by import2 | October 15, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1893, according to reports in Buffalo newspapers, First Mate Ben Lewis was washed off the decks of the JAY GOULD during a storm. A succeeding wave picked him up and dropped him back on the deck of the GOULD. On October 15, 1871, LA PETITE (wooden...
by import2 | October 14, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Roerborg wind turbine blade cargo sets record DULUTH, MN – At 260 feet in length, the wind turbine blades Duluth Cargo Connect moved by truck from the saltwater vessel Roerborg to its facilities this week were the longest ever transported through the Port of...
by import2 | October 14, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1916, the whaleback JAMES B. COLGATE sank off Long Point in Lake Erie with a loss of 26. The lone survivor was Captain Walter J. Grashaw who was picked up two days after the sinking. Captain Grashaw had sailed as First Mate on the COLGATE for ten years...
by import2 | October 13, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Big boat traffic in the Twin Ports would more than double on Wednesday after a cold start to the week. At 01:33, Philip R. Clarke came steaming into her namesake port with a...
by import2 | October 13, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1893, Chief Engineer J. H. Hogan left the DEAN RICHMOND in Toledo to take care of some family business. One day later, the DEAN RICHMOND burned off Dunkirk, New York, with a loss of 17 lives including the replacement Chief Engineer. On October 13, 1909,...
