by import2 | November 15, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from November 13-14, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Great Lakes Fleet’s John G. Munson rolled out of bed early Sunday morning at...
by import2 | November 15, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1883, the schooner E. FITZGERALD, Captain Daniel Lanigan, went ashore and was completely covered with ice. The crew of six drowned while attempting to make shore in the yawl. A couple days after the loss, Mrs. Lanigan received a prophetic letter from her son...
by import2 | November 14, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
ALGOBAY (steel propeller bulk freighter, 719 foot, 22,466 gross tons, built at Collingwood, Ontario in 1978) departed Sept Iles, Quebec on 14 Nov 1978, with an iron ore pellet cargo for Sydney, Nova Scotia when she collided with the 90,000 ton Italian-flag ore carrier...
by import2 | November 13, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from November 12, 2022. Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen WARNING: Large boatnerd presence in the Twin Ports due to this weekend’s annual LSMMA Gales of November event. These...
by import2 | November 13, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1952, the 626-foot SPARROWS POINT successfully completed her sea trials and departed Chicago on her maiden trip. The new Bethlehem boat, the largest boat to enter the lakes via the Mississippi River Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, was under the command of Captain...
