Port Reports – September 2

Port Reports – September 2

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Presque Isle arrived at 20:27 (CST) Tuesday night to unload limestone at CN-Hallett #5. James R. Barker arrived at 23:11 to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. Presque Isle departed at 13:36 Wednesday afternoon empty for Two...
Boatnerd News – September 1

Boatnerd News – September 1

Paul LaMarre has transformed Port of Monroe against all odds Monroe, MI – In eight years, Paul C. LaMarre III has transformed the Port of Monroe from a virtually dead place, used just to dump off coal for a utility company to one of the fastest growing and most...
Port Reports – September 1

Port Reports – September 1

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Clyde S. VanEnkevort and Erie Trader departed at 05:05 (CST) Tuesday morning with iron ore pellets for Cleveland. Paul R. Tregurtha arrived at 05:46; they departed at 19:30 with coal for St. Clair and another...
Today in Great Lakes History – September 1

Today in Great Lakes History – September 1

September 1, 1880, the Cleveland Vessel Owners Association, later Lake Carriers’ Association, was created, with Alva Bradley as its first president. September 1, 1892, the upbound WESTERN RESERVE, flagship of the Kinsman fleet, sank approximately 60 miles above...

Boatnerd News – August 31

Mississagi now owned by Purvis Marine; scrap tow imminent According to Transport Canada, Mississagi is now owned by Purvis Marine Ltd. of Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Reports from Sarnia, ON, indicate that she is being prepared for a tow to Sault Ste. Marie, ON, for...