Port Reports – February 22, 2023

Port Reports – February 22, 2023

Port and vessel activity from February 21, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Sturgeon Bay, WI – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Mobile Bay departed at 15:13 for the open waters of Lake Huron. Her AIS destination indicates she...
Today in Great Lakes History – February 22

Today in Great Lakes History – February 22

On 22 February 1920, the Goodrich Line’s ALABAMA (steel propeller passenger/package freight steamer, 272 foot, 2,626 gross tons, built in 1909, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) ran aground on a concrete obstruction which was the foundation of the old water-intake crib in Lake...
Boatnerd News – February 21, 2023

Boatnerd News – February 21, 2023

Cleveland-Cliffs to restart Northshore Mining in April It’s the news that Northshore Mining has been waiting to hear. Cleveland-Cliffs has told area lawmakers that they plan on restarting the mine in Babbitt and the plant in Silver Bay in early April. The operation...
Port Reports – February 21, 2023

Port Reports – February 21, 2023

Port and vessel activity from February 20, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Silver Bay, MN – Joshua Hebeisen With Monday’s announcement that Cleveland-Cliffs Northshore Mining will be resuming operations in...
Today in Great Lakes History – February 21

Today in Great Lakes History – February 21

EDWIN H. GOTT arrived at Two Harbors, Minnesota, (her first trip) February 21, 1979, with the loss of one of her two rudders during her transit of Lake Superior. The other rudder post was also damaged. She was holed in her bow and some of her cargo hold plating...