Port Reports – February 11, 2023

Port Reports – February 11, 2023

Port and vessel activity from February 10, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Algocanada continues a midwinter’s stay in the Soo, discharging petroleum products at the Purvis...
Today in Great Lakes History – February 11

Today in Great Lakes History – February 11

On 11 February 1994, the tug MARY E. HANNAH and an empty fuel barge became trapped in the ice in the Pelee Passage on Lake Erie. The vessels were freed by the U.S. Coast Guard cutter NEAH BAY and the Canadian Coast Guard ship SAMUEL RISLEY. NIXON BERRY was sold to...
Port Reports – February 10, 2023

Port Reports – February 10, 2023

Port and vessel activity from February 9, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Upbound from Sarnia, ON, with petroleum products, Canadian tanker Algocanada met USCGC Katmai Bay at Lime...
Today in Great Lakes History –  February 10

Today in Great Lakes History –  February 10

UHLMANN BROTHERS was launched February 10, 1906, as a.) LOFTUS CUDDY (Hull#341) at Lorain, Ohio by American Ship Building Co. The MARKHAM (Twin Screw Hopper Suction Dredge) was delivered February 10, 1960, to the Army Corps of Engineers at Cleveland, Ohio. In 1998,...
Boatnerd News – February 9, 2023

Boatnerd News – February 9, 2023

Crews discover 153-year-old shipwreck in Lake Superior The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society announced the discovery of the 144-foot Barquentine “Nucleus,” which sank more than 150 years ago in Lake Superior. According to the society, the...