by import2 | January 14, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1970, IRVING S. OLDS entered winter layup at Lorain to close the longest season in Great Lakes shipping history. On 14 January 1945, the W. Butler Shipyard built C1-M-AV1 ship LEBANON (Hull#40) was the last vessel through the Soo Locks. Ice was a...
by import2 | January 13, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: No vessel traffic has taken place since the last report. As of Wednesday night, no vessels were in port on the Duluth side. John G. Munson is expected early Thursday...
by import2 | January 13, 2022 | Boatnerd News
SS Badger heads home ahead of winter fleet Sturgeon Bay, WI – Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding said goodbye to one of its dock tenants on Wednesday. Sarter Marine Towing started its journey to Ludington, MI, at approximately 2 p.m. Wednesday afternoon to deliver the SS...
by import2 | January 13, 2022 | Boatnerd Archives
13 January 2005 – GENESIS EXPLORER (steel propeller tanker, 435 foot, built in 1974, at Port Weller, Ontario, formerly a.) IMPERIAL ST. CLAIR & b.) ALGOSAR) sailed from Halifax for Quebec City. She was registered in the Comoros Islands. She was carrying a...
by import2 | January 12, 2022 | Port Report Archive
Tuesday; With a south gale blowing on Lake Michigan a number of vessels have gone to anchor on the Lake Huron side of the Straits of Mackinac to wait out the weather. Defiance / Ashtabula for Brevort and Clyde S Van Enkevort / Erie Trader for Indiana Harbor are...
