by import2 | June 16, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Thursday, June 15, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Edgar B. Speer arrived at 07:51 and departed at 18:36. Heading for Gary Works. Manistee, MI – Chris...
by import2 | June 16, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 16 June 1891, Alexander McDougall himself took his brand-new whaleback steamer JOSEPH L. COLBY (steel propeller whaleback freighter, 265 foot, 1,245 gross tons, built in 1890 at West Superior, Wisconsin) down the St. Lawrence River to the sea. The double-hulled...
by import2 | June 15, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes cruise ship returns to Green Bay for second straight year GREEN BAY – The Ocean Navigator cruise ship docked Wednesday morning at Leicht Memorial Park for the first of two daylong visits this year to the Green Bay area. This is the second year in a...
by import2 | June 15, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Wednesday, June 14, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Presque Isle and the Philip R. Clarke both loaded in Two Harbors for Gary. Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua...
by import2 | June 15, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On June 15, 1943, the D.M. CLEMSON collided with and sank the GEORGE M. HUMPHREY in the Straits of Mackinac. Both of these 600-footers recovered for long careers. The D.M. CLEMSON was sold for scrap in 1980. The GEORGE M. HUMPHREY was recovered over a year later,...
