by import2 | January 18, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
1925: JOHN RUGEE, a wooden steamer in the George Hall Coal Co. fleet, was destroyed by a fire while spending the winter at Ogdensburg. On 18 January 2004, the Great Lakes Fleet’s 1,000 footer EDGAR B. SPEER became stuck in the ice in the Rock Cut in the St. Mary’s...
by import2 | January 17, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Ashtabula/Defiance end Soo Locks Shipping Season The Soo Locks are officially closed to shipping traffic as of 10 a.m. today, Monday. They were originally scheduled to close at 11:59 p.m. Sunday night, but the tug/barge Ashtabula/Defiance left Superior, WI, late due...
by import2 | January 17, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from January 16, 2023. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District The tug/barge Ashtabula/Defiance closed out the 2022-2023 navigation...
by import2 | January 17, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
JOHN E. F. MISENER was float launched in 1951, as a.) SCOTT MISENER (Hull#11) at St. Catharines, Ontario, by Port Weller Drydocks, Ltd. NORTHERN VENTURE closed the Welland Canal for the season as she passed downbound for Hamilton with coal in 1975. In 1978, the CLIFFS...
by import2 | January 16, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from January 15, 2023. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Loaded with a cargo of Keetac pellets from BNSF Dock 5, rare visitor Saginaw departed...
