Boatnerd News – March 8, 2023

Boatnerd News – March 8, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard to deactivate Saginaw Bay regulated navigation area DETROIT – The U.S. Coast Guard will deactivate the Regulated Navigation Area (RNA) in Saginaw Bay, Michigan, Thursday at 5 p.m. The RNA will be deactivated due to a less than expected ice season and...
Port Reports – March 8, 2023

Port Reports – March 8, 2023

Port and vessel activity from March 7, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen The first “official” activity of the 2023–2024 Twin Ports shipping season was recorded...
Today in Great Lakes History –  March 8

Today in Great Lakes History –  March 8

EUGENE P. THOMAS (Hull#184) was launched March 8, 1930, at Toledo, Ohio by Toledo Shipbuilding Co., for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. March 8, 1910 – A fire from unknown causes destroyed the ANN ARBOR NO. 1 of 1892. The hull was sold to Love Construction Co., of...
Boatnerd News – March 7, 2023

Boatnerd News – March 7, 2023

Anglers, others asked to avoid ice-breaking areas DULUTH –Anglers and others who use the ice on the Great Lakes for recreation are asked to use caution beginning Monday. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter SPAR plans to sail from its dock in Duluth in support of an oil...
Port Reports – March 7, 2023

Port Reports – March 7, 2023

Port and vessel activity from March 6, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen It was a Coast Guard kind of day in the Soo, with both the U.S. and Canadian fleets hard at work up and down...