by Roger LeLievre | August 25, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Toledo, OH: Tanker Stenheim departed for Hamilton. Algoma Intrepid is at Midwest Terminals, Algoma Endeavour is at The Andersons and Albert/Margaret is at George Gradel. Marblehead, OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived to load limestone at Amrize. Sandusky, OH: Kaye...
by Roger LeLievre | August 25, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SARNIA, ON – Ending months of speculation about her fate, the veteran laker Saginaw left her lay-up dock at Sarnia’s North Slip Monday. She moved down river to the Imperial Oil Fuel Dock in Sarnia, then headed upbound on Lake Huron for Superior, WI, to load ore...
by Roger LeLievre | August 25, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SAULT STE. MARIE, ON – The federal government has announced that it will invest $11 billion into building six new icebreakers and that is good news for Algoma Steel. All six icebreakers will be built in Canada at the Davie Shipyard in Lévis, Québec. The project will...
by Roger LeLievre | August 25, 2026 | Boatnerd News
APOSTLE ISLANDS – The National Parks Service announced Monday that crews will soon remove the 42-foot Chequamegon Point Light Tower on Long Island in the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore because it can no longer be preserved and is causing safety issues. Shoreline...
by Roger LeLievre | August 23, 2026 | Boatnerd News
TRAVERSE CITY, MI — A Michigan lighthouse owner is accused of playing Coast Guard officer on the Great Lakes while illegally dumping sewage into Lake Michigan, according to a newly announced federal indictment. Brent Alan Tompkins, 52, of Traverse City, co-owns the...
