Boatnerd News – June 20, 2023

Algoma Central Corporation fuels domestic product tanker business with $127-million newbuild investment in partnership with Irving Oil St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada (June 19, 2023) – Algoma Central Corporation (“Algoma”) (TSX: ALC), today announced it has placed an...
Today in Great Lakes History – June 20

Today in Great Lakes History – June 20

1953 – The Paterson steamer SCOTIADOC sank in Lake Superior near Trowbridge Island after a collision in wind and fog with the BURLINGTON of Canada Steamship Lines. One man was lost when the starboard lifeboat was swamped after being launched. On this day in 1943, the...

Port Reports – June 19, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Sunday, June 18, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas Algoma Intrepid cleared at 08:12 Sunday downbound with salt. Saginaw River, MI – Ben VanOchten The MV...
Today in Great Lakes History – June 19

Today in Great Lakes History – June 19

On 19 June 1889, NORTH STAR (steel propeller freighter, 299 foot, 2,476 gross tons, built in 1889, at Cleveland, Ohio) collided with CHARLES J. SHEFFIELD (steel propeller freighter, 260 foot, 1,699 gross tons, built in 1887, at Cleveland, Ohio) about sixty miles west...

Port Reports – June 18, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Saturday, June 17, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Noah H. Kaye E. Barker arrived early in the morning on Friday, at 03:11. She would depart later that evening at 17:17....