by import2 | April 8, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Algoberta name painted on hull of Algoma Central tanker SARNIA, ON – While the former saltwater tanker Chiberta was moored at Sarnia this week, she received her new name, Algoberta. The naming of the latest Algoma Central tanker fleet acquisition began on April 1 or...
by import2 | April 8, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from April 7, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund April 6 – Duluth Entry CSL Assiniboine departed Duluth Thursday morning at 08:16 with assistance...
by import2 | April 8, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
08 April 1871, NAVARINO (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 184 foot, 761 tons, built in 1871, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) entered service for the Goodrich Transportation Company. She only lasted until 09 October 1871, since she burned in the Great...
by import2 | April 7, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Detroit-Windsor truck ferry to close in 4 to 6 months, company says After an unsuccessful plea for public funding, the Detroit-Windsor Truck Ferry (DWTF) will be shutting down later this year, the operator of the service confirmed. The move will leave the cities...
by import2 | April 7, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
JAMES LAUGHLIN (Hull#16) of the Great Lakes Engineering Works was launched April 7, 1906, for the Interstate Steamship Co., Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. Later renamed b.) HELEN EVANS, she was scrapped at Cartagena, Columbia, in 1983. On April 7, 1997, LEE A....
