by import2 | March 23, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The National Transportation Safety Board unanimously voted on March 23,1978, to reject the U. S. Coast Guard’s official report supporting the theory of faulty hatches in their EDMUND FITZGERALD investigation. Later the N.T.S.B. revised its verdict and reached a...
by import2 | March 22, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Coast Guard vessels head to Lake Superior as Soo Locks opener nears With the opening of the Soo Locks approaching, multiple Coast Guard vessels are headed to Lake Superior. A Facebook post on Tuesday evening by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District...
by import2 | March 22, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 21, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Though the Soo Locks don’t officially open for commercial traffic until 00:01 Saturday, CCGS Samuel...
by import2 | March 22, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 22 March 1922, the Goodrich Transit Company purchased the assets and properties of the Chicago, Racine and Milwaukee Steamship Company. This sale included two steamers: ILLINOIS (steel propeller passenger/package freight steamer, 240 foot, 2,427 gross tons, built...
by import2 | March 21, 2023 | Boatnerd News
New administrator of Great Lakes/Seaway Development Corp. no stranger to NNY, shares vision MASSENA, NEW YORK — The new administrator of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corp. found himself on old stomping grounds Wednesday morning. “This is one of my...
