Port Reports – November 13, 2022

Port Reports – November 13, 2022

Port and vessel activity from November 12, 2022. Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen WARNING: Large boatnerd presence in the Twin Ports due to this weekend’s annual LSMMA Gales of November event. These...
Boatnerd News – November 12, 2022

Boatnerd News – November 12, 2022

U.S. and Canada Launch Green Shipping Corridor for Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway The United States and Canada have launched an initiative to establish a “green shipping corridor” for the Great Lakes – St. Lawrence Seaway System. Under the Initiative, the U.S....
Boatnerd News – November 11, 2022

Boatnerd News – November 11, 2022

Edmund Fitzgerald search: Hear call to help after 29 men were lost in Lake Superior LAKE SUPERIOR, MI – “Things look pretty bad. It looks like she may have split apart at the seams.” In the hours after the 728-foot Edmund Fitzgerald abruptly vanished from the...
Boatnerd News – November 10, 2022

Boatnerd News – November 10, 2022

Soon-to-be-scrapped Ojibway hauled ashore Social media posts show the former Lower Lakes Towing Co. bulk carrier is showing being in inched ashore at Marine Recycling Corp Scrapyard at Port Colborne, ON. The vessel, built in 1952 as Charles L. Hutchinson (ii) and...

Port Reports – November 10, 2022

Port and vessel activity from November 9, 2022. Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Unfortunately, a rare visit by Saginaw to BNSF was obscured entirely in the darkness after a quick overnight load and subsequent...