by import2 | September 8, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
September 8, 1936, the Interlake steamer CRETE and the Pittsburgh steamer CORNELL collided in heavy fog above Whitefish Point. After temporary repairs were made in the Weitzel Lock, the CRETE proceeded to Chicago Shipbuilding to repair a damaged bow. The CORNELL...
by import2 | September 7, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Port of Monroe and partners strengthen Great Lakes short sea shipping network MONROE, MI – The Port of Monroe (Port) recently commissioned a new Manitowoc crawler crane. Its first job was to load approximately 400 tons of special bar quality (SBQ) steel onto Interlake...
by import2 | September 7, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On September 7, 1978, the ROGER M. KYES lost all power in Lake St. Clair requiring tug assistance from the Great Lakes Towing Co. tugs MARYLAND and MAINE, which escorted her to the Great Lakes Steel dock. Renamed b.) ADAM E. CORNELIUS in 1989. CADILLAC of 1943 was...
by import2 | September 6, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Mark W. Barker makes Soo Locks debut on Labor Day SAULT STE. MARIE – Interlake Steamship Company’s brand new 639-foot diesel-powered M/V Mark W. Barker entered the Soo Locks at approximately 11 a.m. this Labor Day for the very first time. Hundreds of spectators...
by import2 | September 6, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover image: Interlake’s new Mark W. Barker passes her big sister James R. Barker at Mission Point in a perfectly-timed first visit to the Soo. Jim Lehocky image, September 5 Editor’s Note: Our daily photo galleries...
