by Roger LeLievre | June 25, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
The Algoma Central bulk carrier Kaministiqua, which was en route to Thunder Bay, had to be towed out of the Seaway Wednesday morning starting from the downstream wall of the St. Lambert Lock. It was towed by two Groupe Ocean tugs to a berth at the Port of Montreal....
by Roger LeLievre | June 24, 2026 | Boatnerd News
GRAND RAPIDS, MI – A U.S. Coast Guard crew evacuated a Lake Huron sailor in need of medical help over the weekend. The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit says a crew was dispatched late Sunday night to Lake Huron near Alpena, MI. An American bulk freighter called the...
by Roger LeLievre | June 24, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SANDUSKY, OH – Dredging in Sandusky to keep the harbor safe for Great Lakes shipping will be carried out again this year. Meanwhile, those from the city government hope to use some of the resulting soil to expand a wetlands area. In a statement, the Army Corps of...
by Roger LeLievre | June 24, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Monroe, MI: Departing were Calumet to Port Dolomite and New York/Double Skin 509A to Detroit. Toledo, OH: Arrivals were Blair McKeil to Midwest Terminals and Joseph L. Block to Ironville. Departures were Defiance/Ashtabula to Alpena, Ontario Venture to Detroit and...
by Roger LeLievre | June 24, 2026 | Boatnerd News
SAULT STE. MARIE, MI – The two new Corps of Engineers 76-foot-long ice-class tugs H.J. Lawson and R.J. Pearce will be christened at 9:30 a.m. Friday (Engineers Day) at the Soo Locks. The ceremony, which will include official remarks, introduction of the crews, and the...
