Boatnerd News – September 1

Boatnerd News – September 1

Paul LaMarre has transformed Port of Monroe against all odds Monroe, MI – In eight years, Paul C. LaMarre III has transformed the Port of Monroe from a virtually dead place, used just to dump off coal for a utility company to one of the fastest growing and most...
Port Reports – September 1

Port Reports – September 1

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Clyde S. VanEnkevort and Erie Trader departed at 05:05 (CST) Tuesday morning with iron ore pellets for Cleveland. Paul R. Tregurtha arrived at 05:46; they departed at 19:30 with coal for St. Clair and another...

Boatnerd News – August 31

Mississagi now owned by Purvis Marine; scrap tow imminent According to Transport Canada, Mississagi is now owned by Purvis Marine Ltd. of Sault Ste. Marie, ON. Reports from Sarnia, ON, indicate that she is being prepared for a tow to Sault Ste. Marie, ON, for...
Port Reports – August 31

Port Reports – August 31

Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: Walter J. McCarthy Jr. departed at 23:45 (CST) Saturday night with iron ore pellets for Gary. Mesabi Miner arrived at 00:20 Sunday morning to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. G.L. Ostrander and barge Integrity arrived at...
Port Reports – August 30

Port Reports – August 30

Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A Putney After the Whitefish Bay departed Two Harbors on 8/28 at 22:01 she went to anchor near Ashland, WI to wait on weather. She got underway the afternoon of 8/29 heading for Quebec City. The Atlantic Huron stopped near the Whitefish...