by import2 | June 15, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen The first of three tug/barge combos to visit the Twin Ports on Tuesday, Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader arrived at 05:48 to load at BNSF Dock 5 in Superior. In Duluth,...
by import2 | June 15, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On June 15, 1943, the D.M. CLEMSON collided with and sank the GEORGE M. HUMPHREY in the Straits of Mackinac. Both of these 600-footers recovered for long careers. The D.M. CLEMSON was sold for scrap in 1980. The GEORGE M. HUMPHREY was recovered over a year later,...
by import2 | June 14, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Hansen-Mueller Company purchases Duluth’s Elevator A DULUTH, MN – The Hansen-Mueller Company recently finalized acquisition of General Mills Elevator A in Duluth, Minnesota, completing a deal that will bring the grain-handling facility back into active service....
by import2 | June 14, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen The week got off to an early start in Duluth, with two vessels departing empty early Monday morning after delivering stone. The first, American Mariner, led the way out the...
by import2 | June 14, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1985, Captain Edward Rogowski passed away. Captain Rogowski started sailing as a deckhand on the 514 foot JOHN SHERWIN in 1936. He retired in 1982 as the first captain of the largest freighter on the Great Lakes, the 1,013 foot PAUL R TREGURTHA. On this...
