SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – We got the Gott. Those were the words of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which shared Thursday that the M/V Edwin H. Gott will be the first vessel to pass...
by import2 | March 24, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 23, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Our 2023 season began with Great Lakes Towing tugs Missouri and Kentucky departing their dock on...
by import2 | March 24, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
ALPENA (Hull#177) was launched on March 24, 1909, at Wyandotte, Michigan, by Detroit Ship Building Co. for the Wyandotte Transportation Co. The Soo Locks opened for the 2021 season just after noon on March 24. The first upbound passage was the tug LAURA L. VANENKEVORT...
by import | March 24, 2022 | Import Vessels
RTC-101 was constructed in 2005 as a tanker barge by SENESCO Marine of North Kingstown, Rhode Island, for Reinauer Transportation of Staten Island, New York. She is 391’ long, 74’ wide, and 27’ deep. She was delivered to Reinauer on December 16, 2005. In 2018, the...
