by import2 | July 12, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1852 1852: CITY OF OSWEGO (wooden propeller passenger-package freight vessel, 138 feet, 357 tons, built in 1852 at Buffalo, New York) collided with the steamer AMERICA and sank off Willoughby, Ohio, a few miles east of Cleveland. 15 lives were lost. This was CITY OF...
by import2 | July 11, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Port Authority: Closure Of CHS Superior Terminal Is ‘Disappointing Blow’ SUPERIOR, Wis. – “Disappointing blow.” Those are the words from the Duluth Seaway Port Authority about the shutdown of one of the Twin Ports oldest and largest grain shippers. Employees at the...
by import2 | July 11, 2025 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity for Thursday July 10. Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...
by import2 | July 11, 2025 | Boatnerd Archives
1873 1873: The PERSIA, a 150-foot passenger/package freight vessel, was launched at Melancthon Simpson’s shipyard at St. Catharines, Ontario. She was built at a cost of $37,000. She lasted until the 1920s when she was converted to a barge and then abandoned....
by import2 | July 10, 2025 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes Iron Ore Trade Down in June CLEVELAND – Shipments of iron ore on the Great Lakes totaled 4.9 million tons in June, a decrease of 9.6 percent from 2024. Shipments were 1.2 percent below the month’s 5-year average. Year-to-date the iron ore trade stands at...
