by import2 | August 6, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Saturday, August 5, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen Just one departure on the day, but it was a fitting one, with Federal Montreal leaving for...
by import2 | August 6, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1870 The wooden propeller tug TORNADO had her boiler explode without warning 4 miles northwest of Oswego, New York. The tug sank quickly into deep water. Three of the six onboard lost their lives. Apparently, the tug had a new boiler, and it had been allowed to run...
by import2 | August 5, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Lake Michigan diesel spill dissipates as damaged ship heads for repair MANISTEE, MI — A sheen of diesel fuel spilled from a damaged Lake Michigan freighter has dissipated north of Manistee after a storm, says the U.S. Coast Guard. The freighter Manitowoc, which...
by import2 | August 5, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Friday, August 4, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Noah H. On Wednesday, Joseph L. Block departed for the usual Indiana Harbor at 15:59, clearing the dock for the Hon....
by import2 | August 5, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1850 The ST. CLAIR (sidewheel steamer, passenger-package freight, 140 feet, 210 tons, built in 1843 at Detroit, Michigan) was reported as lost with no details given whatsoever. The report of her loss was published three days before she was enrolled at Detroit by J....
