by Roger LeLievre | July 2, 2026 | Boatnerd News
CLEVELAND, OH – U.S. shipments of limestone on the Great Lakes increased 4.5 percent from June 2025 to 3 million tons. This June’s U.S. loadings were also above the month’s 5-year average by 6.9 percent. Year-to-date, the Lakes U.S. limestone trade stands at nearly 7...
by Roger LeLievre | July 2, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – In a lighthearted ceremony June 25 at the annual Boatnerd Picnic in Sault Ste. Marie the event was renamed the Lee and Bill Rowe Annual Boatnerd Picnic, honoring the event’s founder and her husband. Lee Rowe, from Gwinn, MI, started the picnic,...
by Roger LeLievre | July 1, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Sharon M I/Huron Spirit were inbound on the Saginaw River Monday morning, a few hours behind their fleet mate, Manitoulin, which was unloading at the Wirt Stone Dock in Bay City. Sharon M I/ Huron Spirit backed into the slip at Port Fisher and unloaded for Bay...
by Roger LeLievre | July 1, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Monroe, MI: New York/Double Skin 509A arrived at Michigan Paving & Materials to unload liquid asphalt. Toledo, OH: Arrivals were Baie Comeau to CSX, which later departed for Hamilton, Albert/Margaret to George Gradel, Kaye E. Barker to CSX and Herbert C. Jackson...
by Roger LeLievre | July 1, 2026 | Boatnerd News
The saltie Onego Otra has been aground off Contrecœur, QC, on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, since Tuesday afternoon due to a rudder problem. It was en route from Montreal to New Orleans when the incident occurred. The vessel has transited the St. Lawrence...
