by import2 | August 5, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 05 August 1958, the tug GARY D (steel propeller tug, 18 tons) was destroyed by an explosion and fire near Strawberry Island Light on Lake Huron. The RICHARD M. MARSHALL, later b.) JOSEPH S. WOOD, c.) JOHN DYKSTRA, d.) BENSON FORD, and finally e.) US265808, entered...
by import2 | August 4, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Windsorites reflect on vessel that capsized underneath Ambassador Bridge 60 years ago DETROIT RIVER – It took months to remove the vessel from the Detroit River Even though Neil Cornwall was only nine years old, he remembers how big of a spectacle it was when a...
by import2 | August 4, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Coming soon: Interactive port facilities map! Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen CSL Tadoussac departed early Wednesday morning at 02:52 after loading 29,000 tons of Hibtac pellets at Superior’s BNSF Dock...
by import2 | August 4, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1896, the whaleback COLGATE HOYT became the first boat to transport a load of iron ore through the new Poe lock. The man at the wheel of the HOYT, Thomas Small, was also at the wheel of the PHILIP R. CLARKE when the second Poe lock was opened to traffic...
by import2 | August 3, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Atlantic Huron, tanker collide at Quebec port PORT OF QUEBEC – An incident July 31 at the Port of Quebec between Canada Steamship Lines Atlantic Huron and NCC Qamar, an oil/chemical tanker sailing under the flag of Saudi Arabia, resulted in damage to both vessels, as...
