by import2 | June 11, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Work progressing on new Mark W. Barker at Bayship Photos from Thursday show the aligning the final two upper and lower modules of the stern on the 639-foot-long Mark W. Barker being built at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, WI. This is the last structural...
by import2 | June 11, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On 12 June 1898, SAKIE SHEPHERD (wooden propeller freighter, 100 foot, 189 gross tons, built in 1883, at Huron, Ohio) burned while at the dock in Courtright, Ontario. The fire was discovered at 1:00 a.m. and the crew just had time to escape. The schooner YOUNG AMERICA...
by import2 | June 11, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Year-round shipping could be coming to the Twin Ports 6/11 – Duluth, MN – The sound of the lift bridge welcoming a ship to port is common in the Twin Ports during the warmer months. Now, the University of Wisconsin Superior is studying whether it could happen...
by import2 | June 11, 2021 | Port Report Archive
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by import2 | June 10, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
TASHMOO (steel side-wheel excursion steamer, 308 foot, 1,344 gross tons, built in 1900, at Wyandotte, Michigan) entered regular service for the White Star Line at Detroit, Michigan, on 11 June 1900. On 11 June 1903, HORACE H. BADGER (wooden 3-mast schooner, 129 foot,...
