by import2 | November 17, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Gale warnings send vessels to anchor With gale warnings in effect, Clyde S. VanEnkevort and her barge Erie Trader were at anchor off Paradise, MI, in the lee of Whitefish Point Friday night. Saginaw and the tug Sharon M 1 with her barge were on the hook above DeTour....
by import2 | November 17, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, November 16, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. PORT REPORT 11/17/2023 TWO HARBORS-Gary A. Putney On Thursday, Edwin H. Gott loaded in Two Harbors for the Gary...
by import2 | November 17, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 15 Nov 1972, the MICHIPICOTEN (steel straight-deck bulk freighter, 549 foot, 6,490 gross tons, built in 1905, at W. Bay City, Michigan, as HENRY C. FRICK) departed Quebec in tow of Polish tug KORAL for scrapping in Spain. The tow encountered bad weather and the...
by import2 | November 16, 2023 | Boatnerd News
National Museum of the Great Lakes announces expansion, change in leadership Toledo, OH – After several years of capital fund-raising, the National Museum of the Great Lakes plans to add about 5,000 square feet to its East Toledo home beginning in the spring, museum...
by import2 | November 16, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Saturday, November 15, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. PORT REPORT 11/16/2023 MONROE, MICHIGAN-Bill Kloss Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. departed for Duluth and fleet mate...