by import | October 14, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
News from the Twin Ports 08/30/1997: Kaye E. Barker has been a rare caller in the Twin Ports this season. The ship loaded at DMIR ore dock in Duluth on Aug. 28 Grain traffic seems to be picking up in Duluth and Superior. On Aug. 29 Federal Rhine was loading at...
by import | October 14, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Duluth Activity 07/31/1997: Fred R. White Jr. departed from Fraser Shipyards sometime overnight of July 29. Kinsman Independent looked right at home July 30 as it loaded at the AGP grain elevator in Duluth. Kinsman boats for years loaded regularly at AGP, which is...
by import | October 14, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Eastern Canada Report 06/30/1997: The American two masted auxiliary sailing vessel PRIDE OF BALTIMORE looked very graceful as she arrived in Montreal this evening. After an overnight stay she will enter the Seaway in transit to Detroit, Michigan The Canadian Laker...
by import | October 14, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Grain trade picking up 05/31/1997: The Canadian Explorer and Canadian Mariner are due out of winter layup next week. The Mariner is at Port Weller DD and the Explorer at pier 35 in Toronto. Reported by: Brian Wroblewski Unusual calls by the...
by import | October 14, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Fire in the boilers 04/30/1997: In perparation for the coming season, the crew aboard the Lake Michigan Car Ferry BADGER fired her boilers today. The 1952 built ferry was brought back to service in 1992, operating between Ludington, MI and Manitowoc, WI....
by import | September 21, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
Alpena unloading 03/31/1997: As of 3:15 p.m. the Alpena was tied up alongside the E.M. Ford at the Lafarge dock in Carrollton MI. The unloading process was underway with the hoses going from the Alpena across the Ford and to the silos. Other activity at the...
