by import2 | July 1, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On July 1, 1940, the HARRY COULBY became the first Great Lakes vessel to load in excess of 16,000 tons of iron ore when it loaded 16,067 tons of iron ore in Ashland, Wisconsin. Renamed b.) KINSMAN ENTERPRISE in 1989, she was scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario in 2002....
by import2 | June 30, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Bayfield welcomes Viking Cruise ship BAYFIELD, WI – Passengers traveling the Great Lakes aboard Viking Cruises’ Octantis explored Bayfield and the Apostle Islands on Tuesday. The ship carrying 334 passengers and about 200 crew members parked just beyond the...
by import2 | June 30, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 30 June 1917, while being towed out of the Milwaukee River by the tugs WELCOME and KNIGHT TEMPLAR, the Goodrich Lines’ CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS (steel propeller whaleback passenger steamer, 362 foot, 1,511 gross tons, built in 1893, at West Superior, Wisconsin), with...
by import2 | June 29, 2022 | Boatnerd News
U.S. Steel to invest $150 million dollars for a DR grade pellet system in Minnesota U.S. Steel is moving into the DR grade pellet market. The company announced Tuesday they have plans to invest $150 million dollars into a DR pellet system in Minnesota this fall. The...
by import2 | June 29, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Shortly after 23:00 on Monday night, Atlantic Huron anchored off the Superior piers waiting for the Indiana Harbor to finish loading at BNSF Dock 5. There was no further...
