Port Reports – January 8

Port Reports – January 8

    Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney. American Century departed Two Harbors on 01/06 at 22:41. As of 18:30 on 01/07 she doesn’t have an updated AIS. The Presque Isle shifted from her lay-by berth...
Today in Great Lakes History – January 8

Today in Great Lakes History – January 8

JOHN HULST (Hull#286) was launched in 1938, at River Rouge, Michigan, by Great Lakes Engineering Works for the Pittsburgh Steamship Co. On 08 January 2004, McKeil Marine’s CAPT. RALPH TUCKER was the first vessel of 2004 to arrive at the port of Manistee, Michigan....
Port Reports – January 7

Port Reports – January 7

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney American Century arrived Two Harbors on 01/06 at 01:55 for South of #2. Great Republic departed Two Harbors on 01/06 at 05:34 for Gary after waiting on weather. The Presque Isle...
Boatnerd News – January 7

Boatnerd News – January 7

Badger, Alpena out of drydock Sturgeon Bay, WI – The carferry Badger and the cement carrier Alpena are now out of drydock and moored at Bay Shipbuilding, where work continues on the two classic steamers. Sarter Marine Towing tugs towed the vessels out of drydock on...
Today in Great Lakes History – January 7

Today in Great Lakes History – January 7

07 January 1974 – EDMUND FITZGERALD (steel propeller bulk freighter, 711 foot, 13,632 gross tons, built in 1958, at River Rouge, Michigan) lost her anchor in the Detroit River when it snagged on ice. It was raised in July 1992. The anchor weighs 12,000 pounds...