Port Reports – February 14

Port Reports – February 14

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Northern Lake Michigan  Straits of Mackinac: Saturday; 8:43 USCG Biscayne Bay departed St Ignace to rendezvous with Algoma Sault for Chicago north of Bois Blanc Island to escort her to Lake Michigan. 17:04 Algoma Sault...

Today in Great Lakes History – February 14

MESABI MINER (Hull#906) was launched on this day in 1977, at Lorain, Ohio by American Ship Building Co. becoming the fourth 1,000-foot bulk carrier on the Great Lakes and Interlake’s second. She had been built under Title XI of the Merchant Marine Act of 1970 at...
Today in Great Lakes History – February 12

Today in Great Lakes History – February 12

RED WING was launched February 12, 1944, as a.) BOUNDBROOK (Hull#335) at Chester, Pennsylvania by Sun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., a T2-SE-A1 Ocean Tanker. She was renamed b.) IMPERIAL EDMONTON in 1947. In 1959, she was brought to Port Weller Drydocks for...
Port Reports – February 13

Port Reports – February 13

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Milwaukee, WI – MKE Marine Reports G-Tug North Dakota was out early Saturday breaking ice near the salt dock for Algoma Intrepid, which arrived at 06:37 with salt from Compass Minerals, Goderich. The journey, which...
Boatnerd News – February 13

Boatnerd News – February 13

Coast guard confirms 30,000 litres of fuel spilled by Alaskaborg off Newfoundland’s coast The Canadian Coast Guard is reporting that 30,000 litres of heavy fuel has been pumped into the ocean off Newfoundland’s south coast, and the cargo ship responsible...