by import2 | March 17, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Soo Locks to open March 25 for 2023 shipping season SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, Soo Project Office will open the Poe Lock, 12:01 a.m., March 25, marking the 2023 Great Lakes shipping season start. The operating season...
by import2 | March 17, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 16, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Joseph – Benton Harbor, MI – Michael Moran Our arrival this weekend, which was going to be a freshly repainted G.L. Ostrander/Integrity,...
by import2 | March 17, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 17 March 1995, a fire started on the AMERICAN MARINER’s self-unloading conveyor belt from welding being done on the vessel at the Toledo Ship & Repair Company in Toledo, Ohio. About $100,000 in damage was done. The Toledo fire department had the blaze out...
by import2 | March 16, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Steel production jumps by 14,000 tons in the Great Lakes Region Steel production rose by 14,000 tons in the Great Lakes region last week, after rising by 13,000 tons a week earlier, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. Locally, steel mills in the Great...
by import2 | March 16, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 15, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – David Kaye The Harvest Spirit finished loading steel coils today across the harbor in Sault Ste Marie, ON. They were then...
