by import2 | April 15, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from April 14, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry Defiance and Ashtabula departed with iron ore pellets early Wednesday morning at 04:07...
by import2 | April 15, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
15 April 15, 1955, American Steamship’s steamer DETROIT EDISON entered service, departing Manitowoc, Wisconsin, for Port Inland, Michigan, on her maiden trip. 15 April 1907 – The Rutland Line’s OGDENSBURG (steel propeller package freighter, 242-foot, 2329 gross...
by import2 | April 14, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
14 April 1968 the GEORGE A. SLOAN (steel propeller bulk freighter, 603 foot, 9057 gross tons, built in 1943, at River Rouge, Michigan) was the first commercial vessel through the Soo Locks. The SLOAN received Sault Ste. Marie’s official tri-centennial flag to...
by import2 | April 13, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade More than Doubles in March CLEVELAND – Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 1.3 million tons in March, more than double their volume of a year ago. Loadings also topped the month’s 5-year average by 10.6 percent. Year-to-date the...
by import2 | April 13, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1872: 13 April 1872 – The schooners MARY TAYLOR and ANTELOPE wooden were racing to Oswego, New York, trying to beat a large block of drifting ice. The ice won and blocked the harbor entrance. The ANTELOPE became icebound about a quarter of a mile from the piers and...
