by import2 | September 17, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
Tragedy struck in 1949, when the Canada Steamship Lines cruise ship NORONIC burned at Pier 9 in Toronto, Ontario. By morning the ship was gutted, 104 passengers were known to be dead and 14 were missing. Because of land reclamation and the changing face of the harbor,...
by import2 | September 16, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
At about 8:30 a.m. Sunday, September 16, 1990, the inbound motor ship BUFFALO passed close by while the tanker JUPITER was unloading unleaded gasoline at the Total Petroleum dock in the Saginaw River near Bay City, Michigan. As the BUFFALO passed the dock’s aft...
by import2 | September 15, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Agreement reached to deepen Port of Oswego harbor OSWEGO, NY – Tuesday was an historic day at the Port of Oswego as 25 years of discussions concluded in an agreement to fund and conduct a study to deepen the Oswego Harbor. Port officials feel the project would...
by import2 | September 15, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Reports for ports covered by Joshua Hebeisen will resume in tomorrow’s post. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo No traffic on Wednesday, though the American Spirit will likely be...
by import2 | September 15, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 15 September 1886, F. J. KING (wooden schooner, 140 foot, 280 tons, built in 1867, at Toledo, Ohio) was carrying iron ore from Escanaba, Michigan, to Chicago, Illinois. She sprang a leak and sank in a heavy southwesterly gale three miles off Rawley Bay, Wisconsin....
