Boatnerd News – June 5, 2025

USCG Sequoia heads to Sturgeon Bay for repairs On Tuesday, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Sequoia, based at Port Huron, MI, departed under to tow of the tug Nickelena, bound for Fincatieri Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI. The cutter, which replaced the USCG...

Port Report – June 5, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday June 4.  Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...

Boatnerd News – June 4, 2025

Lakes Limestone Trade Down in May CLEVELAND — Shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes totaled 3.6 million tons in May, a decrease of 6.8 percent compared to a year ago.  May’s loadings were above the month’s 5-year average by 1.1 percent. Loadings from U.S. quarries...

Boatnerd News – June 3, 2025

Pocket Watch from Deadly Shipwreck Returns Home 165 Years Later: ‘Truly a Once-in-a-Lifetime Discovery’ Belonging to the late British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram, the historic item was recovered from the bottom of Lake Michigan By Brian Anthony Hernandez ...

Port Report – June 3, 2025

Port and vessel activity for Monday June 2.  Port reports done by Tom Geiger unless otherwise noted. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at ...