by import2 | October 24, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
THOMAS W. LAMONT and her former fleetmate, ENDERS M. VOORHEES arrived at Alegeciras, Spain on October 24, 1987, on the way to the cutters’ torch. The LAMONT was one of the last bulkers that retained her telescoping hatch covers to the very end. On October 24, 1886,...
by import2 | October 23, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Freighter Calumet set free after getting stuck in the Saginaw River Bay City, MI – Maritime traffic hit a snag Thursday night on the Saginaw River after an over 600-foot freighter ran aground in Bay County. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit received a report at...
by import2 | October 23, 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 10/21 at 22:10 for Burns Harbor. Edgar B. Speer arrived Two Harbors on 10/22 at 16:05. She is loading for Gary. Due Two Harbors on 10/23 is the...
by import2 | October 23, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1949, the new Canada Steamship Line steamer HOCHELAGA successfully completed her sea trials in Georgian Bay. She departed Collingwood the next day to load her first cargo of grain at Port Arthur. On October 23,1887, the small wooden scow-schooner LADY...
by import2 | October 22, 2021 | Boatnerd News
UPDATE: As of 08:00 Friday, Calumet is free and headed up the Saginaw River passing through Bay City. Calumet grounds in Saginaw River Saginaw, MI – The motor vessel Calumet was aground in the Saginaw River just below the Lake State Railway Bridge in Essexville, MI,...
