Port Reports – October 2

Port Reports – October 2

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Western Lake Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: John G. Munson arrived at 22:24 (CST) Thursday night to unload limestone at CN-Hallett #5. Edenborg departed at 14:46 Friday afternoon with beet pulp pellets for...
Today in Great Lakes History – October 2

Today in Great Lakes History – October 2

On her maiden trip in 1905, the PETER WHITE grounded outside the Lackawanna breakwall. After lightering 200 tons, she proceeded to the Lackawanna Steel mill where the remainder of the cargo was unloaded. On this day in 1979, the ELTON HOYT 2ND unloaded her last cargo...
Boatnerd News – October 1

Boatnerd News – October 1

Great Lakes Shipyard awarded $1.9 million in government contracts Cleveland, OH – Great Lakes Shipyard, a division of The Great Lakes Towing Company, Cleveland, OH, USA, announced that it has recently been awarded government contracts amounting to more than $1.9...

Port Reports – October 1

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Western Lake Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Gardno departed at 21:23 (CST) Wednesday night with wheat for Morocco. As of Thursday afternoon, no vessels were in port on the Duluth side. John G. Munson is expected...
Today in Great Lakes History – October 1

Today in Great Lakes History – October 1

CHICAGO TRADER, a.) THE HARVESTER of 1911, was laid up on October 1, 1976, at the Frog Pond in Toledo, Ohio.In 1986, the HERBERT C. JACKSON rescued Carl Ward and his nephew after they had been adrift on lower Lake Michigan for 80 hours. On October 1,1888, the ST CLAIR...