by import2 | April 3, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1969 the RALPH MISENER (steel propeller bulk freighter, 730 foot, 19,160 gross tons, built in 1967, at Montreal, Quebec) suffered serious fire damage to her engine room during fit-out at Port Colborne, Ontario. She went overseas for scrap in 2012 as b.) GORDON C....
by import2 | April 2, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from April 1, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney American Mariner departed Two Harbors for Indiana Harbor. Edwin H. Gott departed Two Harbors for Nanticoke....
by import2 | April 2, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On April 2, 1951, CLIFFS VICTORY was towed, bound for New Orleans, Louisiana, with her deck houses, stack, propeller, rudder and above deck fittings stored on or below her spar deck for bridge clearance. She was outfitted with two 120-foot pontoons, which were built...
by import2 | April 1, 2023 | Boatnerd News
New icebreaker plans scaled down. Waaaaaaaaay down WORSHINGTON, AC/DC – The recently-approved $858 bazillion defense bill included funding for a new ice breaker on the Great Lakes at least “as capable” as the current ice breaker S’mackinaw – which may or...
by import2 | April 1, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Tugs free Algoma Innovator, aground near Sarnia 11:10 a.m. UPDATE: Algoma Innovator was freed from her strand by tugs around 11 a.m. Algoma Innovator is aground in the St. Clair River just south of Sarnia between the Shell Fuel Dock and the Suncor Dock. Tugs Welland...
