by import2 | December 21, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1987, ASHLAND and THOMAS WILSON departed Quebec bound for a Taiwanese scrap yard. The tow line parted on 12/30 and the THOMAS WILSON sank on 12/31 off the coast of North Carolina. The ASHLAND was found 300 miles off course on January 2 1988. Due to sustained...
by import2 | December 20, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Ojibway runs aground in Seaway Update: The Ojbway was moving again in the early afternoon and, after turning around, resumed her downbound voyage. Monday at around 2 a.m., the bulk carrier Ojibway ran aground just east of Cardinal, ON., in the St. Lawrence Seaway....
by import2 | December 20, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On 20 December 1944, the icebreaker MACKINAW (WAGB-83) was commissioned in the U. S. Coast Guard. The b.) SAMUEL MATHER, a.) WILLIAM MC LAUGHLIN was towed from Ashtabula, Ohio on December 20, 1975, to Port Colborne, Ontario where her boilers were converted to...
by import2 | December 20, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Maria G. departed at 00:39 (CST) Sunday morning with wheat for an overseas port. Paul R. Tregurtha departed at 06:19 with low sulfur coal for St. Clair. John G. Munson...
by import2 | December 19, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Mesabi Miner departed at 01:19 (CST) Saturday morning with iron ore pellets for Indiana Harbor. Paul R. Tregurtha arrived at 15:18 to fuel and load low sulfur coal at...
