by import2 | March 16, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 16 March 1901, ARGO (steel passenger/package freight propeller, 173 foot, 1,089 gross tons) was launched at the Craig Ship Building Company (Hull #81) at Toledo, Ohio, for the A. Booth Company. She left the Lakes in 1917, and was last recorded in 1938, out of...
by import2 | March 15, 2023 | Boatnerd News
New coast guard icebreaker rests in Collingwood this week CCGS Judy LaMarsh is in Collingwood’s harbour this week for a crew change and for icebreaking operations in Georgian Bay; it’s a new ship for the coast guard, and is currently being tested before...
by import2 | March 15, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 14, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Morro Bay arrived Sault Ste. Marie, MI, from the lower St. Marys River at 13:21 Tuesday. Sister USCGC...
by import2 | March 15, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
WESTCLIFFE HALL (Hull#519) was launched March 15, 1956, at Grangemouth, Scotland, by Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., for the Hall Corp. of Canada. March 15, 1949 – The Ann Arbor carferry fleet was laid up due to a strike called by the boat crews. The fleet was...
by import2 | March 14, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 13, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Katmai Bay departed the Soo at 06:32 to break ice in the lower St. Marys River, soon to be joined by...