Boatnerd News – November 23, 2022

Boatnerd News – November 23, 2022

USCG Cutter Mackinaw will soon make trek as Christmas Tree Ship CHEBOYGAN COUNTY, Mich. – A special delivery will soon be heading to Chicago. On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw was loaded with its annual shipment of 1,200 Christmas Trees to deliver...
Port Reports – November 23, 2022

Port Reports – November 23, 2022

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from November 22, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo Lee A. Tregurtha arrived at 10:05, departed at 19:14 after a standard load at LS&I. Up next for the...
Boatnerd News – November 22, 2022

Boatnerd News – November 22, 2022

Wreckage of doomed steamer “Phoenix” found off Sheboygan, 175 years after tragedy The Wisconsin Maritime Museum announced the discovery of wreckage from the “Phoenix” off Sheboygan, on the 175th anniversary of the doomed steamer’s sinking when as many as 300 people...
Port Reports – November 21, 2022

Port Reports – November 21, 2022

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from November 21, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen ‘Tis the season for windy weather delays, but Duluth remained festive through a few...
Boatnerd News – November 21, 2022

Boatnerd News – November 21, 2022

Algoma Compass hits Welland Canal bridge Vessel traffic on the Welland Canal and road traffic in Port Colborne were not affected after a 207-metre-long laker struck an abutment near Bridge 21 Monday morning. Poirier-Quesnel, S.t Lawrence Seaway Management Corp....