by import2 | July 6, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1836 YOUNG LION (two-mast wooden schooner, 73 feet, 83 tons, built in 1830 at Buffalo, New York) was carrying railroad iron and lumber on Lake Erie. About 12 miles from Erie, Pennsylvania, in rough weather, her seams opened and she quickly sank with just her topmasts...
by import2 | July 5, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Thursday, July 4, 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 5, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1874 JUSTIN R. WHITING was launched at Langell’s yard at the mouth of the Pine River in St. Clair, Michigan. Her dimensions were 144 feet x 26 feet, 2 inches x 11 feet, 6 inches. Although built to be a self-powered steam barge, she was towed as a regular barge...
by import2 | July 4, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Ports of Indiana approved for container terminal at Burns Harbor BURNS HARBOR, IN – The Ports of Indiana is already taking positive steps forward just weeks after launching its Indiana Container Initiative. The port authority announced Tuesday that U.S....
by import2 | July 4, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, July 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 ...