Port Reports – January 21

Port Reports – January 21

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Northern Lake Michigan  Straits of Mackinac: Wednesday, H. Lee White had been at anchor north of Washington Island and was underway at 17:42 for Toledo.Thursday USCG Mackinaw continued ice operations at the Straits of...
Boatnerd News – January 21

Boatnerd News – January 21

Winter Fleet gathering in Sturgeon Bay  Sturgeon Bay, WI – It’s a busy time at Fincantieri Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay. As freighters dock, work gets underway. On a very cold Sunday morning in the Sturgeon Bay chipping channel, the 680-foot-long John J....
Port Reports – January 20

Port Reports – January 20

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Northern Lake Michigan  Straits of Mackinac: Wednesday, USCG Mackinaw continued ice operations on the Lake Michigan side of the Straits of Mackinac and escorted CSL Assiniboine for Milwaukee through the heavier ice.  ...
Boatnerd News – January 20

Boatnerd News – January 20

Mate killed in accident aboard Walter J. McCarthy Jr. Richard Gray, second mate on the American Steamship Co. 1,000-footer Walter J. McCarthy Jr., died Monday night in a shipboard accident. The vessel was anchored offshore at Gary, IN, at the time and getting ready to...
Port Reports – January 19

Port Reports – January 19

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Northern Lake Michigan  Straits of Mackinac: Tuesday, USCG Mackinaw continued ice operations on the Lake Michigan side of the Straits of Mackinac and escorted Algo Nova for Green Bay and Algoma Intrepid for Chicago ....