by import2 | July 25, 2023 | Boatnerd News
LMC provides update on SS Badger operations A mechanical failure at the Ludington, MI, dock ramp early Friday morning has canceled SS Badger’s daily cruises across Lake Michigan until further notice. See the full statement from LMC in the gallery at the bottom...
by import2 | July 25, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Monday, July 24, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney As of 13:45 on 7/24 the Edgar B. Speer was loading at the Two Harbors Shiploader for the Gary Works....
by import2 | July 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1875 The wooden lumber tug CYGNET, which worked on the Shiawassee and Bad Rivers and Lake Huron, was destroyed when her boiler exploded in “Blow-up Bayou” on the Shiawassee River. 1882 The wooden bulk freighter D.C. WHITNEY was launched at Langell’s...
by import2 | July 24, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Sunday, July 23, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen A little déjà vu settled over Baie du Tonnerre midmorning as Viking Polaris arrived for the second...
by import2 | July 24, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1847 CONSTITUTION (wooden passenger-package freight side-wheeler, 141 feet, 444 tons, built in 1837 at Charleston, Ohio) struck a pier in Sandusky harbor, stove a large hole in her bow and sank. Her machinery was later recovered and installed in J.D. MORTON. 1873 The...
