by import2 | December 26, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1981, the steamer ENDERS M. VOORHEES laid up for the last time at the Hallett Dock #5 in Duluth, Minnesota. On 26 December 1916, the wreck of the wooden self-unloading freighter TOPEKA was leveled by dynamiting. She sank just off Windsor/Sandwich, Ontario, in the...
by import2 | December 25, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Middle River Marine LLC. Acquires Kindra Lake Towing MOKENA, IL – Middle River Marine LLC has acquired the assets of Kindra Lake Towing LP, of Chicago. The agreement will expand MRM’s bulk material logistic operations with the addition of five vessels, marine...
by import2 | December 25, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 24, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the entire Port Reports team! Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen ‘Twas the night...
by import2 | December 25, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1985: The former CLIFFS VICTORY passed down the Welland Canal as c) SAVIC, enroute to eventual scrapping in South Korea. It does not arrive there until Dec. 12, 1986. E.G. GRACE carried 14,797 tons of taconite ore on her last trip out of Taconite Harbor, Minnesota...
by import2 | December 24, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Duluth a parking lot for freighters; no vessels moving on Lake Superior DULUTH, MN – Anchored off Duluth are Edgar B. Speer, Great Republic, John G, Munson, Michipicoten, Clyde S. VanEnkevort, CSL Laurentian, American Spirit and Stewart J. Cort, which finished loading...
