by import2 | November 5, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
At 2 a.m. 05 November 1884, the steamer GRACE GRUMMOND (iron side-wheel excursion steamer, 138 foot, 250 tons, built in 1856, at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the survey steamer JEFFERSON DAVIS, specifically for the survey of the Great Lakes) burned at Grand Haven,...
by import2 | November 4, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Interlake buys U.S. Army tug, will bring it to lakes from East Coast During a radio interview Wednesday with a Ludington radio station, Mark W. Barker, president of the Interlake Steamship Co., said its affiliated company Interlake Logistics Solutions, has purchased...
by import2 | November 4, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Solina departed at 17:35 (CST) Tuesday evening with wheat for an overseas port. John G. Munson arrived at 20:23 to unload limestone at CN-Hallett #5. Indiana Harbor arrived...
by import2 | November 4, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
The Great Lakes Steamship Company steamer NORWAY passed downbound through the Soo Locks with 6,609 tons of rye. This cargo increased the total tonnage transiting the locks in 1953 to 120,206,088 tons – a new one-season tonnage record. Renamed b.) RUTH HINDMAN in 1964,...
by import2 | November 3, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: No vessel traffic has taken place since the last report. As of Tuesday afternoon, Solina was loading at Riverland Ag while Federal Weser was unloading at CRH. Solina is...
