Port Reports – May 31, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Tuesday, May 30, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen At 14:31 Tuesday afternoon, veteran Atlantic Huron’s AIS receiver came back online for the first...
Today in Great Lakes History – May 31

Today in Great Lakes History – May 31

CITY OF SAGINAW 31 cleared Manitowoc in 1973, in tow of the tug HELEN M. MC ALLISTER; this was the first leg of her tow to the cutter’s torch that ended at Castellon, Spain. The wooden barge FANNY NEIL was launched at the Muir, Livingstone & Co. yard in Port...

Port Reports – May 30, 2023

Port and vessel activity from Monday, May 29, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Thursday: Michipicoten departed at 04:11 (Central) for Algoma Steel. Clyde S....
Today in Great Lakes History – May 30

Today in Great Lakes History – May 30

On 30 May 1896, ALGERIA (3-mast wooden schooner-barge, 285 foot, 2,038 gross tons) was launched by J. Davidson (Hull #75) at West Bay City, Michigan. She lasted until 1906, when she foundered near Cleveland, Ohio. COLUMBIA STAR began her maiden voyage in 1981, from...

Boatnerd News – May 29, 2023

Windsor port shifting transport to rail and water with help of federal funding Windsor, ON – An infrastructure investment from the federal government announced Friday aims to make transporting cargo more efficient by using rail and waterways rather than roads....