Port Reports – September 5, 2022

Port Reports – September 5, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover image: Looking aft across the deck of Interlake’s Herbert C. Jackson as the veteran laker clears the Mackinac Bridge westbound for Burns Harbor. Josh Wolicki image, September 4 Editor’s Note: Our daily photo...
Boatnerd News – September 4, 2022

Boatnerd News – September 4, 2022

Port of Cleveland activity up 65% over last year as local company adds new Great Lakes freighter CLEVELAND, OH – On Thursday, the Interlake Steamship Company will christen its first new Great Lakes freighter built on the freshwater Lakes in nearly four decades...
Port Reports – September 4, 2022

Port Reports – September 4, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover image: Night falls as the John J. Boland approaches the Graymont dock in Green Bay. Chuck Zentmeyer image, September 3 Editor’s Note: Our daily photo galleries are currently down due to a technical issue. Thank you...
Port Reports – September 3, 2022

Port Reports – September 3, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Cover image: Saginaw entered Lake Macatawa early Friday afternoon to deliver aggregate to Verplank’s dock. Kurt Van Appledorn image, September 2 Editor’s Note: Our daily photo galleries are currently down due to a...
Boatnerd News – September 2, 2022

Boatnerd News – September 2, 2022

NTSB issues safety recommendations after engine room fire on Roger Blough The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board issued three safety recommendations Thursday following an investigation into last year’s engine room fire aboard the Great Lakes bulk carrier Roger...