by import2 | October 12, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Saturday October 11. 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 12, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 1870: At 03:00, the 76-ton tug ONTARIO caught fire and burned to the waterline while lying at Harrow’s dock in Algonac, MI. 1871 1871: The grain-laden schooner PLOVER struck a reef near Whitefish Point on Lake Superior, put a hole in her hull, and sank...
by import2 | October 11, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Friday October 10. 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 11, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1839 1839: DEWITT CLINTON (wooden passenger/package freight side-wheeler; 147 feet; 413 tons; built in 1836 at Huron, OH) foundered off Milwaukee, WI, with the loss of five lives. She was recovered the following year and lasted until 1851. She and her near-twin...
by import2 | October 10, 2025 | Boatnerd News
John J. Boland Under Tow After Engine Issues 1:42 p.m. UPDATE: The tugs and their tow have arrived at Mistersky Fuel Dock in Detroit. 10:30 a.m. UPDATE: Tugs Minnesota and Ohio have the Boland in tow and are proceeding downbound. ORIGINAL REPORT: Around 9 a.m....
