by import2 | August 31, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover image: McKeil Spirit blends right in with the Toronto skyline as she arrives to unload cement. Korey Garceau photo, August 29 Editor’s Note: Our daily photo galleries are currently down due to a technical issue....
by import2 | August 31, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
August 31, 1852 – The U. S. Congress passed an act requiring the president to appoint three officers from the Navy, three engineers from the Army and two civilian scientists to constitute the new Lighthouse Board. The Bureau of Lighthouses succeeded the...
by import2 | August 30, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Grain gushing out of the Great Lakes this year The St. Lawrence Seaway transported 514,000 tonnes of grain out of the Great Lakes between March 22 to the end of July this year. This represents a 37% increase from the same period last year. The Great Lakes Seaway...
by import2 | August 30, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover photo credit: Fred Miller II Editor’s Note: Our daily photo galleries are currently down due to a technical issue. Thank you for your continued patience! Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen The quietest day...
by import2 | August 30, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1964, the retired Bradley Transportation steamer CALCITE was awarded the National Safety Council Award of Merit. The CALCITE accumulated a total of 1,394,613 man-hours of continuous operation over 17 years without a disabling, lost-time injury. The...
