by import2 | June 8, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen It was a slow day in the Twin Ports, with all boat traffic wrapping up early Tuesday morning. There was no large vessel activity whatsoever on the Minnesota side of the harbor,...
by import2 | June 8, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
June 8 1951, CLIFFS VICTORY entered Cleveland with a load of iron ore from Marquette. The VICTORY completed the one-way trip in 37 hours – 20 hours faster than the best previous time. On 08 June 1854, J. YOUNG SCAMMON (2-mast wooden brig, built in 1845, at...
by import2 | June 7, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Viking Cruises to sail from Duluth to Antarctica and South America in 2023 DULUTH, MN – Cruise passengers boarding the Viking Polaris in Duluth in the autumn of 2023 will embark on an epic 71-day, eight-country, three-continent voyage that includes stops in Canada,...
by import2 | June 7, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen A pair of classic lakers made up the only activity in the Twin Ports on Monday, starting with Hon. James L. Oberstar departing Duluth at 03:10 en route to Marquette. She had...
by import2 | June 7, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1958, the largest freighter ever built on the Great Lakes slid down the ways at River Rouge, Michigan. The new freighter was christened by Mrs. Edmund Fitzgerald and named EDMUND FITZGERALD. The 729-foot FITZGERALD was owned by Northwestern Mutual Insurance Company...
