by import2 | March 7, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
ALGOSOO suffered a serious fire at her winter mooring on the west wall above Lock 8, at Port Colborne, Ontario on March 7, 1986, when a conveyor belt ignited, possibly caused by welding operations in the vicinity. The blaze spread to the stern gutting the aft...
by import2 | March 6, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Seaway Salties Renamed The following saltwater vessels have been renamed with each having made inland trips and voyages into the Great Lakes/Seaway system. Skawa IMO 9521853 is now the Cartagena of Liberian registry and flag. Coe Leni IMO 9453793 is now the BBC Alaska...
by import2 | March 6, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 5, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Spar is expected to begin conducting ice operations in the harbor this week. Calumet Harbor,...
by import2 | March 6, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
EUGENE J. BUFFINGTON (Hull#366) was launched March 6, 1909, at Lorain, Ohio by American Ship Building Co., for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. She lasted until 1980, when she was towed to San Esteban de Pravia, Spain, for scrapping. At noon on 6 March 1873, the steam...
by import2 | March 5, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 4, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Casting off from Purvis Marine around 08:00 Saturday, Leonard M/Huron Spirit began the southbound trek through...
