Port Report – October 3, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Thursday October 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 – October 3

1875 1875:   The barges BELLE CASH and GEO W. HANNAFORD, owned by Captain Cash of East China Township, MI, were driven ashore on Long Point in Lake Erie. 1887 1887:   EBENEZER (three-masted wooden schooner barge; 103 feet; 158 gross tons; built in 1847 at Buffalo, NY)...

Boatnerd News – October 2, 2025

Finland’s Aker Arctic Unveils Next-Generation Medium-Class Icebreaker as Global Demand Heats Up Malte Humpert September 30, 2025 Finnish icebreaker engineering firm Aker Arctic on Monday released the first renderings of its new B+ class vessel for the Finnish...

Port Report – October 2, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday October 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 ...

Today in Great Lakes History – October 2

1873 1873:   The 183-foot, three-masted wooden schooner QUEEN CITY was launched at West Bay City, MI. 1887 1887:   The Port Huron Times reported the following shipwrecks from a severe storm that swept the lakes on October  2–3, 1887: The schooner CITY OF GREEN BAY,...