by import2 | April 10, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday April 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 ...
by import2 | April 10, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1861 1861: On 10 April 1861, UNION (wooden propeller, 170 foot, 465 tons) was launched and christened at the Bates yard in Manitowoc, Wisconsin for the Goodrich Line. She cost $19,000. The engines, machinery and many of the fittings were from the OGONTZ of 1858....
by import2 | April 9, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Polsteam’s latest new vessel headed to Cleveland Polsteam Okra, the newest vessel in the Polish-flagged Polsteam fleet, is headed for Cleveland on her maiden voyage into the Great Lakes. She departed Trois-Rivieres, QC, Tuesday morning. She is one of twelve 37,000 DWT...
by import2 | April 9, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Tuesday April 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 ...
by import2 | April 9, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1868 1868: On 09 April 1868, SEABIRD (wooden side-wheel steamer, 638 tons, built in 1859, at Newport (Marine City), Michigan, was sailing on her first trip of the season from Manitowoc to Chicago. At 6 a.m. off Waukegan, Illinois, the porter cleaned out the ashes in...
