by import2 | October 30, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The tugs GLENADA and MOUNT MC KAY towed the tanker AMOCO ILLINOIS from Essexville, Michigan, on October 30, 1985, and arrived at the M&M slip in Windsor, Ontario, on November 1st. where she was to be scrapped. On 30 October 1863, TORRENT (2-mast wooden schooner,...
by import2 | October 29, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Roger Blough tow making slow progress At 9 a.m. Saturday, the Roger Blough tow was making 4.8 knots in tow of the tugs Meredith Ashton and Candice Elise. Their location was north of East Tawas. This speed gives it a current ETA at the Blue Water Bridges of between...
by import2 | October 29, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen BNSF Dock 5 ‘Gott’ a rare visitor Friday afternoon in Great Lakes Fleet’s 1,004-foot self-unloading giant. Usually hauling ore between Two Harbors and ports on...
by import2 | October 29, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The whaleback barge 127 (steel barge, 264 foot, 1,128 gross tons) was launched by the American Steel Barge Company of W. Superior, Wisconsin, on 29 October 1892. She lasted until 1936, when she was scrapped at New Orleans, Louisiana. On 29 October 1906, the schooner...
by import2 | October 28, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Historic load: Mark W. Barker takes on steel bars at Monroe A historic first load of special bar quality (SBQ) steel in the M/V Mark W. Barker, our 639-foot new build in her maiden season sailing on the Great Lakes. The steel bars were loaded overnight at the Port of...
