by import2 | April 28, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
Nipigon Transport Ltd.’s straight deck motorship a.) LAKE WABUSH (Hull#223) by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd., was christened and launched April 28, 1981. Renamed b.) CAPT HENRY JACKMAN in 1987 and converted to a self-unloader in 1996. 28 April 1856 – TONAWANDA...
by import2 | April 27, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Following a delay at Lakehead Pipeline, Burns Harbor shifted to BNSF Dock 5 shortly after midnight. Federal Yukina departed Duluth at 01:57 with petroleum coke for Quebec, and...
by import2 | April 27, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Crews work to get fire-damaged Chi-Cheemaun ship-shape for May Owen Sound, ON – The Owen Sound Transportation Commission (OSTC) said it’s “working diligently” to have the Chi-Cheemaun ferry ready to sail on May 6, the provincial Crown agency said in a social...
by import2 | April 27, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
27 April 1889 – ROMEO (wooden propeller excursion steamer, 70 foot, 61 gross tons) was launched by F. W. Wheeler (Hull #51) at West Bay City, Michigan, for service on the Òinland route (Oden, Michigan to Cheboygan, Michigan & Bois Blanc Island) along with her...
by import2 | April 26, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Algoma Harvester departed Superior at 04:24 with Hibtac pellets destined for Hamilton. CSL Assiniboine weighed anchor shortly after the Harvester left and arrived at 05:23 to...