by import2 | October 28, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Joseph L. Block arrived Duluth at 08:31 and in near-freezing temps Thursday morning, her horn warming up in the cold to give the Aerial Lift Bridge a nice master’s salute...
by import2 | October 28, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1939, the Pittsburgh steamer D. G. KERR, Captain H. D. Mc Leod, rescued six men from the cabin cruiser FRANCIS J. H. that was disabled and sinking on Lake Erie. On this day in 1953, the McKEE SONS loaded her first cargo of 17,238 tons of stone at Port...
by import2 | October 27, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Roger Blough tow leaves Sturgeon Bay for Conneaut The tugs Meredith Ashton and Candace Elise departed BayShip Thursday morning with the fire-damaged Roger Blough. AIS indicates the destination as Conneaut, Ohio. Speculation earlier had the vessel bound for either...
by import2 | October 27, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo The Herbert C. Jackson concluded its visit with a 01:13 departure. She will closely follow her fleet mate Lee A. Tregurtha on her way to Dearborn to unload. The latter took a delay around De...
by import2 | October 27, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On October 27, 1973, the HENRY LA LIBERTE struck an embankment while backing from the Frontier Dock Slip at Buffalo, New York, and damaged her steering gear beyond repair. As a consequence she was laid up there. Sold Canadian for scrapping. Arrived under tow, along...
