by import2 | December 31, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 30, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss Monroe, MI: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder unloaded salt and then left for Alpena, MI. Marblehead, OH: Laura L....
by import2 | December 31, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
At 4:00 p.m., 31 December 1895, the PURITAN (wooden propeller passenger/package freight steamer, 172 foot, 289 gross tons, built in 1887, at Benton Harbor, Michigan) burned at the dock in Oak Hill (Manistee), Michigan. She was a total loss. In 1905, B. F. JONES...
by import2 | December 30, 2022 | Boatnerd News
U.S., Canadian coast guards free freighter stuck in ice on Detroit River Amherstburg, ON –A freighter is once again making its way up the Detroit River after becoming temporarily stuck in the ice on Wednesday. The ship became stuck near the southern tip of Boblo...
by import2 | December 30, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 29, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo LS&I remained empty until 15:26 with the arrival of ol’ reliable, Hon. James L. Oberstar, for her...
by import2 | December 30, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On December 30, 1987, the THOMAS WILSON, under tow in the North Atlantic heading to be scrapped, parted her towline and sank near position 34.08’N by 61.35’12″W (approximately in line with Cape Hatteras, North Carolina) early the next day. GEORGE M....
