by import2 | December 21, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, December 20, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT 12/21/2023 SARNIA, CANADA-Tom Geiger 12/22/2023 Algonova- ETA-UNKNOWN THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO-Tom Geiger...
by import2 | December 21, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1879: On 21 December 1879, CITY OF TOLEDO (wooden propeller package freighter, 413 gross tons, built in 1865, at Ogdensburg, New York) was carrying winter provisions from Milwaukee to Ludington. In a white squall, she struck a reef and was stranded 7 miles north of...
by import2 | December 20, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Fate decided: Norgoma will be ripped apart by Purvis cutting torches Sault Ste. Marie, ON – City council has decided to pay Purvis Marine $395,000 to break the 188- foot M.S. Norgoma into scrap metal. The Monday-night decision settles months of squabbling between...
by import2 | December 20, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, December 19, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net PORT REPORT 12/20/2023 SOO-KNOW YOUR SHIPS Nordika Desgagnes was upbound at Mission Point Tuesday late morning for...
by import2 | December 20, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1867: On 20 December 1867, ALIDA (wooden propeller packet/tug, 81-foot, 58 gross tons, built in 1856, at Saginaw, Michigan) had her boiler explode in the Saginaw River. She caught fire and burned to a total loss. This little packet/tug was the only steamer to...
