by import2 | July 25, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Joseph L. Block arrived at 23:22 (CST) Friday night to unload limestone at CN#6. Mesabi Miner departed at 00:10 Saturday morning with iron ore pellets. American Century arrived at 06:23 to load coal at SMET. Floragracht...
by import2 | July 25, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Manistee-based museum ship receives Steamship Society award Manistee, MI – The former Lake Michigan car ferry SS City of Milwaukee in Manistee, Mich. has recently been announced as the winner of the Steamship Historical Society’s Museum Ship of the Year award....
by import2 | July 24, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Milwaukee Clipper’s last captain regales ‘sea tales’, went from dishwasher to skipper Muskegon, MI – Built before the RMS Titanic, the S.S. Milwaukee Clipper was at one time the most popular passenger steamship on the Great Lakes. Even though the...
by import2 | July 24, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Arthur M. Anderson departed at 17:05 (CST) with blast furnace trim for Gary. As of Friday night, Mesabi Miner was still loading at CN#6, Floragracht was sitting at Port Terminal, and Joseph L. Block was anchored off...
by import2 | July 24, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On July 24, 1980, 34 ships were delayed when the BALTIC SKOU, a 595 foot Danish-flag freighter built in 1977, ran aground after losing power three miles east of the Snell Lock, near Massena, New York. The ship, loaded with sunflower seeds, was headed for Montreal and...