by import2 | October 23, 2023 | Boatnerd News
First look at Algoma Bear! Per Janey Anderson, Algoma Central’s new Equinox-class Algoma Bear was launched in late September by China’s Jiangsu Yangzi-Mitsui Shipbuilding Company. The vessel will be undergoing further construction and sea trials before...
by import2 | October 23, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Sunday, October 22, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Edgar B. Speer is in the Straits heading for Gary Works. Presque Isle is North of Keweenaw...
by import2 | October 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1868 On October 23, 1868, F. T. BARNEY (wooden schooner, 255 tons, built in 1856, at Vermilion, Ohio) collided with the schooner TRACY J BRONSON and sank below Nine Mile Point, Northwest of Rogers City in Lake Michigan. The wreck was found in 1987, and sits in deep...
by import2 | October 22, 2023 | Boatnerd News
St. Lawrence Seaway shut down as workers go on strike MONTREAL — The St. Lawrence Seaway has shut down as hundreds of workers walked off the job Sunday.The halt is expected to affect cargo shipments immediately along the artery that runs between Montreal and Lake...
by import2 | October 22, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
TOM M. GIRDLER departed South Chicago light on her maiden voyage, October 22, 1951, bound for Escanaba, Michigan, where she loaded 13,900 tons of ore for delivery to Cleveland, Ohio. On October 22,1903, while being towed by the GETTYSBURG in the harbor at Grand...
