by import2 | May 24, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Interlake’s Mark Barker supports Jones Act At National Maritime Day observance Interlake President Mark W. Barker had the honor of speaking at the National Maritime Day observance in Washington, D. C. on Thursday. “The Jones Act is critical for our national and...
by import2 | May 24, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday May 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 | May 24, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 872: On 24 May 1872, the wooden schooner SAM ROBINSON was carrying corn from Chicago, Illinois, to Kingston, Ontario, in dense fog on Lake Michigan. At 7:30 a.m. the propeller MANISTEE collided with the schooner and almost cut her in two amidships. When the...
by import2 | May 23, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Thursday May 22. 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 | May 23, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1889 1889: On 23 May 1889, the wooden steam barge OSCAR T. FLINT (218 foot, 824 gross tons) was launched at the Simon Langell & Sons yard in St. Clair, Michigan. She lasted until 25 November 1909, when she burned and sank off Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron....
