by import2 | August 20, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Saturday, August 19, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Edgar B. Speer departed Two Harbors at 18:03 for Gary Works. Silver Bay, MN – Gary Putney Paul R....
by import2 | August 20, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1852 ATLANTIC (wooden sidewheeler, 267 feet, 1,155 tons, built in 1849 at Detroit, Michigan) was loaded with immigrants when she collided with the propeller freighter OGDENSBURG and quickly sank south of Long Point on Lake Erie at about 2:30 a.m. Of the 600 on board,...
by import2 | August 19, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Port of Green Bay needs $19 million more for port expansion Click here for article – Green Bay Press-Gazette U.S. Steel locks horns with steelworkers union on sale Click here for article – Axios
by import2 | August 19, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Friday, August 18, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Michipicoten departed at 07:23 (Central) Wednesday morning with Minntac...
by import2 | August 19, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1865 The PEWABIC, Captain George P. McKay, was downbound on Lake Huron when she was rammed by her sister ship, METEOR. The PEWABIC sank with an estimated loss of 125 lives and a cargo of copper ingots, ore, and hides valued at $500,000. 1868 The package freighter...