Port Report  January 31, 2025

Port Report January 31, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Thursday, January 30, 2025, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. 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 – January 31

Today in Great Lakes History – January 31

1903 1903:  MANZZUTTI was launched January 31, 1903, as a.) J S KEEFE (Hull#203) at Buffalo, New York by the Buffalo Dry Dock Co. 1917 1917:  DUNDEE, which left the Great Lakes in 1915 after service in several fleets including Canada Steamship Lines, was torpedoed and...
Port Report  January 30, 2025

Port Report January 30, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, January 29, 2025, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. 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 – January 30

Today in Great Lakes History – January 30

1881 1881:  On 30 January 1881, ST. ALBANS (wooden propeller passenger/package freight vessel, 135 foot, 435 tons, built in 1869, at Cleveland, Ohio) was carrying general merchandise, flour, cattle and 22 passengers in Lake Michigan. She rammed a cake of ice that...
Boatnerd News – January 29, 2025

Boatnerd News – January 29, 2025

Welland Canal gates replaced The St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation recently completed a major gate replacement project at Lock 7 on the Welland Canal. SLSMC teams worked closely with Ontario-based contractors and suppliers to restore two original 80-foot, 1...