by import2 | July 10, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1979, Captain Thomas Small had his license for Master of Steam and Motor Vessel of any gross tonnage renewed at the St. Ignace Coast Guard Station. Captain Small, a retired Pittsburgh Steamship employee and 106 years of age, was the oldest person to be...
by import2 | July 9, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Limestone trade up 17.8 percent in June Cleveland, Ohio – Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.8 million tons in June, an increase of 17.8 percent from a year ago. This June’s loadings were above the month’s 5-year average by 1.7 percent. Loadings out...
by import2 | July 9, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Indiana Harbor arrived at 08:38 (CST) Thursday morning to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. Paul R. Tregurtha arrived at 13:22 to load coal at SMET. As of Thursday night, Indiana Harbor is loading at CN#6 and Federal Dee is...
by import2 | July 9, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
WILLIAM R. ROESCH, renamed b.) DAVID Z. NORTON in 1995, loaded her first cargo in 1973, at Superior, Wisconsin where she took on 18,828 tons of iron ore bound for Jones & Laughlin’s Cuyahoga River plant at Cleveland. The BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS and her fleet...
by import2 | July 8, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Twin Ports says farewell to the US Coast Guard cutter Alder On a windy Wednesday morning, July 7, 2021, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alder make its final trip under Duluth’s Aerial Lift Bridge as it set sail for Baltimore, Maryland. She departed at 10:30 with a...
