by import2 | December 12, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 11, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen American Integrity was a 02:16 arrival in Superior on Sunday morning, settling in at BNSF...
by import2 | December 12, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 12 December 1898, FANNY H (wooden propeller tug, 54 foot, 16 gross tons, built in 1890, at Bay City, Michigan) was sold by J. R. Hitchcock to the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers. She underwent a major rebuild in 1908, when she was lengthened to 60 feet. The push tug...
by import2 | December 11, 2022 | Boatnerd News
DTE Energy officially retires St. Clair Power Plant ST. CLAIR, MI – DTE Energy last Thursday officially announced the retirement of the St. Clair Power Plant and is retraining displaced workers for jobs elsewhere in the company. Michigan’s largest producer of clean...
by import2 | December 11, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 10, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Harbor ice would prove troublesome to start the weekend in Duluth, a trend that is sure to...
by import2 | December 11, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On December 11, 1979, while about 11 miles off Manitou Island near the Keweenaw Peninsula, the ASHLAND’s engine stalled due to a faulty relay switch. Caught in heavy weather and wallowing in the wave troughs, she put out a distress call. True to Great Lakes...
