by import2 | September 27, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Note: Current weather conditions in the Great Lakes region are forcing vessels to hug the shoreline, go to anchor, and/or take delays as they go about their business. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen High winds...
by import2 | September 27, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The tanker IMPERIAL COLLINGWOOD (Hull#137) was launched September 27, 1947, at Collingwood, Ontario by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. for Imperial Oil Ltd., Toronto, Ontario. Renamed b.) SEAWAY TRADER in 1979, sold off the Lakes in 1984, renamed c.) PATRICIA II, d.)...
by import2 | September 26, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Loaded with 25,500 Keetac pellets – her first cargo of the season – veteran bulker Algoma Discovery cleared the Superior Entry in the predawn darkness bound for...
by import2 | September 26, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
September 26, 1930, the schooner OUR SON, launched in 1875, sank during a storm on Lake Michigan about 40 miles WSW of Big Sable Point. Seventy-three year old Captain Fred Nelson the crew of OUR SON were rescued by the self-unloader WILLIAM NELSON. September 26, 1937,...
by import2 | September 25, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo The American Spirit had a considerably shorter load than last time, clocking in at just under 24 hours when she left at 10:28 for Toledo. The Victory/Maumee would take her place 13 hours later...
