by import2 | October 6, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Ocean Group In. (Quebec) has acquired The Verreault shipyard. The Méchins shipyard, founded in 1956 by Borromée Verreault and then managed by his daughter Denise Verreault for around thirty years, transferred into the hands of Groupe Océan, which specializes in...
by import2 | October 6, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo The Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader finished unloading stone at 19:45, then went out to Lake Superior for an hour or two (likely to clean out the holds) before returning to load ore at 21:23....
by import2 | October 6, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On October 6, 1893, DAVID STEWART (3-mast wooden schooner, 171 foot, 545 gross tons, built in 1867, at Cleveland, Ohio) foundered in a gale off Pigeon Bay, Ontario, on Lake Erie. She crew clung to the frozen rigging for 14 hours until saved by the fish tug LOUISE of...
by import2 | October 5, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen If only one vessel arrives the Twin Ports in a 24-hour span, it might as well be the Wilfred Sykes. Between the Elbeborg’s 19:37 arrival Monday evening and the American...
by import2 | October 5, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
Upbound with a load of limestone on Lake Superior on October 5, 1965, the PETER A.B. WIDENER reported broken steering gear and possible damage to steering mechanism and screw after encountering gale force winds and high waves near Isle Royale. Fleetmates HENRY PHIPPS...
