Port Reports – February 25

Port Reports – February 25

St. Marys River The departure of the Algoma tanker AlgoCanada, which has been unloading at the Purvis Dock in the lower harbor for several days, has been moved to Monday. On Thursday, USCG Neah Bay was breaking ice below Mission Point. Friday she headed downboud and...
Port Reports – February 24

Port Reports – February 24

St. Marys River Algoma tanker AlgoCanada was unloading at the Purvis Dock in the lower harbor on Wednesday. Northern Lake Michigan Straits of Mackinac: Wednesday; 9:30 USCG Biscayne Bay departed St Ignace to conduct ice operations in Lake Michigan. 13:43 Algoma...

Boatnerd News – February 23

Seaway announces 2022 opening dates The opening of the 2022 navigation season is scheduled to take place on the following dates and times: Welland Canal: March 24, 2022 – 0800 hours (D.S.T.) Montreal / Lake Ontario Section: March 22, 2022 – 0800 hours...
Port Reports – February 23

Port Reports – February 23

St. Marys River Algoma tanker AlgoCanada remained at the Purvis Dock in the lower harbor on Tuesday, possibly due to weather.  Milwaukee, WI Algoma Niagara arrived at 08:20 Tuesday carrying salt from Compass Minerals, Goderich. With G-Tug North Dakota breaking ice,...
Boatnerd News – February 22

Boatnerd News – February 22

Cleveland-Cliffs to indefinitely idle Blast Furnace No. 4 at Indiana Harbor Indiana Harbor, IN – Cleveland-Cliffs plans to indefinitely idle Blast Furnace No. 4 at the Indiana Harbor steel mill, the second blast furnace in East Chicago to be taken offline in the last...