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- October 10, 2023, 8:31 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Soo Locks Transit Question
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2957
Re: Soo Locks Transit Question
Early press releases about the new lock said that it would be equipped with an automatic mooring system.
- September 17, 2023, 1:53 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Birgit Knutsen
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1639
Re: Birgit Knutsen
They applied for (and apparently received) a short-term coastal trading license for the vessel. I don't think that requires a Canadian crew. License applies from "on or about" September 1 through "on or about" October 31, 2023.
- September 7, 2023, 2:39 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Algoma Transport
- Replies: 15
- Views: 2877
Re: Algoma Transport
Per one of Denny's posts earlier in this thread, It was apparently coal loaded at Thunder Bay. The coke batteries on Zug Island are still active.
- August 14, 2023, 10:25 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
- Replies: 27
- Views: 4256
Re: Cleveland Cliff offers to buy USS
And the bidding has begun. A private company Esmark offered half a billion more, and more potential purchasers are apparently in discussions as well:
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodi ... 023-08-14/
https://www.reuters.com/markets/commodi ... 023-08-14/
- August 8, 2023, 9:22 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: freighter transit times
- Replies: 3
- Views: 990
Re: freighter transit times
Recent editions of the annual Know Your Ships publication have about 4 pages of such information.
In addition Boatnerd's AIS system (and many others) have ETA features that give estimated times of arrival for ships out in the open lakes. It assumes they maintain their current speed.
In addition Boatnerd's AIS system (and many others) have ETA features that give estimated times of arrival for ships out in the open lakes. It assumes they maintain their current speed.
- July 21, 2023, 4:46 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: mv northern venture
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1357
Re: mv northern venture
I think this was the vessel converted:
Former names: Da Shen and Asia Cement No. 7
IMO 9167681
155m by 22m by 12.6m
Built 1998
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/515398
Former names: Da Shen and Asia Cement No. 7
IMO 9167681
155m by 22m by 12.6m
Built 1998
https://www.shipspotting.com/photos/515398
- June 19, 2023, 4:20 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: tug Seaway Guardian
- Replies: 2
- Views: 515
Re: tug Seaway Guardian
Since my initial post, I did find this photo online of the tug on land. Taken by Nathan Jarvis on Sept 5, 2019. It does show anodes in numerous places on the outside of the cort nozzles, as well as on the hull. So there likely was a concern about one being "ingested" into the prop. But I'm...
- June 19, 2023, 4:06 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: tug Seaway Guardian
- Replies: 2
- Views: 515
tug Seaway Guardian
In an article in Professional Mariner's " American Tugboat Review 2023 " it mentions that the Seaway Guardian, which was delivered in 2020 was taken out of service late last year because "a zinc anode loosened, causing an automatic port side engine shutdown". I'm curious how the ...
- June 12, 2023, 7:10 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: mv samuel champlain
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1091
Re: mv samuel champlain
The vessel was built in the US for Norwegian owners. It spent the first part of its life sailing under Norwegian and Italian flags. Then it suffered a major fire which pretty much gutted the vessel. McKeil bought it and I'm pretty certain placed it in Canadian registry. But before they could work it...
- June 10, 2023, 1:10 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: escanaba, michigan
- Replies: 1
- Views: 917
Re: escanaba, michigan
North Shore Marine Terminal and Logistics (the former Basic Marine shipyard) has a 160' by 65' floating drydock in Escanaba. It was initially built by the Upper Peninsula Shipbuilding Company in the late 1970's and has been in Escanaba since the late 1980's I believe. I think it was obtained when We...
- June 5, 2023, 7:13 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Midwest Terminal - Toledo
- Replies: 3
- Views: 677
Re: Midwest Terminal - Toledo
I too have heard that they ship out petroleum coke. The US Army Corps of Engineers shows that 271,000 tons of petcoke was shipped out of Toledo in 2020, but it doesn't list which dock. Some of that petcoke likely comes from the nearby refineries, but I read somewhere that much of it is coming from M...
- May 25, 2023, 10:32 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Cuyahoga
- Replies: 92
- Views: 15649
Re: Cuyahoga
The tugs Ecosse and Stormont are both in Kingsville and both passed nearby the Cuyahoga on their way to that port. So I suspect that they are there for a tow. But I wonder if they might be waiting on weather or sea conditions. Weather buoys were showing 5-6 foot wave heights in the main basin of Lak...
- May 19, 2023, 1:19 am
- Forum: BoatNerd Classifieds
- Topic: marine mart port huron
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2827
Re: marine mart port huron
Still scheduled for June 10th.
- May 16, 2023, 12:23 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: ss badger
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1271
Re: ss badger
The south side of Ludington smelled like coal smoke today:
- May 13, 2023, 6:37 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: ss badger
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1271
Re: ss badger
I didn't realize the Badger was going to be repowered with diesel engines! Unless I have missed something, Interlake is still investigating how they will repower the vessel. They did announce that they will be moving away from coal as a fuel. Diesel is one viable option, but I think they are still ...
- April 25, 2023, 11:28 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Keewatin Tow
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1805
Re: Keewatin Tow
Denny As of 12:15 am EDT on Wednesday, the Molly M1 is showing up on both the Boatnerd and Marine Traffic AIS sites. (as an unidentified tug on Marine Traffic for now). It is moving southward at about 6 knots. Using the Boatnerd ETA estimator, (which assumes it maintains its current speed) it may ge...
- April 4, 2023, 3:01 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Lorain Ohio Coal Dock
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1113
Re: Lorain Ohio Coal Dock
This previous thread had some information on coal docks at Lorain, as well as a couple of photo links https://search.boatnerd.com/viewtopic.php?p=231621&hilit=lorain+coal+dock&sid=e7a1d85f2e6bf20b4778987a60dc1142#p231621 Also, this page on Bowling Green's website has lots of photos of docks ...
- March 30, 2023, 7:03 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Hollyhock working the Seaway
- Replies: 1
- Views: 517
Hollyhock working the Seaway
Based on AIS data, it appears that the buoy tender Hollyhock has been working buoys and aids to navigation for the past couple of days in the US portion of the Seaway. Working out of Massena, NY. I'm curious why the Seaway Authority isn't doing this work themselves? I realize they were having issues...
- March 29, 2023, 9:42 am
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Tugboat status
- Replies: 0
- Views: 635
Tugboat status
I'm curious if anyone has any updates on two tugs that made the news back in January. First, a (assuming it was small) tug was lost in Conneaut when a work barge capsized. Was the tug ever located? There were fears that it may still be afloat, possibly also capsized, somewhere on Lake Erie. Second, ...
- March 28, 2023, 12:41 pm
- Forum: Information Search
- Topic: Scrapyards before Port Colburn
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1050
Re: Scrapyards before Port Colburn
Interesting question. Not sure about before 1970, but here are a few scrappers mentioned in old editions of the Toronto Marine Historical Society's Scanner from the 1970's and 1980's: United Steel and Refining Co, Hamilton Newman Steel, Port Maitland Western Metals Corp, Thunder Bay Affiliated Marin...