by import2 | July 19, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Coming soon: Interactive port facilities map! Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen At 02:33, the Captain Henry Jackman’s captain guided Algoma’s newest vessel outbound the Superior piers for Quebec. The...
by import2 | July 19, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1970, ARTHUR B. HOMER established a new Great Lakes loading record when she loaded 27,530 tons of ore at Escanaba. This eclipsed the previous record of 27,402 tons set by the EDMUND FITZGERALD. EDWIN H. GOTT (Hull#718) was float launched July 19, 1978,...
by import2 | July 18, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Lost shipwreck resurfaces in Lake Michigan nearly 200 years after sinking SAUGATUCK, MI – A West Michigan couple believes they’ve located a once lost shipwreck in the shallow waters of Lake Michigan. Kevin Ailes and his wife, Amy, share a passion for...
by import2 | July 18, 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 approximately 63,000 tons of Keetac pellets from BNSF Dock 5 in her holds, American Integrity cleared the Superior piers at...
by import2 | July 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1974, Interlake Steamship decommissioned the COLONEL JAMES PICKANDS after 48 years of service due to continuing problems with her boilers and engines. AGAWA CANYON struck an abutment at Welland Canal’s Bridge 11, at Allanburg, Ontario, on July 18,...
