by import2 | January 19, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Northern Lake Michigan Straits of Mackinac: Tuesday, USCG Mackinaw continued ice operations on the Lake Michigan side of the Straits of Mackinac and escorted Algo Nova for Green Bay and Algoma Intrepid for Chicago ....
by import2 | January 19, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On 19 January 1824, the Welland Canal Company was incorporated to build the first Welland Canal. DAVID M. WHITNEY (steel propeller freighter, 412 foot, 4,626 gross tons) was launched on 19 January 1901, by the Detroit Ship Building Company (Hull #138) in Wyandotte,...
by import2 | January 18, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Superior Entry: American Century arrived at 13:29 (CST) Monday afternoon as the 5th and last vessel to arrive for winter lay-up in the Twin Ports. They will be spending their lay-up...
by import2 | January 18, 2022 | Boatnerd News
Final laker arrives at Superior, signaling end of the shipping season Superior, WI – The final arrival for the 2021 shipping season, and it was the American Century. She and her crew sailed into the icy waters of the Superior entry on Monday afternoon. A small group...
by import2 | January 18, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
1925: JOHN RUGEE, a wooden steamer in the George Hall Coal Co. fleet, was destroyed by a fire while spending the winter at Ogdensburg. On 18 January 2004, the Great Lakes Fleet’s 1,000 footer EDGAR B. SPEER became stuck in the ice in the Rock Cut in the St. Mary’s...
