by Roger LeLievre | September 3, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Ticket sales for the annual Marine Historical Society of Detroit’s Detroit River Cruise, scheduled for Saturday, September 19, from 1-4 p.m. aboard the the Diamond Jack River Tours boat DIAMOND QUEEN, are now open to the public. Passengers will have the opportunity to...
by Roger LeLievre | September 3, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Monroe, MI: Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader arrived with coal for DTE. Once empty the ATB departed for Brevort. New York/Double Skin 509A is still unloading at Michigan Paving. Toledo, OH: Federal Caribou is loading at The Andersons and Ontario Venture is unloading...
by Roger LeLievre | September 2, 2026 | Boatnerd News
CLEVELAND, OH – Iron ore shipments on the Great Lakes totaled 5.1 million tons in August, a 2 percent increase compared to 2025. Shipments were 5.1 percent below the month’s 5-year average. Year-to-date, the iron ore trade rose 3% to 27.5 million tons. Through August,...
by Roger LeLievre | September 2, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Thanks to everyone who has reached out to us today about the app and the website https://AIS.BoatNerd.Com being down. Our web hosting company is experiencing some kind of an outage that they are actively working to restore. We’re hoping it comes back sometime...
by Roger LeLievre | September 2, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Furetank’s intermediate tanker Fure Vasa was given her name in Uddevalla, Sweden, on August 28, in front of more than 300 invited guests. Along with news of new investments and a 40th-anniversary celebration, the day brought several encouraging signs for the...