by import2 | March 28, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 28 March 1997, the USS Great Lakes Fleet’s PHILIP R. CLARKE set a record for a salt cargo on a U.S.-flag laker when she loaded 25,325 tons at Fairport, Ohio for delivery to Toledo, Ohio. The previous record was 25,320 tons carried by American...
by import2 | March 27, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Midnight madness at Soo Locks as hundreds watch first freighter SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Parking on Portage Avenue was hard to come by Friday night as people made their way into the Soo Locks Park to watch the first freighter officially open the 2023 shipping...
by import2 | March 27, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 26, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry American Integrity, scheduled to load at BNSF, anchored off Duluth around 04:11...
by import2 | March 27, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The steamer b.) EDWARD S. KENDRICK was launched March 27, 1907, as a.) H.P. McINTOSH (Hull#622) at West Bay City, Michigan, by West Bay City Ship Building Co. for the Gilchrist Transportation Co., Cleveland, Ohio. Nipigon Transport Ltd. (Carryore Ltd., mgr., Montreal,...
by import2 | March 26, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Meet the Shipbreakers of the Great Lakes Have you ever wondered what happens to ships once they’ve reached the end of their lives? For many in the Great Lakes, that place in Marine Recycling Corporation in Port Colborne, Ontario. Marine Recycling has recycled...
