by import2 | March 25, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Soo Locks shipping season opens with passage of Edgar B. Speer Sault Ste Marie, MI – The Soo Locks opened for the new shipping season at 12:01 a.m. Friday with the upbound passage of Great Lakes Fleet’s 1,004-foot long Edgar B. Speer. Fleetmate Edwin H. Gott...
by import2 | March 25, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
HENRY G. DALTON (Hull#713) was launched March 25, 1916, at Lorain, Ohio by American Ship Building Co., for the Interlake Steamship Co., Cleveland, Ohio – the company’s first 600 footer. After a 10-week shut down for winter maintenance, the Soo Locks opened for...
by import2 | March 24, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: US Coast Guard cutters Neah Bay and Hollyhock arrived under the bridge at 11:31 and 11:33 Wednesday morning to break out Duluth-Superior Harbor for the 2022 shipping...
by import2 | March 24, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Season’s first vessels Speer and Gott arrive at Soo Locks Sault Ste. Marie, MI – “They’re here . . .” Wednesday afternoon the first two ships of the 2022 navigation season arrived at the piers below the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich....
by import2 | March 24, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
ALPENA (Hull#177) was launched on March 24, 1909, at Wyandotte, Michigan, by Detroit Ship Building Co. for the Wyandotte Transportation Co. The Soo Locks opened for the 2021 season just after noon on March 24. The first upbound passage was the tug LAURA L. VANENKEVORT...
