by Roger LeLievre | July 17, 2026 | Boatnerd News
TOLEDO, OH – Join the National Museum of the Great Lakes for the inaugural Great Lakes Mariner Meet-Up – a weekend dedicated to reconnecting the people who know life on the lakes best. The museum is inviting everyone who’s on the Great Lakes to this special gathering...
by Roger LeLievre | July 17, 2026 | Boatnerd News
The U.S. Coast Guard is raising awareness of the dangers and penalties associated with hoax distress calls, including those transmitted via radio, phone and social media. Since January 2026, Coast Guard command center watchstanders in the Great Lakes District have...
by Roger LeLievre | July 17, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Monroe, MI: Victory/Maumee departed for Cedarville. Toledo, OH: Arrivals were Baie Comeau to load coal at CSX and Albert/Margaret to load at George Gradel. In port are Federal Hunter at The Andersons, Wicko at Midwest Terminals and Defiance/Ashtabula at ADM/...
by Roger LeLievre | July 16, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – What’s it like steering a huge Great Lakes freighter across nothing but open water on an inland sea? And does it take nerves of steel to guide that boat into the Soo Locks on a stormy day? Freighter fans will get their chance to ask these...
by Roger LeLievre | July 16, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Monroe, MI: Victory/Maumee arrived with coal for DTE. Toledo, OH: Arrivals were Wicko to Midwest Terminals, Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader to Ironville and American Spirit to Torco. In port are Algoma Niagara, Federal Hunter and Defiance/Ashtabula. Sandusky,...
