by import2 | May 8, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Anglian Lady, PML 9000 freed from Vidal Shoals Sault Ste. Marie, ON – Purvis Marine’s barge PML 9000 and her tug Anglian Lady, had been grounded since May 4th on Vidal Shoals just west of the Soo Locks approach. The pair were freed on Friday after a portion of...
by import2 | May 8, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
FRED R. WHITE JR. was christened May 8, 1979, named for Oglebay Norton’s then vice-chairman of the board. The 1,000-foot COLUMBIA STAR was christened May 8, 1981, at Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, for Columbia Transportation Div., Oglebay Norton Co. EDGAR B. SPEER...
by import2 | May 7, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen It was another slow day at the Twin Ports, with the only substantial vessel traffic through the Duluth or Superior piers being the departure of Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes...
by import2 | May 7, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Nominated Coast Guard commandant voices support for new ice breaker on Great Lakes Even though the Great Lakes ice-breaking season has ended, some members of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation are continuing to push for funding for a...
by import2 | May 7, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1965: CEDARVILLE and TOPDALSFJORD collided in fog in the Straits of Mackinac. Ten lives were lost when the former, a self-unloader in the Bradley fleet, sank. The latter, a Norwegian freighter, had been a Seaway trader since 1960. Later, on May 11, 1984, as d) JIN...
