Port Reports – January 1

Port Reports – January 1

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney. Presque Isle departed Two Harbors on 12/31 at 09:51 for Gary. Edgar B. Speer arrived Two Harbors on 12/31 at 11:07. Defiance/Ashtabula went to anchor off Duluth on 12/31 at 10:07 to...

Port Reports – December 31

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Wilfred Sykes arrived at 21:42 (CST) Wednesday night to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. American Integrity departed at 07:48 Thursday morning with low sulfur coal for...

Boatnerd News – December 31

St. Marys Challenger pilothouse moved to National Museum Toledo, Ohio – The pilothouse of the former Great Lakes freighter St. Marys Challenger, which was converted to a barge in 2014, was moved Thursday from storage to its permanent home on the grounds of the...

Port Reports – December 30

Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: American Century arrived at 03:53 (CST) Wednesday morning to take a delay at Lakehead Pipeline; they will be loading low sulfur coal at SMET before departing. American...

Boatnerd News – December 29

Coast Guard begins Operation Taconite Sault Ste. Marie, MI – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Sault Sainte Marie commenced Operation Taconite to prevent newly formed ice from hampering commercial shipping across the western Great Lakes. On Tuesday, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter...