Port Report – April 27, 2025

Port Report – April 27, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Saturday April 26.  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 – April 27

Today in Great Lakes History – April 27

1876 1876:   On 27 April 1876, the Port Huron Times reported, “The steam barge MARY MILLS arrived up this morning and looks ‘flaming’. Her owner said he did not care what color she was painted so long as it was bright red, and she has therefore come...
Boatnerd News – April 26, 2025

Boatnerd News – April 26, 2025

Trump administration’s fees on Chinese-built ships appear to spare Great Lakes vessels DULUTH — The Trump administration’s new trade rules aimed at penalizing operators of Chinese-built ships and boosting domestic shipbuilding appear to have spared the Great...
Port Report – April 26, 2025

Port Report – April 26, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Friday April 25.  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 – April 26

Today in Great Lakes History – April 26

1859 1859:   On 26 April 1859, the wooden schooner A. SCOTT was carrying limestone blocks for a large Presbyterian church being built at Vermilion, Ohio. The vessel was driven ashore near Vermilion by a gale and was quickly pounded to pieces. Her insurance had expired...