Boatnerd News – May 10, 2025

Boatnerd News – May 10, 2025

Cleveland-Cliffs’ $483M loss prompts layoffs, plant idling, renewed focus on auto steel CLEVELAND, Ohio – Cleveland-Cliffs is temporarily cutting hundreds of jobs after reporting a significant loss in the first quarter of 2025 and plans to close underperforming plants...
Port Report – May 10, 2025

Port Report – May 10, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Friday May 9.  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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History –  May 10

Today in Great Lakes History –  May 10

1828 1828:   The first Welland Canal was opened between St. Catharine’s and Lake Ontario on 10 May 1828. The first vessel to navigate this route was the schooner WELLAND CANAL. This was a new vessel having been launched at St. Catharines, Ontario on 24 April...
Boatnerd News – May 9, 2025

Boatnerd News – May 9, 2025

Water came in’: 60 years ago, the freighter Cedarville sank in the Straits of Mackinac Brendan Wiesner Sault Ste. Marie News MACKINAW CITY — On May 7, 1965, the SS Cedarville sank beneath the waters of the Straits of Mackinac after a collision just one mile east...
Port Report – May 9, 2025

Port Report – May 9, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Thursday May 8.  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 ...