by import2 | October 29, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Interlake’s new U.S.-built Mark W. Barker launched at Sturgeon Bay Sturgeon Bay, WI – Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding and The Interlake Steamship Company hosted a launch ceremony Thursday, marking the latest milestone for the new 639-foot M/V Mark W. Barker. The first...
by import2 | October 29, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Defiance/Ashtabula departed at 17:53 (CST) Tuesday evening with petroleum coke for Alpena. Fivelborg departed at 18:13 with beet pulp pellets for Morocco. James R. Barker...
by import2 | October 29, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
The whaleback barge 127 (steel barge, 264 foot, 1,128 gross tons) was launched by the American Steel Barge Company of W. Superior, Wisconsin, on 29 October 1892. She lasted until 1936, when she was scrapped at New Orleans, Louisiana. On 29 October 1906, the schooner...
by import2 | October 28, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting Nov. 10 at Split Rock Two Harbors, MN – This annual event commemorates the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald and the loss of her 29 crew members on November 10, 1975. It is also a time to reflect on the memory of all...
by import2 | October 28, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors- Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney Arthur M. Anderson departed Two Harbors on 10/27 at 01:38 for Gary. Presque Isle shifted from North of #2 to South of #2 between 01:54 and 02:17 on 10/27. She departed Two Harbors...
