by import2 | April 7, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Beatrix first saltie at Chicago Beatrix was honored April 5 as the first international ship at the Port of Chicago for 2024. The of Chicago was presented to her captain while she loaded steel coils. The saltie Chestnut was also in port, bringing a load of pig iron...
by import2 | April 7, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Saturday, April 6, 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 | April 7, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1871: On 7 April 1871, the tug S.V.R. WATSON was towing the schooner S.G. SIMMONS out of Chicago harbor at noon when the WATSON stalled. The schooner plowed into her broadside, causing the tug to tip on her beam ends, take on water and sink. Four men were trapped...
by import2 | April 6, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Friday, April 5, 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 | April 6, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 .1872: On 6 April 1872, the schooner I.N. FOSTER was launched from the Fitzgerald & Leighton yard at Port Huron, Michigan. She was classified as a “full-sized canaller” since she was as large as a vessel could be to pass through the Welland...
