by import2 | February 26, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The completed hull of the BELLE RIVER (Hull#716) was floated off the ways February 26, 1977, at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin by Bay Shipbuilding Corp. Renamed b.) WALTER J. MC CARTHY JR in 1990. JOSEPH L. BLOCK (Hull#715) was launched February 26, 1976, at Sturgeon Bay,...
by import2 | February 25, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Soo Locks Engineers Day is June 30 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in conjunction with the City of Sault Ste. Marie, the Sault Ste. Marie Convention & Visitors Bureau, the United States Coast Guard, the Lake Superior State University Center for Freshwater...
by import2 | February 25, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from February 24, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Ignace, MI – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Mobile Bay departed the Coast Guard dock at 05:19 on Thursday, February 23, heading north to spend...
by import2 | February 25, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On February 25, 2021, it became known that Rand Logistics was chartering five American Steamship Co. vessels to Grand River Navigation Co. Both firms share the same parent company, Rand Logistics Inc. Involved are the smaller vessels AMERICAN COURAGE, AMERICAN...
by import2 | February 24, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Interested in learning how to sail a 19th century tall ship? SOUTH HAVEN, MI — For anyone who has ever dreamed of what it would have been like to navigate the Great Lakes on a tall ship in the age of sail, the Michigan Maritime Museum is offering a special training....
