by import2 | December 2, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Edgar B. Speer departed at 16:50 (CST) Tuesday afternoon with iron ore pellets for Conneaut. Walter J. McCarthy Jr. departed at 21:00 with low sulfur coal for St. Clair and...
by import2 | December 2, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1942, the tug ADMIRAL and tanker-barge CLEVECO encountered a late season blizzard on Lake Erie. The ADMIRAL sank approximately 10 miles off Avon Point, Ohio, with a loss of 11. The CLEVECO sank 30 hours later off Euclid Beach with a loss of 19. On 02...
by import2 | December 1, 2021 | Boatnerd News
American Queen, Victory Cruise Lines rebrand as American Queen Voyages Effective immediately, American Queen Steamboat Company and Victory Cruises have merged under one brand, American Queen Voyages. The two Victory Cruises ships, frequent Great Lakes and Seaway...
by import2 | December 1, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Baie Comeau arrived at 22:10 (CST) Monday night to unload salt at Envirotech-Hallett #8. Presque Isle arrived at 01:50 Tuesday morning to unload limestone at CN-Hallett #5....
by import2 | December 1, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1940, the Columbia Transportation steamer CARROLLTON laid up in the Cuyahoga River with a storage load of 75,000 bushels of potatoes. On 01 December 1884, the N BOUTIN (wooden propeller tug, 68 foot, 46 gross tons, built in 1882, at Buffalo, New York) sank in ten...
