by Roger LeLievre | April 7, 2026 | Boatnerd News
MILWAUKEE, WI – Port Milwaukee was excited to welcome the Marshall Islands-flagged Federal Nagara as the first vessel of the 2026 international season on Friday, April 3. The Federal Nagara arrived at the Logistec terminal to unload specialty steel products...
by Roger LeLievre | April 7, 2026 | Boatnerd News
CLEVELAND, OH – Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes in March 2026 decreased 23.5 percent from a year ago. Loadings were also below the month’s 5-year average by 35.1 percent. The iron ore trade stands at 2.7 million tons, a decrease of 7.7 percent compared to 2025....
by Roger LeLievre | April 6, 2026 | Boatnerd News
MONDAY 10 A.M. UPDATE: Icebreakers were busy Monday morning assisting upbound vessels through the troublesome upbound (East Neebish) channel. Joyce L. VanEnkevort was leading the convoy, with Federal Nagara and Ocean7 Ranger stopped behind them until the VanEnkevort...
by Roger LeLievre | April 6, 2026 | Boatnerd News
R.G. Pearce, a new tug for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was on her to her Sault Ste. Marie home port Easter Sunday. The 76-foot-long tug arrived on the lakes a few months ago from her builder, Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City, LA, and has been moored at the...
by Roger LeLievre | April 4, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – Coast Guard crews continue ice-breaking operations for Sector Northern Great Lakes’ Operation Taconite on the upper Great Lakes and St. Marys River in support of the Great Lakes commercial shipping season, April 3, 2026. Since the opening of the...
