by Roger LeLievre | August 23, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Dutch general cargo vessel Thamesborg has safely completed its first transit of Canada’s Northwest Passage since running aground on an uncharted shoal along the route last year, with the vessel passing within a few nautical miles of the site of the accident. The...
by Roger LeLievre | August 23, 2026 | Boatnerd News
DETROIT, MI – Join members of the Marine Historical Society of Detroit aboard the passenger vessel Diamond Belle (captained by the MHSD’s very own Mike Nicholls and with MHSD member Ken Borg as narrator) for a three-hour cruise, 1-4 p.m. Saturday, September 19, on the...
by Roger LeLievre | August 22, 2026 | Boatnerd News
DETROIT, MI – Friday night, a J.W. Westcott Co. crew was alerted to a sinking jet ski and two people in the water beneath the Ambassador Bridge. The crew launched the U.S. Mail Boat M.S. Westcott and found the jet ski being assisted by the Windsor-based tour boat...
by Roger LeLievre | August 22, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
STURGEON BAY, WI – The Great Lakes Maritime Academy’s training ship State of Michigan arrived at Sturgeon Bay on a rainy Friday morning. Bay Shipbuilding has built a deckhouse allowing for more cadet space which will be installed dockside using the Manitowoc 2250 red...
by Roger LeLievre | August 22, 2026 | Uncategorized
The effort to strengthen the U.S. Coast Guard’s icebreaking fleet in the Great Lakes continues after shipping industry leaders say they lost 82 days of their latest season because of the lack of icebreaking capacity. The ongoing struggle to fight ice has...
