Port Reports – January 6, 2023

Port Reports – January 6, 2023

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from January 5, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen 12/29 At 01:00, Algoma Discovery settled in off the piers while in line to load at...
Today in Great Lakes History – January 6

Today in Great Lakes History – January 6

While under tow heading for scrap, the HARRY R. JONES went aground at Androsan, Scotland, on January 6, 1961, and it wasn’t until February 15 that she arrived at her final port of Troon, Scotland. January 6, 1999 – The Dow Chemical plant in Ludington,...
Boatnerd News – January 5, 2023

Boatnerd News – January 5, 2023

Multiple agencies working to maintain tug Michigan sinking at Port of Milwaukee MILWAUKEE, Wisc. – Multiple agencies are working to maintain a tug boat that is sinking in the Port of Milwaukee. The U.S. Coast Guard said tug Michigan started to sink in the Port of...
Port Reports – January 5, 2023

Port Reports – January 5, 2023

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from January 4, 2023. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Due to family holiday celebrations and a boatwatching trip at New Year’s, I have not...
Today in Great Lakes History – January 5

Today in Great Lakes History – January 5

1893:  The wooden tug A. J. WRIGHT caught fire on 5 January 1893, while laid up at Grand Haven, Michigan. She burned to the water’s edge. Her loss was valued at $20,000. She was owned by C. D. Thompson. 1970:   PETER REISS broke her tail shaft while backing in...