by import2 | March 3, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The keel was laid on March 3, 1980, for the COLUMBIA STAR (Hull#726) at Sturgeon Bay, Wis., by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. She now sails as AMERICAN CENTURY. At midnight on 3 March 1880, DAVID SCOVILLE (wooden propeller steam tug/ferry, 42 foot, 37 gross tons, built in...
by import2 | March 2, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming its tragic story TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel. The...
by import2 | March 2, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 1, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Leonard M/Huron Spirit remain at Sault Ste. Marie, ON, loading steel coils at Purvis Marine. Farther down the...
by import2 | March 2, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 02 March 1889, the U.S. Congress passed two acts for establishment of a light station at Old Mackinac Point and appropriated $5,500 for construction of a fog signal building. The following year, funds were appropriated for the construction of the light tower and...
by import2 | March 1, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Port Colborne firefighters rescue man from ship’s hold after fall Using a rope system and a crane, Port Colborne Fire and Emergency Services firefighters removed a patient from the hold of a vessel being scrapped at Marine Recycling Corp. Fire Chief Scott Lawson said...
