by import2 | June 17, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On June 17, 1895, the J. W. Westcott Co. inaugurated its unique mail delivery service. On 17 June 1878, the Canadian schooner JAMES SCOTT of Port Burwell capsized and sank in Lake Erie. The captain’s wife, their child and two seamen were drowned. The wooden...
by import2 | June 16, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Lakes limestone trade up 5.5 percent in May Cleveland, OH – Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.9 million tons in May, an increase of 5.5 percent compared to a year ago. May’s loadings were also above the month’s 5-year average by 3 percent. Loadings...
by import2 | June 16, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Wednesday activity in the Duluth-Superior Harbor began at noon when Atlantic Huron departed Superior for Quebec City. Her cargo, 27,000 tons of Hibtac ore loaded at BNSF Dock 5,...
by import2 | June 16, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 16 June 1891, Alexander McDougall himself took his brand-new whaleback steamer JOSEPH L. COLBY (steel propeller whaleback freighter, 265 foot, 1,245 gross tons, built in 1890 at West Superior, Wisconsin) down the St. Lawrence River to the sea. The double-hulled...
by import2 | June 15, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes cruise ship scheduled to arrive in Green Bay on Thursday GREEN BAY, WI – After years in the making, it’s a sight that may be coming to Northeast Wisconsin for the very first time. The cruise ship called the Ocean Navigator was recently spotted...
