Port Reports – July 30, 2022

Port Reports – July 30, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Coming soon: Interactive port facilities map! Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Indiana Harbor arrived Duluth in the 01:19 early-morning darkness, headed to the Superior side of the harbor for her first load at...
Today in Great Lakes History – July 30

Today in Great Lakes History – July 30

This News Page on the BoatNerd site was launched in 1996. July 30, 1996 – CSL’s self-unloader H.M. GRIFFITH, which was off Whitefish Bay in Lake Superior, and bound for Nanticoke, Ontario, with a load of 22,775 tons of western coal, had a spontaneous...
Boatnerd News – July 29, 2022

Boatnerd News – July 29, 2022

The Great Lakes could help solve some ongoing US supply chain issues A U.S. inland system of lakes could surprise many as it appears to hold some major possibilities when it comes to ways to help solve the ongoing supply chain issues plaguing the country amid growing...
Port Reports – July 29, 2022

Port Reports – July 29, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Coming soon: Interactive port facilities map! Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Arriving Duluth late Wednesday night was Hon. James L. Oberstar, loaded with limestone and dolomite from Stoneport and Meldrum Bay....
Today in Great Lakes History – July 29

Today in Great Lakes History – July 29

OTTERCLIFFE HALL cleared Lauzon, Quebec, July 29, 1969 on her maiden voyage as the last “straight deck” Great Lakes bulk freighter built with a pilothouse forward. While at the Manitowoc Ship Building Co. for general repairs and engine overhaul, the CITY...