Boatnerd News – May 21

Boatnerd News – May 21

Great Lakes shipping sees strong start to the season led by grain exports Shipping on the Great Lakes has kicked off with a bang this season as ports in the region step up to fill the global void of grain caused by the war in Ukraine. The Great Lakes Seaway...
Port Reports – May 20

Port Reports – May 20

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen American Integrity arrived the Duluth piers at 05:23 Thursday morning headed for a load of taconite at CN 6. Her fleetmate Indiana Harbor was also inbound for taconite, but on...
Boatnerd News – May 20

Boatnerd News – May 20

Touring the USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul DULUTH, MN – It’s one of the newest classes of naval ships for the United States, and for the first time it is here in Duluth for its commissioning. The USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul is one of over two dozen littoral combat ships,...

Port Reports – May 19

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net. Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen The only traffic through the Twin Ports on Wednesday was the departure of Edwin H. Gott from Superior. After loading 60,000 tons of Hibtac pellets, the Gott cleared the piers...
Boatnerd News – May 19

Boatnerd News – May 19

Another day, another passenger ship: Soo welcomes Ocean Voyager SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The busy passenger ship season welcomed another new vessel, Ocean Voyager, on Wednesday. She was the third different cruise ship to visit the Soo in the last four days. After...