Port Reports – June 22, 2022

Port Reports – June 22, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen Tuesday morning began with three vessels idled in port for repair – Edgar B. Speer, Presque Isle, and Joseph L. Block – perhaps foreshadowing what would be a quiet...
Boatnerd News – June 21, 2022

Boatnerd News – June 21, 2022

Tour Boat grounds at the Soo SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The Soo Locks tour boat LeVoyageur grounded above the locks on Monday afternoon after the water in the area dropped a foot in a short time. Passengers were safely taken aboard fleetmate Nokomis, with the local tugs...
Port Reports – June 21, 2022

Port Reports – June 21, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen At 23:27 Sunday night, the Great Lakes Maritime Academy’s State of Michigan arrived Duluth and tied up at the DECC. This is the first visit of the year for the vessel and her...
Boatnerd News – June 20, 2022

Boatnerd News – June 20, 2022

Ore trade lags on Great Lakes DULUTH, MN – While shipping leaders were thankful of a diverse flow of cargoes buoying May’s shipping totals, there was no denying iron ore shipments remained off pace. Shipments of iron ore from U.S. Great Lakes ports totaled 4.4...
Port Reports – June 20, 2022

Port Reports – June 20, 2022

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen 6,400 sacks of quartz were inbound Duluth aboard Spliethoff’s Houtmangracht at 03:12 Sunday morning. With the assistance of the tug Missouri, the saltie tied up at Berth 2 of...