by import2 | May 28, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Both Viking Expedition cruise ships to sail Great Lakes in 2023 Viking’s inaugural season in America’s Great Lakes is well underway. The line’s first expedition ship, Viking Octantis, recently wrapped up a roundtrip through the Welland Canal — a part of the St....
by import2 | May 28, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Despite a full harbor of ships, the Twin Ports saw only two vessel passages on Friday, May 27, both through the Duluth Ship Canal. After taking on a load of taconite from the...
by import2 | May 28, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 28 March 1997, the USS Great Lakes Fleet’s PHILIP R. CLARKE set a record for a salt cargo on a U.S.-flag laker when she loaded 25,325 tons at Fairport, Ohio for delivery to Toledo, Ohio. The previous record was 25,320 tons carried by American...
by import2 | May 27, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Soo Locks project no longer fully funded After a big announcement in January celebrating $479 million directed to fully fund the construction of a new lock, the Army Corps of Engineers has had to walk it back, according to a report by The Detroit News. The...
by import2 | May 27, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen After unloading limestone at Graymont, American Mariner departed Duluth at 02:13 heading up the lake for Two Harbors. Arriving from Two Harbors four hours later with stone was...
