Port Reports – April 14

Port Reports – April 14

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Resko arrived at 18:34 (CST) to load wheat at Gavilon Grain. As of Wednesday night, James R. Barker was still loading or waiting at CN. James R. Barker is estimated to...
Boatnerd News – April 14

Boatnerd News – April 14

  McKeil Marine expands its bulker fleet with purchase of M/V Da Shen Burlington, ON – With the 2022-23 navigation season underway, marine services provider McKeil Marine has announced the expansion of its fleet following the purchase of the M/V Da Shen (IMO...
Today in Great Lakes History – April 14

Today in Great Lakes History – April 14

14 April 1968 the GEORGE A. SLOAN (steel propeller bulk freighter, 603 foot, 9057 gross tons, built in 1943, at River Rouge, Michigan) was the first commercial vessel through the Soo Locks. The SLOAN received Sault Ste. Marie’s official tri-centennial flag to...
Port Reports – April 13

Port Reports – April 13

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: James R. Barker arrived at 13:19 (CST) Tuesday afternoon to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. As of Tuesday night, James R. Barker was loading at CN. Due to incoming...
Boatnerd News – April 13

Boatnerd News – April 13

Season’s first saltie scheduled to arrive Wednesday Duluth, MN –The first oceangoing vessel of the 2022 maritime shipping season is scheduled to arrive Wednesday morning in the Port of Duluth-Superior. Resko, a 624-foot bulk carrier from the Polsteam fleet, will earn...