by import2 | September 23, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
September 23, 1922, the 306-foot NEPTUNE loaded the first Head-of-the-Lakes cargo of pig iron at Zenith Furnace, Duluth, Minnesota. The 5,000 tons of malleable pig iron was delivered to Buffalo, New York. September 23, 1975, HERBERT C. JACKSON lost power while upbound...
by import2 | September 22, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Arthur M. Anderson arrived at 23:35 (CST) Monday night to unload limestone at CN-Hallett #5. James R. Barker arrived at 04:54 Tuesday morning to load low sulfur coal at SMET....
by import2 | September 22, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On September 22, 1958, the EDMUND FITZGERALD entered service, departing River Rouge, Michigan for Silver Bay, Minnesota on its first trip. The FITZGERALD’s first load was 20,038 tons of taconite pellets for Toledo. The vessel would, in later years, set several...
by import2 | September 21, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Algoma Innovator arrived at 04:07 (CST) Monday morning to unload salt at Compass Minerals. Paul R. Tregurtha departed at 09:39 with low sulfur coal for St. Clair. Algoma...
by import2 | September 21, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On 21 September 1892, the whaleback steamer JAMES B. COLGATE (steel propeller whaleback freighter, 308 foot, 1,713 gross tons) was launched by the American Steel Barge Co. (Hull #121) at W. Superior, Wisconsin. She only lasted until 1916, when she foundered in the...
