by import2 | February 17, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1977 1977: February 17, 1977 – The CITY OF MIDLAND 41 shortly after departing Ludington encountered a heavy ridge of ice that snapped all the blades off her starboard propeller. One of the blades ripped a hole two feet long by three inches wide which caused the...
by import2 | February 16, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Crew rescued after cargo vessel runs aground on Newfoundland’s west coast All crew members of the MSC Baltic III have been rescued after their vessel ran aground close to the Lark Harbour shoreline off Newfoundland and Labrador’s west coast. Early...
by import2 | February 16, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1883 1883: The little tug JAMES ANDERSON burned on Long Lake near Alpena, Michigan, on the morning of 16 February 1883. Arson was suspected. 1910 1910: JAMES E. FERRIS was launched February 16, 1910, as the ONTARIO (Hull#71) at Ecorse, Michigan by Great Lakes...
by import2 | February 15, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1961 1961: HARRY R JONES, a.) D.G. KERR arrived at her final port of Troon, Scotland, where she was cut up for scrap the same year. 1990 1990: The tug LOIS T. was swamped while docked at Hamilton and sank in a storm. The vessel was pumped out, refloated and...
by import2 | February 14, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Here are the ships that went through the Soo Locks the most in 2024 The Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie are a critical piece to the ever-important Great Lakes shipping industry. Each year, from late March through mid January of the next year, hundreds of ships go...
