Port and vessel activity for Saturday, May 25, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to [email protected] You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at  https://boatnerd.com/foreign-vessels-on-the-lakes-2024/ PORT REPORT   5/26/2024 ST JOHN’S        [CASJF] 5/25/2024  Victory G-ARRIVES-7:42 AM 5/25/2024  Marsol Dragon-ARRIVES-8:13 AM 5/25/2024  Atlantic Merlin-DEPARTS-11:13 AM 5/25/2024  Atlantic Merlin-ETA-1:32 pm 5/25/2024  Victory G-DEPARTS-12:52 PM 5/25/2024  Avalon Sea Arrives-2:03 PM 5/25/2024  Paul A Sacuta-DEPARTS-5:39 PM 5/26/2024  Dalton Pioneer-IN PORT 5/26/2024  Marsol Dragon-IN PORT 5/26/2024  Brage Viking-IN PORT 5/26/2024  Avalon Sea-IN PORT 5/26/2024  Dalton Defender-IN PORT 5/26/2024  Harp -IN PORT 5/26/2024  Oceanex Sanderling-ETA-10:40 AM 5/26/2024 …

1872:   QUEEN OF THE LAKES was launched at the Kirby & Ward yard in Wyandotte, Michigan on 26 May 1872. She was the first iron-hulled vessel built in Michigan. 1873:   On 26 May 1873, the iron propeller revenue cutter GEO S. BOUTWELL (Hull#15) was launched at D. Bell Steam Engine Works in Buffalo, New York. Her dimensions were 140 feet x 22 feet x 17.5 feet, 151 gross tons. She served out of Savannah, Georgia (1874-1899) and Newbern, North Carolina (1899-1907). 1888:   On 26 May 1888, BLANCHE (2-mast wooden schooner, 95 foot, 92 gross tons, built in 1874, at Mill…

Door County maritime construction firm marks 75 years as a fourth-generation family business Since its founding May 25, 1949, Roen Salvage has worked for clients that include governments, Fortune 500 companies and the Army Corps of Engineers. Christopher Clough Green Bay Press-Gazette STURGEON BAY – In its 75 years, Roen Salvage Co. has established itself as one of the premier marine construction firms on the Great Lakes, with clients ranging from commercial dock owners to state and municipal governments, Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Coast Guard. Yet not everyone knows what the Sturgeon…

Port and vessel activity for Friday, May 24, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to [email protected] You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at  https://boatnerd.com/foreign-vessels-on-the-lakes-2024/ PORT REPORT   5/25/2024 ST JOHN’S        [CASJF] 5/24/2024  Atlantic Merlin-Arrives-7:43 AM 5/24/2024  Paul A Sacuta-ARRIVES-12:28 PM 5/24/2024  Maersk Mobiliser-DEPARTS-12:49 PM 5/24/2024  Harp-ARRIVES-2:16 PM 5/24/2024  Maersk Clipper-DEPARTS-8:10 PM 5/25/2024  Captain Molly Kool-IN PORT 5/25/2024  Brage Viking-IN PORT 5/25/2024  Taskall-IN PORT 5/25/2024  Canmar-IN PORT 5/25/2024  Harp-IN PORT 5/25/2024  Beverly M1- IN PORT 5/25/2024  Avalon Sea-ETA-5:28 AM 5/26/2024  Atlantic Kestrel-ETA-3:05 PM 5/26/2024  Oceanex Connaigra-ETA-11:46 PM 5/30/2024  Atlantic Shrike-ETA-11:13 AM…

1847:   The wooden schooner J C DAUN was in her first year of service when she encountered a squall in Lake Erie on 25 May 1847, and she capsized five miles off Conneaut, Ohio. Four of the 11 on board were able to make it to her upturned keel, but one of them died of exposure during the night. In the morning, the schooner UNCLE SAM rescued the three remaining survivors. Later the steamer SARATOGA found the DAUN floating upside down, fully rigged with the bodies of some of the crew still lashed to the rigging. The DAUN was righted…

Robert S. Pierson grounds at Muskegon Friday Robert S. Pierson ran aground briefly Friday morning while heading into Muskegon, MI. The Pierson worked her way free just before her sistership Manitowoc arrived to assist. As of noon she was at anchor north of the breakwall. Freighter that ran aground in Detroit River near Belle Isle immortalized on Google Maps A freighter that ran aground on the Detroit River near Belle Isle last year is, for now, immortalized in satellite images on Google Maps. The Mark W. Barker was marooned near the east end of Belle Isle not far from the…

Port and vessel activity for Thursday, May 23, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to [email protected] You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at  https://boatnerd.com/foreign-vessels-on-the-lakes-2024/ PORT REPORT   5/24/2024 ST JOHN’S        [CASJF] 5/23/2024  Paul A Sacuta-ETA-12:56 AM 5/23/2024  Atlantic Heron-ARRIVES-5:52 AM 5/23/2024  Kopit Hopson 1752-ARRIVES-6:50 PM 5/23/2024  Avalon Sea-DEPARTS-10:09 AM 5/23/2024  Oceanex Avalon-DEPARTS-6:33 PM 5/24/2024  Maersk Clipper-IN PORT 5/24/2024  Atlantic Heron-INB PORT 5/24/2024  Dalton Defender-IN PORT 5/24/2024  HMS Protector-IN PORT 5/26/2024  Atlantic Kestrel-ETA-3:05 PM 5/30/2024  Atlantic Shrike-ETA-11:13 AM HALIFAX, CANADA     [CAHAL] 5/23/2024  EF Ava-ARRIVES-1:36 PM 5/23/2024  Pacific Trader-ARRIVES-2:23 PM 5/23/2024  Delphinus…

1872:   On 24 May 1872, the wooden schooner SAM ROBINSON was carrying corn from Chicago, Illinois, to Kingston, Ontario, in dense fog on Lake Michigan. At 7:30 a.m. the propeller MANISTEE collided with the schooner and almost cut her in two amidships. When the MANISTEE backed away, the schooner went over on its starboard side and its masts smashed the MANISTEE’s pilothouse and cabins. Luckily the ROBINSON’s crew launched their lifeboat before the schooner sank and they were picked up by the MANISTEE and taken to Milwaukee. 1873:   ALEXANDER B. MOORE was launched at Bangor, Michigan, on 24 May 1873.…

Port and vessel activity for Wednesday, May 22, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to [email protected] You can Now visit Matt Miner’s Saltie page at  https://boatnerd.com/foreign-vessels-on-the-lakes-2024/ PORT REPORT   5/23/2024 ST JOHN’S        [CASJF] 5/22/2024  Oceanex Avalon-ETA-7:00 AM 5/22/2024  Victory G-Arrives-7:47 AM 5/22/2024  East Coast-ARRIVES-8:10 AM 5/22/2024  Atlantic Merlin-ETA-9:19 AM 5/22/2024  Victory G-DEPARTS-5:03 PM 5/22/2024  Brage Viking-ARRIVES-5:23 PM 5/22/2024  Atlantic Shrike-DEPARTS-5:46 PM 5/22/2024  Maersk Cutter-DEPARTS-6:34 PM 5/22/2024  Marsol Dragon-DEPARTS-7:48 PM 5/22/2024   Maersk Mobiliser-ETA-9:31 PM 5/22/2024  East Coast-DEPARTS-9:36 PM 5/22/2024  Maersk Mobiliser-ARRIVES-9:45 PM 5/22/2024  Paul A Sacuta-DEPARTS-10:37 PM 5/23/2024  Maersk Mobiliser-IN PORT 5/23/2024  Canmar-IN…

1889:   On 23 May 1889, the wooden steam barge OSCAR T. FLINT (218 foot, 824 gross tons) was launched at the Simon Langell & Sons yard in St. Clair, Michigan. She lasted until 25 November 1909, when she burned and sank off Thunder Bay Island in Lake Huron. 1901:   UNIQUE (wooden propeller passenger steamer, 163 foot, 381 gross tons, built in 1894, at Marine City, Michigan) was sold to Philadelphia parties for service on the Delaware River. She left Ogdensburg, New York, on 23 May 1901, for Philadelphia. Her name was changed to DIAMOND STATE. In 1904, she was rebuilt…