by import2 | December 2, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 1, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen It is most decidedly not the most wonderful time of the year for Great Lakes shipping....
by import2 | December 2, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1942, the tug ADMIRAL and tanker-barge CLEVECO encountered a late season blizzard on Lake Erie. The ADMIRAL sank approximately 10 miles off Avon Point, Ohio, with a loss of 11. The CLEVECO sank 30 hours later off Euclid Beach with a loss of 19. On 02...
by import2 | December 1, 2022 | Boatnerd News
National Museum of the Great Lakes Christmas Tree Ship event cancelled TOLDEO, OH – Due to forecasted high winds, the museum has CANCELED the Christmas Tree Ship event scheduled for Saturday, December 3. Individuals who purchased a tree for themselves can pick up...
by import2 | December 1, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from November 30, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo Kaye E. Barker left the dock in the early morning on Wednesday, but wisely chose to stay within the...
by import2 | December 1, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1884: On 01 December 1884, the N BOUTIN (wooden propeller tug, 68 foot, 46 gross tons, built in 1882, at Buffalo, New York) sank in ten feet of water near Washburn, Wisconsin. Newspaper reports stated that she was leaking badly and was run toward shore to beach her...
