by import | September 20, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
M/V Utviken aground in Seaway 11/28/1996: The M/V Utviken (Bahamian-registry 17,191-gt, 30,052-dwt bulk carrier built in 1987, operated by Viken Shipping) sailing from Richards Bay, South Africa, to Detroit with titanium slag, ran aground in the St. Lawrence Seaway,...
by import | September 20, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Oglebay Withdrawing as Mine’s Manager 10/31/1996: Oglebay Norton Co. has filed a notice that Eveleth Mines, a 31-year-old Minnesota taconite producer employing 650 people, will close Dec. 31 unless a management agreement with the mine’s other three owners...
by import | September 20, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Tugs Phyllis & Margaret Yorke 9-30-1996: Apparently these two tugs (formerly Canadian National Railway tugs at sarnia, ON.) have been sold offshore. They are reportedly to leave McKeil’s dock for Sorel under tow early in October where they will be hoisted...
by import | September 20, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Close call in Welland Canal 8-29-1996: The Ziemia Gnieznienska was upbound Monday (8/26) morning and about to make its way through the opening between the two leaves of Homer bridge (bridge 4) when it developed engine trouble. The ship dropped anchors and came to rest...
by import2 | September 20, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
CHARLES M. WHITE was christened at Baltimore, Maryland, on September 20, 1951. John Jonathon Boland was born on 20 September 1875, in New York. Along with Adam E. Cornelius, he formed the partnership of Boland and Cornelius in 1903, and was one of the founders of the...
by import2 | September 19, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
When Cleveland Tankers’ new SATURN entered service and made her first trip to Toledo, Ohio, on September 19, 1974, she became the first of three tankers built for the fleet’s modernization program. EDGAR B. SPEER departed the shipyard on her maiden voyage for...
