Port Reports – March 12, 2023

Port Reports – March 12, 2023

Port and vessel activity from March 11, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Know Your Ships CCGS Judy LaMarsh departed Sault Ste. Marie, ON, at 11:37, bound for Collingwood, ON, to continue her winter...
Today in Great Lakes History –  March 12

Today in Great Lakes History –  March 12

The b.) RUTH HINDMAN was launched March 12, 1910, as a.) NORWAY (Hull#115) at Toledo, Ohio by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., for the United States Transportation Co. She was scrapped at Thunder Bay, Ontario, in 1978. G.A. TOMLINSON was launched March 12, 1907, as a) D.O....
Boatnerd News – March 11, 2023

Boatnerd News – March 11, 2023

AGLPA Meetings in Washington DC This week, members of the American Great Lakes Ports Association met with key leaders and legislators including Maritime Administrator Ann Phillips, Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Administrator Adam...
Port Reports – March 11, 2023

Port Reports – March 11, 2023

Port and vessel activity from March 10, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Unfazed by the shuttered Soo Locks, McKeil Marine is wasting no time getting steel coils moving across the...
Today in Great Lakes History – March 11

Today in Great Lakes History – March 11

The keel was laid March 11, 1976, for the 660-foot-long forward section of the BELLE RIVER (Hull#716) at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. Renamed b.) WALTER J. McCARTHY JR in 1990. L’AIGLE was launched March 11, 1982, as a.) ERRIA PILOT...