Port Reports – July 14, 2022

Port Reports – July 14, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas Algoma Intrepid arrived 10:00 Wednesday loading at Compass Minerals.  Algoma Compass arrived 16:52 Wednesday and tied up North Pier, making her first appearance here this season. Algoma...
Today in Great Lakes History – July 14

Today in Great Lakes History – July 14

The AMERICAN REPUBLIC (Hull#724) was launched July 14, 1980, by the Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, for the American Steamship Co. She was renamed b) GREAT REPUBLIC in 2011. While upbound in the St. Lawrence River on July 14, 1970, for Saginaw,...
Port Reports – July 13, 2022

Port Reports – July 13, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Milwaukee, WI – MKE Marine Reports Tug John Marshall and three barges loaded with grain cleared for Calumet Harbor at 19:13 Monday. Samuel de Champlain/Innovation arrived from Alpena at 01:05 Tuesday with cement for...
Today in Great Lakes History – July 13

Today in Great Lakes History – July 13

Algoma’s straight-deck bulk freighter ALGOWEST was christened at Collingwood on July 13, 1982. She was converted to a self-unloader in 1998, and renamed b.) PETER R. CRESSWELL in 2001. The vessel was scrapped in Turkey in 2016. SASKATCHEWAN PIONEER (Hull#258)...
Port Reports – July 12, 2022

Port Reports – July 12, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Originally scheduled to arrive for wheat at Riverland Ag in the early morning, Polsteam saltie Lubie went to anchor at 07:00 just off the Duluth piers to undergo standard...