by import2 | December 17, 2022 | Boatnerd News
SATURDAY MORNING UPDATE: Despite a report Friday from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (see below), the Herbert C. Jackson entered the MacArthur Lock before the set closing time of 7 a.m. Saturday. She reported upbound at Mission Point around 6:15 a.m. and was...
by import2 | December 17, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 16, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Arthur Pickering Marquette Report for December 16th: A busy week of ship traffic at the ore dock in the upper harbor. ...
by import2 | December 17, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
While breaking ice off Colchester Reef, Lake Erie on 17 December 1917, the HENRY CORT (steel propeller whaleback bulk freighter, 320 foot, 2,234 gross tons, built in 1892, at W. Superior, Wis., formerly a.) PILLSBURY) was in a collision with the MIDVALE (steel...
by import2 | December 17, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The Maritimer THOMAS WILSON operated until December 16, 1979, when she tied up at Toledo. During that final year, the vessel carried only 30 cargoes and all were ore. In 1949, the tow line between the tug JOHN ROEN III and the barge RESOLUTE parted in high seas and a...
by import2 | December 16, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes cargo shipments are down 6.82% this year. Ships have carried 31.53 million tons of cargo to ports including the Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor and the Port of Chicago, down from 33.84 million tons last year. Ports of the Great Lakes traded with at least 19...
