Boatnerd News – November 4, 2024

  Shipwreck Society makes 49th Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Ceremony closed to the public The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society’s Annual Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Ceremony is always a solemn event, but again this year, it will be closed to the public. Due...
Port Report  November 4, 2024

Port Report November 4, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Sunday, November 3, 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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History – November 4

Today in Great Lakes History – November 4

1856 On 4 November 1856, J W BROOKS (wooden propeller, 136 foot, 322 tons, built in 1851, at Detroit) was carrying provisions and copper ingots to Ogdensburg, New York in a storm when she foundered on Lake Ontario, 8 miles northeast of False Ducks Light. Estimates of...
Boatnerd News – November 3, 2024

Boatnerd News – November 3, 2024

New McAsphalt Tanker Arrives in Canada The new asphalt tanker McAsphalt Advantage, (IMO 9940057), sailed from China, where she was built, September 15, bound for her new home on the Great Lakes. She arrived at Montreal on her maiden voyage November 1. The...
Port Report  November 3, 2024

Port Report November 3, 2024

Port and vessel activity for Saturday, November 2, 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 ...