by import2 | April 19, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Algoma Discovery back in service after fire Algoma Discovery departed Port Colborne, ON, for Two Harbors, MN, last Tuesday. On Feb. 27 she suffered an engine room fire, which observers feared would doom the 36-year-old Croatian-built Algoma Central Corp. bulk carrier....
by import2 | April 19, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
19 April 1884 – The KASOTA (wooden propeller bulk freighter, 246 foot, 1660 gross tons, built in 1884 at Cleveland, Ohio) was launched by Thomas Quayles & Sons at Cleveland, Ohio for Capt. Thomas Wilson of Cleveland, Ohio. The hull was painted green with white...
by import2 | April 18, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Tug William C. Gaynor has close call in USS Cleveland launch Video footage on YouTube shows the launch of the USS Cleveland at Marinette, WI, Saturday. Unofficial reports indicate the naval vessel did hit the tug and it is fortunate no one was killed. Watch the launch...
by import2 | April 18, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from Monday, April 17, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Michipicoten arrived in Duluth early Saturday morning at 03:29 (Central) to...
by import2 | April 18, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
PATERSON (Hull#231) was launched April 18, 1985, by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. She was the last straight deck bulk freighter built on the Lakes and was built to the maximum size permitted to lock through the Seaway. Renamed b.) PINEGLEN in 2002. 18 April 1907 – At...
