by import2 | March 27, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Midnight madness at Soo Locks as hundreds watch first freighter SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Parking on Portage Avenue was hard to come by Friday night as people made their way into the Soo Locks Park to watch the first freighter officially open the 2023 shipping...
by import2 | March 27, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 26, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry American Integrity, scheduled to load at BNSF, anchored off Duluth around 04:11...
by import2 | March 26, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Meet the Shipbreakers of the Great Lakes Have you ever wondered what happens to ships once they’ve reached the end of their lives? For many in the Great Lakes, that place in Marine Recycling Corporation in Port Colborne, Ontario. Marine Recycling has recycled...
by import2 | March 26, 2023 | Port Report Archive
Port and vessel activity from March 25, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Anonymous The first upbound visitor of the season was the John J. Boland, arriving at 14:37. She only made two visits in the...
by import2 | March 25, 2023 | Boatnerd News
Edwin H. Gott leads the way as the Soo Locks open for the season Sault Ste. Marie, MI – At exactly 12:01 a.m. Saturday, the massive Poe Lock gates opened, allowing the 1,004-foot-long Edwin H. Gott to enter the chamber, thus becoming the first commercial passage of...
