Port Reports – June 25

Port Reports – June 25

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: CSL Niagara arrived at 18:19 (CST) Wednesday evening to fuel at Husky. Indiana Harbor arrived at 09:46 Thursday to take a delay at Lakehead waiting for BNSF. As of Thursday afternoon, Arthur M. Anderson was loading blast...
Today in Great Lakes History –  June 25

Today in Great Lakes History –  June 25

The whaleback steamer WASHBURN (steel propeller freighter, 320 foot, 2,234 gross tons) was launched by the American Steel Barge Co. (Hull #124) at W. Superior, Wisconsin on 25 June 1892. She lasted until 1936, when she was scrapped at Cleveland, Ohio. On this day in...
Port Reports – June 24

Port Reports – June 24

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Lee A. Tregurtha departed at 02:56 (CST) Wednesday morning with iron ore pellets for Cleveland, OH. Mesabi Miner arrived at 08:19 to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. Arthur M. Anderson arrived at 17:30 with limestone for...
Boatnerd News – June 23

Boatnerd News – June 23

Chef ahoy! Culinary ace aboard ships rides wave of popularity with a cookbook Brockville, ON – While growing up in Brockville, Ontario, Catherine Schmuck would watch the big ships go up and down the St. Lawrence Seaway. “We would always go to Blockhouse Island as a...
Port Reports – June 23

Port Reports – June 23

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