by import2 | July 8, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Video shows Mark W. Barker testing freefall life boat at Bay Shipbuilding STURGEON BAY, WI – Today the crews at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding deployed the freefall lifeboat off our M/V Mark W. Barker for the first time as part of her testing to make sure she is...
by import2 | July 8, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Just after midnight Thursday morning, CSL Niagara went to anchor off the Superior piers and took her place as the third vessel in line to load ore at BNSF Dock 5. Her fleetmate...
by import2 | July 7, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Senate approves bills to support Michigan port infrastructure improvements LANSING, MI – The Michigan Senate on Wednesday finalized a bipartisan legislative package designed to support improvements of Michigan’s ports and help them compete with ports in other...
by import2 | July 7, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Though Wednesday would be another strong day for shipping in the Twin Ports, a thick fog over the harbor proved disruptive for early-morning vessel traffic. Joseph L. Block, her...
by import2 | July 7, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
July 7, 1939 – The Bureau of Lighthouses was merged into the U. S. Coast Guard. The BURNS HARBOR’s sea trials were conducted on July 7, 1980. JEAN PARISIEN (Hull#684) was launched July 7, 1977, at Lauzon, Quebec, by Davie Shipbuilding Company Ltd. for...
