Port Reports – September 20

Port Reports – September 20

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Mesabi Miner departed at 16:26 (CST) Sunday afternoon with iron ore pellets. Paul R. Tregurtha arrived at 17:51 to fuel then load low sulfur coal at SMET. As of Sunday night, Paul R. Tregurtha was fueling at Husky, and...
Today in Great Lakes History – September 20

Today in Great Lakes History – September 20

CHARLES M. WHITE was christened at Baltimore, Maryland, on September 20, 1951. John Jonathon Boland was born on 20 September 1875, in New York. Along with Adam E. Cornelius, he formed the partnership of Boland and Cornelius in 1903, and was one of the founders of the...

Port Reports – September 19

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: American Century departed at 05:23 (CST) Saturday morning with iron ore pellets for Indiana Harbor. Mesabi Miner arrived at 09:12 to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. As of...
Today in Great Lakes History – September 19

Today in Great Lakes History – September 19

When Cleveland Tankers’ new SATURN entered service and made her first trip to Toledo, Ohio, on September 19, 1974, she became the first of three tankers built for the fleet’s modernization program. EDGAR B. SPEER departed the shipyard on her maiden voyage for...
Boatnerd News – September 18

Boatnerd News – September 18

Interlake Steamship announces photo calendar winners Paul LaMarre III grabbed two wins for his unbeatable shots of our M/V Stewart J. Cort and our M/V Hon James L. Oberstar, both underway. David Schauer took the winning image of our M/V Paul R. Tregurtha arriving in...