by import2 | July 26, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On July 26, 2005, the salty ORLA ran aground at Kahnawake, Quebec, and the passing rum tanker JO SPIRIT made contact with her. Both vessels were damaged and repaired in Montreal. ALGOWEST sailed on her maiden voyage in 1982 from Thunder Bay, Ontario, to Quebec City...
by import2 | July 25, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
In 1991 the 16-man crew of the ocean-going tug PACIFIC TIDE NO 3 were arrested at Montreal on charges of smuggling drugs. The tug had arrived from the Philippines to tow the damaged Spanish vessel MILANOS to Spain. Algoma Central Marine’s former ALGOCEN departed...
by import2 | July 24, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On July 24, 1980, 34 ships were delayed when the BALTIC SKOU, a 595 foot Danish-flag freighter built in 1977, ran aground after losing power three miles east of the Snell Lock, near Massena, New York. The ship, loaded with sunflower seeds, was headed for Montreal and...
by import2 | July 23, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1908, the 556-foot ELBERT H. GARY arrived to a 21-gun salute to deliver the first cargo of Minnesota ore at the new United States Steel mill in Gary, Indiana. The keel for the TEXACO CHIEF (Hull#193) was laid July 23, 1968, at Collingwood, Ontario, by...
by import2 | July 22, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1961, the barge CLEVECO, originally lost with a crew of 22 during a December 02, 1942, storm on Lake Erie, was floated by salvagers, towed outside the shipping lanes, and intentionally sunk. PERE MARQUETTE 22 (Hull#210) was launched on July 22, 1924, at...
by import2 | July 21, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
The JAMES DAVIDSON and KINSMAN INDEPENDENT (i) arrived under tow at Santander, Spain, on July 21, 1974, for scrapping. On July 21, 1975, the GEORGE D. GOBLE arrived at Lorain, Ohio, with an unusual deck cargo loaded at American Ship Building Company’s yard at...
