by import2 | July 30, 2023 | Boatnerd News
New G-tugs christened in the Windy City The Great Lakes Towing Company christened its two newest tugs, Illinois and Indiana, during the American Great Lakes Ports Association annual conference in Chicago, IL. The Illinois was christened by Illinois State...
by import2 | July 30, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Saturday, July 29, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney As of 18:30 Saturday night, the Edwin H. Gott is Eastbound from Two Harbors near Keweenaw for the Gary...
by import2 | July 30, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1866 CITY OF BUFFALO (wooden propeller, 340 feet, 2,026 tons, built in 1857 at Buffalo, New York, as a side-wheeler) was unloading 72,000 bushels of wheat at the Sturgis Elevator at Buffalo, New York, when arsonists set fire to the complex. The fire destroyed the...
by import2 | July 29, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Fire-damaged bulker Tecumseh going to scrap this fall Nearly four years after an engine room fire sent her to the wall, Lower Lakes Towing’s 50-year-old bulker Tecumseh has officially reached the end of the line. Marine Recycling Corporation owner Wayne Elliott...
by import2 | July 29, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Friday, July 28, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney As of 18:00 Friday night, the Edwin H. Gott was loading at the Two Harbors shiploader. St. Joseph, MI –...
