Boatnerd News – March 24

Boatnerd News – March 24

  Season’s first vessels Speer and Gott arrive at Soo Locks Sault Ste. Marie, MI – “They’re here . . .” Wednesday afternoon the first two ships of the 2022 navigation season arrived at the piers below the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich....
Port Reports – March 23

Port Reports – March 23

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Thunder Bay, ON Tuesday, March 23 18:00 CCGS Samuel Risley arrived to conduct ice operations.  St. Marys River – Roger Lelievre McKeil Marine’s Harvest Spirit was upbound in the lower river Tuesday night headed for...
Port Reports – March 22

Port Reports – March 22

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss Monroe: Sharon M1/Huron Spirit arrived from Nanticoke at 13:10 with steel coils. Toledo: Edwin H. Gott departed layup at 19:28 and is headed to Two Harbors. Cleveland: Dorothy...

Boatnerd News – March 22

  4 coast guard cutters make first passage through Soo Locks Monday evening Sault Ste. Marie, MI – Robins may be the traditional first sign of spring, but at the Soo Locks, the first lockage of Coast Guard icebreakers is the real sign that spring is here. Late...
Port Reports – March 21

Port Reports – March 21

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss Cleveland: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder remains on the shuttles. Nanticoke: Sharon M1/Huron Spirit departed with no destination given. Algonorth moved to Imperial Oil at 16:02 and joined...