by import2 | October 4, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1877 1877: BRITISH LION (three-masted wooden bark; 128 feet; 293 tons; built in 1862 at Kingston, ON) was carrying coal from Black River, OH, to Brockville, ON. She was driven ashore at Long Point in Lake Erie by a storm and wrecked. She was the first bark on the...
by import2 | October 3, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Down 1.9 Percent in September CLEVELAND – Shipments of iron ore from U.S. ports on the Great Lakes totaled 5.5 million tons in September, a decrease of 1.9 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments were above the month’s 5-year average by...
by import2 | October 3, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, October 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 ...
by import2 | October 3, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 The barges BELLE CASH and GEO W. HANNAFORD, owned by Captain Cash of East China Township, MI, were driven ashore on Long Point in Lake Erie. 1887 EBENEZER (three-masted wooden schooner barge; 103 feet; 158 gross tons; built in 1847 at Buffalo, NY) was driven...
by import2 | October 2, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Mariners mourn the sudden passing of Aaron Bensinger Great Lakes mariners are mourning the sudden passing Tuesday morning of Aaron Bensinger, vice president of InterShip, a division of Central Marine Logistics. He was well-known and respected around the Great Lakes....
