by import2 | July 25, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, July 24, 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 | July 25, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 1875: The wooden lumber tug CYGNET, which worked on the Shiawassee and Bad Rivers and Lake Huron, was destroyed when her boiler exploded in “Blow-up Bayou” on the Shiawassee River. 1882 1882: The wooden bulk freighter D.C. WHITNEY was launched at...
by import2 | July 24, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Potash Leads the Way as Marine Shipping in 2024 Maintains Consistency As the 2024 marine shipping season on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway progresses, statistics show that movements of potash (an agricultural fertilizer) remain up for 2024 when compared to...
by import2 | July 24, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Tuesday, July 23, 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 | July 24, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1847 1847: CONSTITUTION (wooden passenger-package freight side-wheeler, 141 feet, 444 tons, built in 1837 at Charleston, Ohio) struck a pier in Sandusky harbor, stove a large hole in her bow and sank. Her machinery was later recovered and installed in J.D. MORTON....
