by import2 | May 19, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from May 18, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Mesabi Miner departed at 12:02 (Central) Wednesday afternoon with iron ore pellets for...
by import2 | May 19, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
SIR THOMAS SHAUGHNESSY (Hull#164) was launched May 19, 1906 at Wyandotte, Michigan by Detroit Ship Building Co. for the National Steamship Co. She was scrapped at Castellon, Spain in 1969. On 19 May 1894, LORETTA (wooden propeller freighter, 140 foot, 395 gross tons,...
by import2 | May 18, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Mark W. Barker freed ‘fairly easily’ after grounding in Detroit River DETROIT, MI – A 639-foot freighter that grounded Wednesday morning in the Detroit River near Belle Isle has been freed. The United States Coast Guard sent out an update just after 12:30 p.m. on...
by import2 | May 18, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from May 17, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen BBC St. Petersburg began pulling away from Richardson Main late Tuesday night, eventually clearing the northern...
by import2 | May 18, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 18 May 1872, the 3-mast wooden schooner MARQUETTE was holed in northern Lake Huron by a floating log. The crew manned the hand-operated bilge pumps but could not keep up with the incoming water. The steamer ANNIE YOUNG took the MARQUETTE in tow even though she was...
