by import2 | March 17, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 17 March 1995, a fire started on the AMERICAN MARINER’s self-unloading conveyor belt from welding being done on the vessel at the Toledo Ship & Repair Company in Toledo, Ohio. About $100,000 in damage was done. The Toledo fire department had the blaze out...
by import | March 17, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
By Matt Miner Vessel Name – new name on Lakes (Vessel Name) – recent previous name January 3, 2024 Seaway closes January 5, 2024 *Iver Bright – in Monroe 1/3 *Kivalliq W – below Beauharnois Locks for Montreal 1/3 January 2, 2024 Seaway closes...
by import2 | March 16, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
On 16 March 1901, ARGO (steel passenger/package freight propeller, 173 foot, 1,089 gross tons) was launched at the Craig Ship Building Company (Hull #81) at Toledo, Ohio, for the A. Booth Company. She left the Lakes in 1917, and was last recorded in 1938, out of...
by import2 | March 15, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
WESTCLIFFE HALL (Hull#519) was launched March 15, 1956, at Grangemouth, Scotland, by Grangemouth Dockyard Co. Ltd., for the Hall Corp. of Canada. March 15, 1949 – The Ann Arbor carferry fleet was laid up due to a strike called by the boat crews. The fleet was...
by import2 | March 14, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
March 4, 1959 – The ANN ARBOR NO 6 returned to service as the b.) ARTHUR K ATKINSON after an extensive refit. In 1880, the harbor tug GEORGE LAMONT sank with her crew of three off Pentwater, Michigan after being overcome by weather during a race with her rival,...
by import2 | March 13, 2023 | Boatnerd Archives
The keel for the tanker IMPERIAL REDWATER (Hull#106) was laid March 13, 1950, at Port Arthur, Ontario, by Port Arthur Shipbuilding Co. She was converted to a bulk freighter at Collingwood, Ontario and renamed b.) R. BRUCE ANGUS in 1954. The ANGUS operated for Upper...
