by import2 | July 29, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1872 1872: The steam barge MARY ROBERTSON burned near Mackinac. Her crew escaped to a schooner barge they were towing. 1875 1875: The side-wheel river steamer DOMINION burned to the water’s edge at her dock in the Thames River near Chatham, Ontario. She was...
by import2 | July 28, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Cuyahoga Scrap Tow Underway 11:45 a.m. UPDATE: The CUYAHOGA scrap tow has begun. MOLLY M1 is the lead tug. Great Lakes Towing’s WYOMING and IOWA assisted the the departure. ORIGINAL REPORT: McKeil tugs MOLLY M1 and WYATT M arrived in Ashtabula, OH, after...
by import2 | July 28, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Sunday July 27. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | July 28, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1854 1854: BOSTON (wooden propeller, 134 feet, 259 tons, built in 1847 at Ohio City, Ohio) was bound from Chicago for Ogdensburg, New York, with pork, corn, whiskey and produce. On Lake Ontario, about 20 miles off Oak Orchard, New York, she collided with the bark...
by import2 | July 27, 2025 | Boatnerd News
An idled Dearborn steel factory tells a larger story about tariffs and the economy Dearborn, MI – A steel plant in Dearborn went idle early Saturday, citing decreased demand in the automotive market. That’s despite promises from President Donald Trump to make the...
