by import2 | January 20, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
20 January 1980 – The E. M. FORD (406 foot, 4,498 gross tons, built in 1898, at Lorain, Ohio as a bulk freighter, converted to self-unloading bulk cement carrier in 1956, at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin) was raised at her dock in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She sank on...
by import2 | January 19, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes see near-record low ice for time of year January has been much warmer than usual, allowing very little ice on the Great Lakes to form yet this winter season. Every single day so far this month has been at or above freezing, with less than an inch of snow...
by import2 | January 19, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from January 18, 2023. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss Toledo, OH: Burns Harbor and American Integrity arrived for layup. Joseph L. Block departed for Sturgeon...
by import2 | January 19, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1824: On 19 January 1824, the Welland Canal Company was incorporated to build the first Welland Canal. 1901: DAVID M. WHITNEY (steel propeller freighter, 412 foot, 4,626 gross tons) was launched on 19 January 1901, by the Detroit Ship Building Company (Hull #138) in...
by import2 | January 18, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from January 17, 2023. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Supper in Superior came with a side of Saginaw on Tuesday night; the classic laker arrived...
