by import2 | March 8, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, March 7, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT 3/8/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA 3/7/2024 Federal Cedar-ETA-8:22 AM 3/12/2024 ...
by import2 | March 8, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1882: On 8 March 1882, the tug WINSLOW left Manistee to tow the NORTHERN QUEEN to Marine City for repairs. NORTHERN QUEEN had collided with LAKE ERIE the previous autumn and then sank while trying to enter Manistique harbor. Robert Holland purchased the wreck of...
by import2 | March 7, 2024 | Boatnerd News
Fire breaks out on freighter being scrapped at Soo, ON UPDATE: There were no injuries sustained in the blast. SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – A fire broke out Wednesday on a retired freighter docked on the St. Marys River. Nearby residents reported a loud noise in the area...
by import2 | March 7, 2024 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, March 6, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT 3/7/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA 3/7/2024 Federal Cedar-ETA-6:26 AM 3/12/2024 ...
by import2 | March 7, 2024 | Boatnerd Archives
1874: On 7 March 1874, the wooden tug JOHN OWEN (Hull#28) was launched at Wyandotte, Michigan, by the Detroit Dry Dock Company for J. E. Owen of Detroit, Michigan. 1892: ANN ARBOR NO 1 (wooden propeller carferry, 260 foot, 1,128 gross tons, built in 1892, at Toledo,...
