by import2 | August 31, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Walter J. McCarthy Jr. departed at 23:45 (CST) Saturday night with iron ore pellets for Gary. Mesabi Miner arrived at 00:20 Sunday morning to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. G.L. Ostrander and barge Integrity arrived at...
by import2 | August 31, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
August 31, 1852 – The U. S. Congress passed an act requiring the president to appoint three officers from the Navy, three engineers from the Army and two civilian scientists to constitute the new Lighthouse Board. The Bureau of Lighthouses succeeded the...
by import2 | August 30, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A Putney After the Whitefish Bay departed Two Harbors on 8/28 at 22:01 she went to anchor near Ashland, WI to wait on weather. She got underway the afternoon of 8/29 heading for Quebec City. The Atlantic Huron stopped near the Whitefish...
by import2 | August 30, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1964, the retired Bradley Transportation steamer CALCITE was awarded the National Safety Council Award of Merit. The CALCITE accumulated a total of 1,394,613 man-hours of continuous operation over 17 years without a disabling, lost-time injury. The...
by import2 | August 29, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Steel production up nearly 20% this year NW Indiana – Great Lakes steel production dipped by 2,000 tons last week, though U.S. steel mills remained at 85% capacity utilization, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. National steel output is up more than...
