by import2 | June 5, 2023 | Boatnerd News
NEAS purchases BBC Arizona to serve Canada’s far north Montreal-based NEAS (Nunavut Eastern Arctic Shipping Inc.) has acquired the saltwater general cargo vessel BBC Arizona (IMO 9501253), a frequent visitor to the Great Lakes, which has been renamed Sivumut. The...
by import2 | June 5, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Sunday, June 4, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Spartan and Spartan II arrived at 12:37 (Central) Friday afternoon with calcium...
by import2 | June 5, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
Over the winter of 1960 – 1961, CHARLES M. SCHWAB was rebuilt by joining the forward end of the original SCHWAB with the after end of the former oil tanker GULFPORT. On this date in 1961, Captain Raphael “Dewey” Marsden conducted sea trials with the...
by import2 | June 4, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Saturday, June 3, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney Oakglen departed Two Harbors at 18:11 for Quebec City. Edwin H. Gott arrived Two Harbors at approx. 18:00...
by import2 | June 4, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1947, the Canada Steamship Lines steamer EMPEROR, loaded with ore and bound for Ashtabula, hit the rocks off Isle Royale at 4:10 a.m. The vessel sank within minutes but the crew was able to launch 2 lifeboats. Captain Eldon Walkinshaw, First Mate D. Moray, and 10...
