by import2 | October 8, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Cleveland-Cliffs extends closure of Northshore Mining until April SILVER BAY, MN – Cleveland-Cliffs, which operates four taconite mines and processing plants on Minnesota’s Iron Range, announced Friday it plans to keep its Northshore Mining facility closed until...
by import2 | October 8, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Another weekly dose of PRT to SUW was spiced up by an unusual entry via the Superior side of the harbor. After entering Allouez Bay in the 01:00 darkness, the big Tregurtha...
by import2 | October 8, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 08 October 1871, PHILO PARSONS (wooden side-wheel steamer, 221 tons, built in 1861, at Algonac, Michigan) burned to a total loss in the great Chicago fire. She burned so completely that her remains were not located in the Chicago River until 1877. She was the...
by import2 | October 7, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from October 6, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI Joshua Hebeisen A good two days in the Twin Ports began Wednesday, October 5 on the Minnesota side of the...
by import2 | October 7, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On October 7, 1968, the NORMAN P. CLEMENT was damaged in a grounding off Britt, Ontario. The Canadian boat was towed to Collingwood for repairs. However, while in dry dock, an explosion occurred on October 16 that injured 11 workers and further damaged the hull....
