by import2 | October 19, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1868 1868: PARAGON (wooden schooner; 212 tons; built in 1852 at Oshawa, ON, as a brig) was being towed up the St. Clair River by the tug WILLIAM A. MOORE with a load of lumber in the company of four other barges. During a gale, the tow was broken up. While the tug...
by import2 | October 18, 2025 | Boatnerd News
KIVALLIQ W. DAMAGED IN NUNAVUT Labrador company charters vessel after ship damaged while offloading fuel in Nunavut A fuel tanker owned by a Labrador-based company was damaged while discharging diesel for delivery to a mine site in Nunavut on Wednesday, but the...
by import2 | October 18, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday October 17. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | October 18, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1844 1844: At 20:00, the steamer ROCHESTER left Rochester, NY, for Toronto, ON. She encountered a severe gale about halfway there. Captain H.N. Throop had the vessel put about to return to Rochester. The gale was so severe that all thought they were lost. When they...
by import2 | October 17, 2025 | Boatnerd News
USCG awards Rozema $70.9M heavy weather boat contract Written by Nick Blenkey MarineLog The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract to Rozema Boat Works Inc. of Mount Vernon, Wash., to acquire up to six...
