by import2 | June 8, 2021 | Boatnerd News
British man apprehended in Port Huron after swimming across St. Clair River 6/6 – Port Huron, MI – A British man who swam across the St. Clair River was apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Thursday, June 4. Shortly after 6 p.m., first responders...
by import2 | June 8, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On 06 June 1891, BAY CITY (wooden propeller freighter, 152 foot, 372 gross tons, built in 1867, at Marine City, Michigan) burned to a total loss while being repaired at the foot of Rivard Street in Detroit, Michigan. She was loaded with 300,000 feet of white pine...
by import2 | June 5, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Lakes iron ore trade up 11.4 percent in May Cleveland, OH – Shipments of iron ore from U.S. Great Lakes ports totaled 5.5 million tons in May, an increase of 11.4 percent compared to a year ago, but 1.9 percent below the month’s 5-year average. Year-to-date the iron...
by import2 | June 5, 2021 | Port Report Archive
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by import2 | June 4, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Over the winter of 1960 – 1961, CHARLES M. SCHWAB was rebuilt by joining the forward end of the original SCHWAB with the after end of the former oil tanker GULFPORT. On this date in 1961, Captain Raphael “Dewey” Marsden conducted sea trials with the...
