by import2 | August 1, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Coming soon: Interactive port facilities map! Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Arthur M. Anderson arrived Duluth at 06:27 Sunday morning with an unusual load of eastern coal from Chicago. She would discharge...
by import2 | August 1, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1862, UNION (wooden propeller passenger-package freight steamer, 163 foot, 434 ton, built in 1861, at Manitowoc, Wisconsin) was sold by the Goodrich Line to James H. Mead and J. F. Kirkland for $28,000. This was $9,000 more than Goodrich had paid to have the vessel...
by import2 | July 31, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Coming soon: Interactive port facilities map! Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen With 30,000 tons of Keetac pellets bound for Stelco’s Lake Erie Works, Frontenac pulled away from BNSF Dock 5 in the middle...
by import2 | July 31, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1948, in a total elapsed time of 19 hours, the JAMES DAVIDSON of the Tomlinson fleet unloaded 13,545 tons of coal at the Berwind Dock in Duluth and loaded 14,826 tons of ore at the Allouez Dock in Superior. On this day in 1955, Al A. Wolf, the first...
by import2 | July 30, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Coast Guard Festival returns to Grand Haven GRAND HAVEN, MI – The Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival is back with a week-long event reflecting and celebrating the rescue military service branch. Grand Haven, also known as Coast Guard City, USA, will be filled with...