by import2 | June 18, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes shipping forecast cautiously optimistic As on the inland waterways, when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, essential workers on the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway kept on working. They navigated their way through new restrictions and precautions, dealt with...
by import2 | June 18, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Paul R. Tregurtha slipped into Duluth one minute before midnight on Thursday evening, bound for another load of low-sulfur western coal at SMET. Across the bay from the...
by import2 | June 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
The steamer ILLINOIS was the first vessel to pass through the newly opened Soo Locks in 1855. To help commemorate the 100th anniversary of this event, an open house was held aboard the J. L. MAUTHE. While tied up at the Cleveland Lakefront dock, an estimated 1,700...
by import2 | June 17, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes-Seaway cargo rose 7% in 2021 Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway ships carried an estimated 149 million metric tons of cargo to and from domestic ports, and to overseas markets during the 2021 shipping season — an increase of 7% over pandemic-stricken 2020, a...
by import2 | June 17, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen It was a bad day for Great Lakes Fleet footers in Duluth, with both the 1,000-foot Presque Isle and 1,004-foot Edgar B. Speer in port with mechanical issues. The latter limped...
