by Roger LeLievre | June 13, 2026 | Boatnerd News
TOLEDO, OH – Join us August 15–16 at the National Museum of the Great Lakes, Toledo, Ohio, for the inaugural Great Lakes Mariner Meet-Up, a weekend dedicated to reconnecting the people who know life on the water best. From department meet-ups aboard our historic...
by Roger LeLievre | June 13, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Monroe, MI: American Courage arrived to unload at DTE. Toledo, OH: Departures were Manitoulin for Sarnia, American Mariner for Marquette and Wilf Seymour/Alouette Spirit Marblehead, OH: Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader departed for Lorain and Mark W. Barker...
by Roger LeLievre | June 12, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Toledo, OH: Wilf Seymour/Alouette Spirit is at Midwest Terminals. Lee A. Tregurtha unloaded at Ironville then left for Marquette once empty. Other departures were Kaye E. Barker for Sandusky and Blair McKeil for Three Rivers. Arrivals were Manitoulin to Ironville...
by Roger LeLievre | June 11, 2026 | Boatnerd News
ERIE, PA – The U.S. Brig Niagara departed Maine at daybreak this past Saturday, embarking on a 2,000-nautical-mile journey to its Erie homeport following a year-long, $6.9 million restoration at Bristol Marine’s Sample’s Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor. The vessel is...
by Roger LeLievre | June 11, 2026 | Boatnerd News
The Polish Steamship Co. (Polsteam) of Szczecin, Poland, has added another new vessel to its Laker-class series of ships. Polsteam Ros (IMO 1027201) is the 11th vessel built as part of the Polsteam fleet renewal program in China which began in 2024 with the Polsteam...
