by import2 | November 1, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
LEHIGH, Captain Edward P. Fitch in command, cleared the Great Lakes Engineering Works yard at River Rouge, Michigan, to begin her maiden trip on this day in 1943. The LEHIGH was one of two Maritimers (the other was the STEELTON) acquired by Bethlehem Steel Corp. as...
by import2 | October 31, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors- Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney Burns Harbor departed Two Harbors on 10/29 at 22:52 for Indiana Harbor. The Edgar B. Speer arrived Two Harbors on 10/29 at 23:28 after she was stopped off Two Harbors. She departed...
by import2 | October 31, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1984, at approximately 10:30 p.m., the international railroad bridge at Sault Ste. Marie went askew and blocked boat traffic until 3:40 p.m. on Nov. 2. Twelve boats were delayed up to 41 hours by the incident, costing the operators an estimated...
by import2 | October 30, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: John D. Leitch arrived at 20:32 (CST) Thursday night to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. Joseph L. Block arrived at 09:22 Friday morning to load blast furnace trim at...
by import2 | October 30, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
The tugs GLENADA and MOUNT MC KAY towed the tanker AMOCO ILLINOIS from Essexville, Michigan, on October 30, 1985, and arrived at the M&M slip in Windsor, Ontario, on November 1st. where she was to be scrapped. On 30 October 1863, TORRENT (2-mast wooden schooner,...
