by import2 | October 12, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen For the second day in a row, Twin Ports traffic would consist solely of a pair of passages on the Duluth side of the harbor. Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader wrapped up their...
by import2 | October 12, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1976, three boats discharged a record 108,379 tons of cargo on a single day at the Pinney Dock in Ashtabula, Ohio. The three boats were the JAMES R. BARKER (57,305 tons), the WILFRED SYKES (20,678 tons), and the JOSEPH L. BLOCK (30,306 tons). On the...
by import2 | October 11, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Discovering the three largest shipwrecks in the St. Lawrence River Of all the rivers in the world, the St. Lawrence River is undeniably one of the most challenging for mariners. This water highway is at some spots as narrow as a large river and, at others, as wide as...
by import2 | October 11, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen A quiet day in the Twin Ports saw a thick wave of sea smoke roll into town before the boats, covering the harbor in an early-season blanket of white typically reserved for the...
by import2 | October 11, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1911, the rail ferry CHIEF WAWATAM arrived at St. Ignace, Michigan, and began service shortly thereafter. On this day in 1923, the HENRY STEINBRENNER of 1901 collided with the J. McCARTNEY KENNEDY at 4:20 p.m. off Parisienne Island, Whitefish Bay. The accident...
