by import2 | May 17, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Mark W. Barker freed from Belle Isle grounding Noon update: With the help of two Great Lakes Towing Co. tugs, Mark W. Barker was freed from her strand at noon and was headed for the Belle Isle anchorage where she will be inspected for damage before being allowed to...
by import2 | May 17, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from May 16, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Paul R. Tregurtha arrived at 23:21 (Central) Friday night to load low sulfur coal at...
by import2 | May 17, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 17 May 1887, WILLIAM RUDOLPH (wooden propeller “rabbit,” 145 foot, 267 gross tons. built in 1880, at Mount Clemens, Michigan) was raised from Lake St. Clair. She sank in the fall of 1886. She was towed to the Wolverine Drydock in Port Huron, Michigan where...
by import2 | May 16, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes Labor: Filipino Mariners Can Now Sail On Canadian Merchant Ships In a move to tackle an acute mariner shortage accentuated by the rapid retirement of boomers, Canada has signed an unprecedented agreement with the Philippines, allowing Filipino merchant...
by import2 | May 16, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1943: W.R. WOODFORD (Hull#626) was launched May 16, 1908, at West Bay City, Michigan by West Bay City Ship Building Co. for W. A. & M.A. Hawgood. Renamed b.) N.F. LEOPOLD 1911, and c.) E. J. BLOCK in 1943. She was scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario, arriving in...
