by import2 | January 28, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net St. Marys River – Roger LeLievre The tanker Algonova arrived at the Purvis Dock in the lower harbor on the Canadian side to unload Thursday around noon in blizzard conditions, escorted by USCG Biscayne Bay, which...
by import2 | January 28, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Dossin Great Lakes Museum opens freighter model display Detroit, MI – Freighters are making their last journeys of the season, but we’ve got plenty of them – miniature versions at least – coming to the Dossin Great Lakes Museum. “Maritime Miniatures: The Art of the...
by import2 | January 28, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
SELKIRK SETTLER (Hull #256) was launched January 28, 1983, at Govan, Scotland, by Govan Shipbuilding Ltd. She sails today as SPRUCEGLEN for Canada Steamship Lines. At 4 a.m. on 28 January 1879, the ferry SARNIA was discovered on fire while lying at Fitzgerald’s...
by import2 | January 27, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net St. Marys River – Roger LeLievre USCG cutters were opening a track in the lower river Wednesday in anticipation of the upbound passage Thursday of the tanker Algonova, which will be unloading at the Purvis Dock in...
by import2 | January 27, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1912, the Great Lakes Engineering Works’ Ecorse yard launched the steel bulk freighter WILLIAM P. SNYDER JR (Hull #83), for the Shenango Furnace Co. LEON FALK JR. closed the 1974 season at Superior by loading 17,542 tons of ore bound for Detroit. January 27,...
