by import2 | December 19, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
ASHLAND was launched December 19, 1942, as the L6-S-B1 class bulk carrier a.) CLARENCE B. RANDALL (Hull #523) at Ashtabula, Ohio, by Great Lakes Engineering Works. She laid up for the last time on the same day in 1979. On December 19, 2000, the tug MEREDITH ASHTON,...
by import2 | December 18, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Canada Steamship lines GEORGIAN BAY (Hull#149) was launched during a snowstorm on December 18, 1953, at Collingwood, Ontario by Collingwood Shipyards Ltd. The 425-foot Finnish tanker KIISLA ran aground while transiting the North Entrance of Buffalo Harbor on the 29th...
by import2 | December 18, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: James R. Barker departed at 05:01 (CST) Friday morning with low sulfur coal for St. Clair. As of Friday night, Mesabi Miner was still loading at CN#6. Mesabi Miner is...
by import2 | December 17, 2021 | Port Report Archive
A significant low pressure system situated north of Lake Superior is causing gale and storm force winds on all the upper lakes. Most vessels have sought shelter and gone to anchor to wait out the weather. Lake Michigan: Joseph L Block for Two Harbors is anchored off...
by import2 | December 17, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
While breaking ice off Colchester Reef, Lake Erie on 17 December 1917, the HENRY CORT (steel propeller whaleback bulk freighter, 320 foot, 2,234 gross tons, built in 1892, at W. Superior, Wis., formerly a.) PILLSBURY) was in a collision with the MIDVALE (steel...
