Boatnerd News – December 3, 2025

Boatnerd News – December 3, 2025

Post Your Christmas, Holiday cards on Boatnerd Feel free to share your boat-themed Christmas and holiday cards by posting them in this thread. Attachments must be under 2 MB. https://newsearch.boatnerd.com/viewtopic.php?t=178409   Christmas Tree Ship:...
Port Report – December 3, 2025

Port Report – December 3, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Tuesday December 2.  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 ...
Today in Great Lakes History – December 3

Today in Great Lakes History – December 3

1850 1850:  On 3 December 1850, HENRY CLAY (2-mast wooden brig, 87 foot, 163 tons, built in 1842, at Huron, Ohio) was driven ashore at Point Nipigon in the Straits of Mackinac. She suffered little damage, but she was high and dry and unsalvageable. Her crew and...
Boatnerd News – December 2, 2025

Boatnerd News – December 2, 2025

Algoma Steel to cease blast furnace operations, lay off 1,000 workers as tariffs bite Editor’s note: The closing of the blast furnace and coke making operations means there will no longer be a need for raw materials delivered by lake freighter to Algoma. This move...
Port Report – December 2, 2025

Port Report – December 2, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Monday December 1.  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 ...