by import2 | November 28, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1867 1867: On 28 November 1867, MARQUETTE (wooden bark, 139 foot, 426 tons, built in 1856, at Newport [Marine City], Michigan) was carrying corn from Chicago to Collingwood, Ontario when she sprang a leak during a storm on Lake Huron. She was run ashore on Hope...
by import2 | November 27, 2024 | Boatnerd News
3 tugs enroute to grounded Tim S. Dool Two Groupe Ocean tugs from Quebec, and one from Montreal, including the 8,046 HP Ocean Taiga are headed for the grounded Tim S. Dool, and will try and free her on Friday. Janey Alexander Viterra Elevator damaged in Superior...
by import2 | November 27, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Tuesday, November 26, 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 | November 27, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1866 1866: On 27 November 1866, the Oswego Advertiser & Times reported that the schooner HENRY FITZHUGH arrived at Oswego, New York with 17,700 bushels of wheat from Milwaukee. Her skipper was Captain Cal Becker. The round trip took 23 days, which was considered...
by import2 | November 26, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Cruise ships to bring $230M in economic impact to Great Lakes region in 2025 The cruise ship industry is expected to have a $230 million economic impact on the Great Lakes region in 2025, according to a forecast. Cruise the Great Lakes, a marketing program focused on...
