Port Reports – May 16

Port Reports – May 16

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen The only traffic on either side of the harbor was Baie Comeau, departing Superior at 02:24 with Keetac for Nanticoke. USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (LCS-21) arrived western Lake...

Boatnerd News – May 16

Passenger ship season starts in the Soo SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The first of an estimated 44 dockings by passenger ships between now and October happened Sunday when the Ocean Navigator (ex-Victory II) tied up at the Valley Camp dock. The vessel locked up in the...
Today in Great Lakes History – May 16

Today in Great Lakes History – May 16

1943: W.R. WOODFORD (Hull#626) was launched May 16, 1908, at West Bay City, Michigan by West Bay City Ship Building Co. for W. A. & M.A. Hawgood. Renamed b.) N.F. LEOPOLD 1911, and c.) E. J. BLOCK in 1943. She was scrapped at Port Colborne, Ontario, arriving in...
Port Reports – May 15

Port Reports – May 15

Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen As the clock flipped to Saturday, CSL’s Baie Comeau arrived off the Superior Entry and dropped anchor to wait in line for ore at BNSF 5. The first vessel traffic inside the harbor was the departure of James R. Barker; she...
Boatnerd News – May 15

Boatnerd News – May 15

Warship USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul locks upbound Saturday Sault Ste. Marie – The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul was upbound at the Soo Locks around 12:30 p.m. Saturday headed to Duluth-Superior where she will be commissioned at 10 AM on May 21.  She was assisted at the...