by import2 | October 25, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
October 25, 1895 – SHENANGO No. 2 (later PERE MARQUETTE 16) was launched in Toledo, Ohio. She was built by the Craig Shipbuilding Company for the United States & Ontario Steam Navigation Company and later became part of the Pere Marquette carferry fleet. On...
by import2 | October 24, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Wherever she goes, it seems there is never an uneventful day in the life of the American Spirit. Sunday’s shenanigans saw the footer arrive the Superior Entry from...
by import2 | October 24, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
THOMAS W. LAMONT and her former fleetmate, ENDERS M. VOORHEES arrived at Alegeciras, Spain on October 24, 1987, on the way to the cutters’ torch. The LAMONT was one of the last bulkers that retained her telescoping hatch covers to the very end. On October 24, 1886,...
by import2 | October 23, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Canadian Coast Guard Takes Delivery of Final AHTS Icebreaker The Canadian Coast Guard has taken delivery of its third converted commercial icebreaker, the CCGS Vincent Massey. Vincent Massey is the former offshore vessel Tor Viking / Tor Viking II, a 2,600 dwt...
by import2 | October 23, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1949, the new Canada Steamship Line steamer HOCHELAGA successfully completed her sea trials in Georgian Bay. She departed Collingwood the next day to load her first cargo of grain at Port Arthur. On October 23,1887, the small wooden scow-schooner LADY...
