by import2 | March 1, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from February 28, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Mobile Bay departed the Lime Island dock around 09:00 Tuesday, heading downbound to soften up the...
by import2 | March 1, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
HENRY FORD II (Hull#788) was launched on March 1, 1924, at Lorain, Ohio by the American Ship Building Co. She served as flagship of the Ford Motor Company fleet for many years and was eventually sold to Interlake Steamship Company when Ford sold its Great Lakes...
by import2 | February 28, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Firefighters extinguish blaze on board Algoma Discovery A fire suppression system helped starve a diesel fuel fire on board the Algoma Discovery Monday, says Port Colborne Fire and Emergency Services Chief Scott Lawson. Lawson said firefighters were called to the east...
by import2 | February 28, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from February 27, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Leonard M/Huron Spirit entered the St. Marys River at around 06:30 Monday morning, only to stop for about...
by import2 | February 28, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
VENUS (steel propeller bulk freighter, 346 foot, 3,719 gross tons) was launched on 28 February 1901, by the American Ship Building Company (Hull #307) at Lorain, Ohio for the Gilchrist Transportation Company, converted to a crane-ship in 1927. She was renamed b.)...
