by import2 | June 4, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Federal Champlain departed at 21:10 (CST) Wednesday night with petroleum coke. Taagborg arrived at 05:36 Thursday morning waiting to load petroleum coke after American Century. American Century departed at 08:06 with...
by import2 | June 3, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Today in Great Lakes History – June 4 In 1955, J. L. MAUTHE established a new Great Lakes cargo record for a coal cargo delivered to an upper lakes port. She loaded 18392 tons of coal at the Toledo C&O dock. 1943, BENJAMIN F. FAIRLESS, Captain Harry Ashby,...
by import2 | June 3, 2021 | Boatnerd News
WWII submarine USS COD heading to Erie for repairs Erie, PA – For the first time since 1963, the World War II Submarine USS COD is being dry docked for repairs. The submarine will make its way from Cleveland to Donjon Shipbuilding for repairs this month. The general...
by import2 | June 3, 2021 | Boatnerd News
New Soo Lock construction gets $480M in president’s 2022 budget Sault Ste. Marie, MI – The construction of a huge, new lock at Michigan’s Soo Locks was awarded $480 million in federal funding in President Joe Biden’s 2022 federal budget proposal. While the budget has...
by import2 | June 3, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On 03 June 1882, the schooner C. BELL was launched at the yard of Mason, Corning & Company in East Saginaw, Michigan. Her dimensions were 185 feet x 30 feet x 11 feet, and she cost $20,000. JOHN B. AIRD was christened in 1983, at Thunder Bay for Algoma Central...
