by Roger LeLievre | March 30, 2026 | Boatnerd News
UPDATE MARCH 30: Repairs complete, Herbert C. Jackson left Ecorse the evening of March 29. Herbert C. Jackson, which left winter layup at Ecorse, MI (near Detroit) Tuesday headed for Sandusky to load coal, instead tied up at Monroe, MI, that same day, escorted by two...
by Roger LeLievre | March 30, 2026 | Boatnerd News
UPDATE: The derailed railcars were quickly removed and the Welland Canal is back open. ORIGINAL REPORT: A train derailed in St. Catharines, ON, Monday morning at Lock 4. Niagara Regional Police say CN Railway is continuing to investigate the derailment, which occurred...
by Roger LeLievre | March 30, 2026 | Boatnerd News
UPDATE – Noon Monday: U.S. and Canadian Coast Guard vessels are working to keep traffic moving on the river. Burns Harbor made it downbound through the Rock Cut, with Edwin H. Gott following her. Upbound traffic waiting includes American Mariner, Wilfred...
by Roger LeLievre | March 29, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes’ Operation Taconite experienced delays during ice-breaking operations assisting commercial traffic through the St. Marys River March 26-29, 2026. Ice in the navigable channel combined with...
by Roger LeLievre | March 29, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Greg Rudnick, who came up through the hawsepipe sailing mostly on the Ford Motor Co. vessels Benson Ford and Henry Ford II, is the featured speaker at the 2026 Great Lakes Maritime Institute’s Annual Dinner being held at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum in Detroit April...
