Port Reports – August 9

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: American Integrity departed at 20:12 (CST) Saturday night with iron ore pellets for Conneaut. Mesabi Miner departed at 23:40 with coal for St. Clair. As of Sunday afternoon, BBC St. Petersburg was anchored off Duluth...
Today in Great Lakes History ­– August 9

Today in Great Lakes History ­– August 9

On 09 August 1910, the Eastland Navigation Company placed a half page advertisement in both the Cleveland Plain Dealer and the Cleveland Leader offering $5,000 to anyone who could substantiate rumors that the excursion steamer EASTLAND was unsafe. No one claimed the...
Port Reports – August 8

Port Reports – August 8

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: American Integrity arrived at 20:08 (CST) Friday night to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. Mesabi Miner arrived at 12:10 Saturday afternoon to load coal at SMET. As of Saturday afternoon, American Integrity was loading at...
Boatnerd News – August 8

Boatnerd News – August 8

Coast Guard Festival back at Grand Haven Grand Haven, MI – Coast Guard Festival has returned to Grand Haven. And that means massive ships have arrived. Always a top highlight of the celebration, the arrival of the U.S Coast Guard cutters drew thousands of people to...
Today in Great Lakes History – August 8

Today in Great Lakes History – August 8

August 8, 1991 – The excursion ferry AMERICANA has been sold and passed down the Welland Canal bound for the Caribbean with registry in Panama. She was the former East Coast ferry BLOCK ISLAND that arrived in Buffalo just three years ago. On 08 August 1878, the...