by import2 | September 29, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 On 29 September 1872, ADRIATIC (3-masted wooden schooner-barge, 139 foot, 129 net tons, built in 1865, at Clayton, New York as a bark) was in tow of the tug MOORE along with three other barges in Lake Erie in a heavy gale. She became separated from the tow and...
by import2 | September 28, 2024 | Boatnerd News
National ballast water standards only apply to new vessels on the Great Lakes Existing Great Lakes vessels are exempt from installing treatment systems to control the spread of invasive species By Danielle Kaeding September 25, 2024 The Environmental Protection Agency...
by import2 | September 28, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday, September 27, 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 | September 28, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1849 W.G. BUCKNER (wooden schooner; 75 feet; 107 tons; built in 1837 at Irving, NY) was carrying lumber in a storm on Lake Michigan when she sprang a leak and capsized. The man to whom the cargo belonged was aboard with his wife and five children. One child was washed...
by import2 | September 27, 2024 | Boatnerd News
St. Lawrence Seaway tugboat Robinson Bay looking for new home MASSENA, NY – The Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation is looking for a new home for the historic tugboat Robinson Bay as the corporation seeks to transition its vessel fleet for future...
