Boatnerd News – February 18, 2023

Boatnerd News – February 18, 2023

Tallest lighthouse on Great Lakes to offer overnight stays this summer EMMET COUNTY, MICH. — White Shoal Lighthouse, the tallest lighthouse on the Great Lakes, will be welcoming overnight guests for multi-day stays beginning later this year. Organizers from...

Port Reports – February 18, 2023

Port and vessel activity from February 17, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Mobile Bay left her moorings on the west side of Lime Island around 07:30, exiting the St. Marys...
Today in Great Lakes History – February 18

Today in Great Lakes History – February 18

IMPERIAL ST. CLAIR participated in an historic special convoy with DOAN TRANSPORT, which carried caustic soda, led by C.C.G.S. GRIFFON arriving at Thunder Bay, Ontario on February 18, 1977. The journey took one week from Sarnia, Ontario through Lake Superior ice as...
Boatnerd News – February 17, 2023

Boatnerd News – February 17, 2023

Great Lakes iron ore trade a near match to January 2022 CLEVELAND — Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 2.5 million tons in January, a near match to 2022. Loadings were above the month’s 5-year average by 21.3 percent. Since 1880, Lake Carriers’ has...
Port Reports – February 17, 2023

Port Reports – February 17, 2023

Port and vessel activity from February 16, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Mobile Bay bid farewell to her berth at U.S. Coast Guard Station Sault Ste. Marie early Thursday...