by import2 | January 18, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1906 1906: The National Steamship Co. was incorporated January 18, 1906. 1925 1925: JOHN RUGEE, a wooden steamer in the George Hall Coal Co. fleet, was destroyed by a fire while spending the winter at Ogdensburg. 1938 1938: The passenger ship WAUBIC was damaged by...
by import2 | January 17, 2025 | Boatnerd News
1.8M in Harbor Assistance Grant Headed to Manitowoc to Enable Improvements for Kone Cranes By Kevin Zimmermann Jan 16, 2025 | 6:00 AM A portion of a total $10 million grant will fund a project in Manitowoc that will enable improvements to one of its major...
by import2 | January 17, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Thursday, January 16, 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 ...
by import2 | January 17, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1899 1899: On 17 January 1899, the GERMANIA (wooden propeller freighter, 136 foot, 237 gross tons, built in 1875, at Marine City, Michigan) caught fire and burned to the water’s edge at Ecorse, Michigan. The previous day, Norman Reno of Ecorse did some painting...
by import2 | January 16, 2025 | Boatnerd News
American Mariner Wraps Up Soo Locks Shipping Season American Mariner, loaded with grain for Buffalo, locked downbound around 3 a.m. Jan. 16, closing the Soo Locks 2024-25 shipping season, The locks will reopen March 25. View a video here:...
