by Roger LeLievre | March 26, 2026 | Boatnerd News
According to the Transport Canada vessel registration web site, Manitoulin is now owned by McKeil Marine Ltd., confirming recent waterfront speculation. The former Lower Lakes Towing Co. self-unloader was part of a recent fleet sale to Algoma Central Corp. Bill...
by Roger LeLievre | March 26, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Two American Steamship Company (Mainstay Maritime) 1,000-footers departed the Twin Ports to open the season at Two Harbors and Silver Bay. Last evening it was MV Indiana Harbor heading out after fueling for Two Harbors and then Wednesday morning fleetmate Burns Harbor...
by Roger LeLievre | March 26, 2026 | Boatnerd News
DULUTH, MN – Spring is in the air in the Duluth-Superior harbor. The snow is melting, the birds are chirping and the giant ships that ply Lake Superior’s waters have awoken from their winter slumber, signaling the start of another Great Lakes shipping season. The...
by Roger LeLievre | March 25, 2026 | Boatnerd News
UPDATE 1:30 p.m. WEDNESDAY: With engine repairs completed, the Munson has resumed her trip to Marquette, MI, to load ore. UPDATE 11 A.M. WEDNESDAY: Tugs Colorado and Cheraw broke ice at the far end of the West Pier so the Colorado could assist the disabled Munson to...
by Roger LeLievre | March 25, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
The first boat to the port of Lorain, OH, was Interlake Steamship’s articulated tug and barge Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder. She arrived with stone from the quarry in Marblehead and backed down the Black River to the Amrize dock where she unloaded. Once empty, she left...
