by import2 | December 30, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday, December 29, 2024, 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 | December 30, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1896 1896: The first steel carferry, PERE MARQUETTE, was launched in nearly completed form on December 30, 1896. The ship was built for the Flint & Pere Marquette Railroad (predecessor to the Pere Marquette) and entered service just a few weeks later. 1926 1926: ...
by import2 | December 29, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Cuyahoga relocated at Ashtabula On December 20, the Lower Lakes Towing / Rand Logistics MV Cuyahoga was relocated to the southernmost part of the Minnesota slip at Ashtabula. The move enables the port to accommodate eight vessels for winter layup and repairs. The...
by import2 | December 29, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday, December 28, 2024, 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 | December 29, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1813 1813: On 29 December 1813, ARIEL (4-gun armed schooner, 112 tons, built in 1813, at Erie, Pennsylvania, as part of Perry’s fleet) ran aground in a squall at Black River (now Buffalo) and was burned by the British. 1837 1837: CAROLINE (wooden sidewheeler,...
