by import2 | December 4, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Paul R. Tregurtha departed at 01:12 (CST) Friday morning with low sulfur coal for St. Clair and Monroe. American Spirit arrived at 03:08 to fuel at husky; they departed at...
by import2 | December 4, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
At 0210 hours on December 4, 1989, the U.S.C.G.C. MESQUITE ran aground in 12 feet of water at a point one-quarter nautical mile off Keweenaw Point. After a struggle to save the ship, the 53 persons aboard abandoned ship at 0830 hours and boarded the Indian salty...
by import2 | December 4, 2021 | Boatnerd News
MacArthur Lock closing for seasonal repair, maintenance Sault Ste. Marie, MI – The Soo Locks’ MacArthur Lock will close to marine traffic 7:00 a.m. Dec. 15, 2021 through 12:01 a.m. April 30, 2022 to perform critical maintenance. The Poe Lock will remain open until...
by import2 | December 4, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Joseph L. Block departed at 11:50 (CST) Thursday morning with iron ore pellets for Indiana Harbor. Paul R. Tregurtha arrived from anchor at 12:34 to load low sulfur coal at...
by import2 | December 4, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1918, the forward end of the former Pittsburgh steamer MANOLA sank during a gale on Lake Ontario. The after end received a new forward end and sailed for several years as the MAPLEDAWN. On 03 December 1881, the DE PERE (wooden propeller, 736 tons, built in 1875, at...
