by import2 | September 4, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On September 4,1889, the new steamer CHEROKEE (wooden propeller freighter, 209 foot, 1,002 gross tons) arrived in Port Huron, Michigan, from M. P. Lester’s yard in Marine City, Michigan, for the Phoenix Iron Works in Port Huron to installed the engine and...
by import2 | September 3, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover image: Saginaw entered Lake Macatawa early Friday afternoon to deliver aggregate to Verplank’s dock. Kurt Van Appledorn image, September 2 Editor’s Note: Our daily photo galleries are currently down due to a...
by import2 | September 3, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
September 3, 1919, the WILLIAM A. McGONAGLE loaded a record 15,160 tons of soft coal at Toledo, Ohio for delivery to Gary, Indiana. The record lasted less than 24 hours as the D. G. KERR, Captain Harry Harbottle, loaded 15,532 tons of coal at the same Toledo dock for...
by import2 | September 2, 2022 | Boatnerd News
NTSB issues safety recommendations after engine room fire on Roger Blough The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board issued three safety recommendations Thursday following an investigation into last year’s engine room fire aboard the Great Lakes bulk carrier Roger...
by import2 | September 2, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover image: With a smash of the bottle, Interlake’s historic newbuild is officially christened M/V Mark W. Barker. DRE Designs (Andrea Guerriero) photo, September 1 Editor’s Note: Our daily photo galleries are...
