by Roger LeLievre | June 4, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
Monroe, MI: American Century unloaded coal at DTE. Toledo, OH: Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader departed for Drummond Island. Manitoulin unloaded at The Andersons and left for Hamilton. Polsteam Weltyn is at Midwest Terminals. Marblehead, OH: Dorothy...
by Roger LeLievre | June 4, 2026 | Boatnerd News
CLEVELAND, OH – The Puerto Rico, the last of 10 new Damen tugs built at the Great Lakes Shipyard in Cleveland, OH, for the Great Lakes Towing Co. was recently christened at the Collision Bend Brewery on the Cuyahoga River. The vessel was christened by her sponsor, Ms....
by Roger LeLievre | June 4, 2026 | Boatnerd News
STURGEON BAY, WI – The barge St. Marys Challenger was moved into the large graving dock at BayShip, Sturgeon Bay, Wednesday with the help of four tugs – the G-tugs Washington at the stern, Cameron O at the bow, with Florida and the little tug Bayship. The barge is in...
by Roger LeLievre | June 4, 2026 | Noteworthy Passages
SARNIA, ON – The ATB Gracie M. Reinauer of Reinauer Transportation, New York, departed Shell middle dock at Sarnia on June 3 with her tank barge RTC 109 for New York. Jeff Vandenberg
by Roger LeLievre | June 4, 2026 | Boatnerd News
Two bright orange autonomous sail drones are floating on Lake Erie right now, part of a new U.S. Coast Guard program. The drones launched in May for the first time in the Great Lakes and are equipped with 360-degree cameras. The U.S. Coast Guard said they serve a...