by Roger LeLievre | March 21, 2026 | Boatnerd News
DULUTH, MN –U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that more than $1 billion has been delivered to fund replacement of a major bridge connecting Duluth and Superior. The money will go to fund the $1.8 billion replacement of the Blatnik Bridge....
by Roger LeLievre | March 20, 2026 | Boatnerd News
UPDATE 7 p.m. Monday: Tug-barge Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader and John G. Munson were upbound at Mission Point about 5 p.m., each blowing a salute to a small but enthusiastic group of ship fans. They tied up below the locks waiting for the official opening time...
by Roger LeLievre | March 20, 2026 | Boatnerd News
MONTREAL, QC – Three students who were completing internships on Desgagnés Group vessels currently stranded in the Persian Gulf due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have been repatriated to Quebec. The interns were aboard the Rosaire A. Desgagnés and Miena...
by Roger LeLievre | March 20, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
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 Great Lakes Towing Co. tugs. Late Thursday she left Monroe, headed back to Ecorse. Although...
by Roger LeLievre | March 20, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Whitefish Bay, which had laid up at Sarnia in late January after suffering bow damage docking at Windsor, was on her way to Chicago, presumably with salt, on Friday. Frontenac, which took over her salt cargo commitments, has gone back into a short layup at Port...
