by import2 | May 30, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Cruise ship to arrive in Duluth on Memorial Day DULUTH, MN – A Viking cruise ship will be the first to arrive and use the new customs facility at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center on Monday, according to a news release from the DECC. The Viking...
by import2 | May 30, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen After completing her fifth load at BNSF of the season, Burns Harbor departed Superior at 12:36 for the port of her own name. It is as sure a bet as any that she will be back in...
by import2 | May 30, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 30 May 1896, ALGERIA (3-mast wooden schooner-barge, 285 foot, 2,038 gross tons) was launched by J. Davidson (Hull #75) at West Bay City, Michigan. She lasted until 1906, when she foundered near Cleveland, Ohio. COLUMBIA STAR began her maiden voyage in 1981, from...
by import2 | May 29, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen 00:25 marked the Twin Ports’ first traffic of the weekend as Mesabi Miner made her way inbound Duluth to load taconite at the CN 6 shiploader. Near Rice’s Point she passed the...
by import2 | May 29, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
STADACONA (Hull#66) was launched in 1909, at Ecorse, Michigan, by Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Stadacona Steamship Co. (James Playfair, mgr.). Renamed b.) W.H. MC GEAN in 1920, and c.) ROBERT S. McNAMARA in 1962. The 71-foot tug and patrol boat CARTER H....
