Boatnerd News – March 2, 2023

Boatnerd News – March 2, 2023

Long-lost ship found in Lake Huron, confirming its tragic story TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. — Even for the Thunder Bay area, a perilous swath of northern Lake Huron off the Michigan coast that has devoured many a ship, the Ironton’s fate seems particularly cruel. The...
Port Reports – March 2, 2023

Port Reports – March 2, 2023

Port and vessel activity from March 1, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen Leonard M/Huron Spirit remain at Sault Ste. Marie, ON, loading steel coils at Purvis Marine. Farther down the...
Boatnerd News – March 1, 2023

Boatnerd News – March 1, 2023

Port Colborne firefighters rescue man from ship’s hold after fall Using a rope system and a crane, Port Colborne Fire and Emergency Services firefighters removed a patient from the hold of a vessel being scrapped at Marine Recycling Corp. Fire Chief Scott Lawson said...
Port Reports – March 1, 2023

Port Reports – March 1, 2023

Port and vessel activity from February 28, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen USCGC Mobile Bay departed the Lime Island dock around 09:00 Tuesday, heading downbound to soften up the...
Boatnerd News – February 28, 2023

Boatnerd News – February 28, 2023

Firefighters extinguish blaze on board Algoma Discovery A fire suppression system helped starve a diesel fuel fire on board the Algoma Discovery Monday, says Port Colborne Fire and Emergency Services Chief Scott Lawson. Lawson said firefighters were called to the east...