by import2 | April 13, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1956 Winds and ice pushed the ore laden GEORGE M. HUMPHREY on a shoal in Whitefish Bay en route from Superior to Zug Island. The vessel was salvaged and taken to Lorain for repairs. 13 April 1872 – The schooners MARY TAYLOR and ANTELOPE wooden were racing to Oswego,...
by import2 | April 12, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Paul R. Tregurtha arrived at 07:03 (CST) Monday morning to fuel then load low sulfur coal at SMET. Dirk S. VanEnkevort and Michigan Trader arrived at 09:01 after...
by import2 | April 12, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Marine Mart in Port Huron to resume in June Port Huron, MI – A long-standing tradition, sidelined by COVID, will make a return this year in a new location. The Summer Marine Mart, formerly the St. Clair Marine Mart, will be held Saturday, June 11, at the...
by import2 | April 12, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 12 April 1896, PETER DALTON (propeller tug, 63 foot 49 gross tons, built in 1880, at Grand Haven, Michigan) caught fire off Grosse Pointe, Illinois, while returning to Chicago with the salvaged schooner A.J. DEWEY in tow and the boiler of the JOHNSON. The fire...
by import2 | April 11, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Spruceglen departed at 14:12 (CST) Sunday afternoon with iron ore pellets most likely for Quebec City. As of Sunday night, no vessels were in port on the Duluth side....
