Port Reports – December 10, 2022

Port Reports – December 10, 2022

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 9, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen On the second consecutive day with just two Twin Ports passages, fleetmates American Mariner...
Today in Great Lakes History – December 10

Today in Great Lakes History – December 10

The steamer EDWARD Y. TOWNSEND loaded the last cargo of ore for the 1942 season at Marquette. CEDARGLEN, a.) WILLIAM C. ATWATER, loaded her last cargo at Thunder Bay, Ontario on December 10, 1984, carrying grain for Goderich, Ontario. Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. of...
Boatnerd News – December 9, 2022

Boatnerd News – December 9, 2022

Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Up 4.5 Percent in November   CLEVELAND – Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 4.4 million tons in November, an increase of 4.5 percent from 2021. Shipments were below the month’s 5-year average by 6.4 percent.   Year-to-date...
Port Reports – December 9, 2022

Port Reports – December 9, 2022

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 8, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Wednesday, December 7 began with the departure of Walter J. McCarthy Jr. outbound through...
Today in Great Lakes History – December 9

Today in Great Lakes History – December 9

1956: FORT HENRY, a package freighter for Canada Steamship Lines, hit Canoe Rocks approaching the Canadian Lakehead, cutting open the hull. It reached the dock safely, quickly unloaded, and went to the Port Arthur shipyard for repairs. While tied up at Port Colborne,...