Port and vessel activity from Thursday, March 18, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to [email protected] PORT REPORT  3/19/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA 3/19/2024  Thamesborg-IN PORT 3/20/2024  Desert Honour-ETA-7:04 PM QUEBEC, CANADA 3/19/2024  Laurentia Desgagnes-IN PORT 3/19/2024  Jean Joseph-IN PORT 3/19/2024  Urvik 1-IN PORT 3/19/2024  Federal Oshima-IN PORT 3/20/2024  W Sky-ETA-5:27 PM 3/21/2024  STI Westminster-ETA-4:28 AM 3/21/2024  Scot Flensburg-ETA-7:14 AM 3/23/2024  Adriaticborg-ETA-10:39 AM 3/24/2024  Mayaro-ETA-12:52 AM 3/24/2024  Neutron Sound-ETA-7:29 AM 3/25/2024  CAP Quebec-ETA-6:54 PM 3/26/2024  African HHB-ETA-4:23 PM 3/31/2024  Harbour Express-ETA-5:17 PM 4/3/2024  Denita Wave-ETA-6:30 AM SOREL, QUEBEC 3/18/2024  Sky-ETA-7:13 AM 3/19/2024  Maria…

.1886:  On 19 March 1886, the PICKUP (wooden passenger/package freight steamer, 80 foot, 136 gross tons, built in 1883, at Marine City, Michigan, was renamed LUCILE. She lasted until she sank off the Maumee River Light (Toledo Harbor Light), Toledo, Ohio, Lake Erie, on August 8, 1906. 1903:  W.R. STAFFORD (wooden propeller bulk freighter, 184 foot, 744 gross tons, built in 1886, at W. Bay City, Michigan) was freed from the ice at 2:00 a.m. on 19 March 1903, by the Goodrich Line’s ATLANTA. When the STAFFORD was freed, the ice then closed around the ATLANTA and imprisoned her for…

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, March 17, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to [email protected] PORT REPORT  3/18/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA 3/18/2024  Thamesborg-IN PORT 3/20/2024  Desert Honour-ETA-10:00AM QUEBEC, CANADA 3/17/2024  Paul A. Desgagnes-ETA-3:00 PM 3/17/2024  Hafnia Lise-ETA-8:07 PM 3/18/2024  Arvik 1-IN PORT 3/18/2024  Laurentia Desgagnes-ETA-2:57 AM 3/21/2024  STA Westminster-ETA-4:28 AM 3/21/2024  Scot Flensburg-ETA-7:14 AM 3/21/2024  W. Sky-ETA-10:10 AM 3/22/2024  Adriaticborg-ETA-11:53 AM 3/23/2024  Mayaro-ETA-9:53 PM 3/24/2024  Neutron Sound-ETA-7:29 AM 3/26/2024  African HHB-ETA-4:23 PM SOREL, QUEBEC 3/18/2024  Sky-ETA-5:38 AM 3/22/2024  Romandie-ETA-3:43 AM MONTREAL, CANADA 3/18/2024  Juno Marie-IN PORT 3/18/2024  Nukumi-IN PORT 3/18/2024  NACC…

1890:  On 18 March 1890, CITY OF CHICAGO (steel sidewheeler, 211 foot, 1,073 gross tons) was launched at West Bay City, Michigan by F. W. Wheeler & Co. (Hull#68) for the Graham & Morton Line. CITY OF CHICAGO was lengthened to 226 feet at Wheeler’s yard one year later (1891). She was again lengthened in 1905-06, this time to 254 feet. On the same day and at the same yard the 3-mast wooden schooner A.C. TUXBURY was stern launched. 1905:  The straight-deck bulk carrier SYLVANIA (Hull#613) was launched March 18, 1905, at West Bay City, Michigan by West Bay City…

Blair McKeil being fitted with loader cranes in Holland The Canadian-registered general cargo ship Blair McKeil of the McKeil Marine Ltd., fleet based in Burlington, ON, is currently alongside in the Neptune Repair yard in Hardinxveld, South Holland. She is being fitted with two ship loader cranes that have been designed and built by TMS Technical & Maritime Services B.V. based on the other side of the river in Werkendam, North Brabant. This week crane components were delivered by floating sheerlegs crane from TMS to be installed on the Blair McKeil. The ship will be ready to leave within two…

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, March 16, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to [email protected] PORT REPORT  3/17/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA 3/17/2024  Thamesborg-IN PORT QUEBEC, CANADA 3/16/2024  Sarah Desgagnes-ETA-3:00 PM 3/17/2024  Genco Express -IN PORT 3/17/2024  CCGS Pierre Radisson-IN PORT 3/17/2024  Espada Desgagnes-IN PORT 3/17/2024  Paul A. Desgagnes-IN PORT 3/17/2024  Jean Joseph-IN PORT 3/17/2024  Arvik 1-ETA-11:43 AM 3/18/2024  W Sky-ETA-3:30 AM 3/21/2024  STI Westminster-ETA-4:28 AM 3/21/2024  Scot Flensburg-ETA-7:14 AM 3/22/2024  Adriaticborg-ETA-11:53 AM 3/24/2024  Neutron Sound-ETA-7:29 AM 3/25/2024  African HHB-ETA-1:42 PM 3/25/2024  CAP Quebec-ETA-6:54 PM 3/29/2024  Denita Wave-ETA-9:13 PM SOREL, QUEBEC 3/17/2024 …

1906:   SOVEREIGN, a steel hulled passenger ship that operated on the St. Lawrence in the Montreal area, was destroyed by a fire at Lachine, Quebec. The vessel was rebuilt that year as IMPERIAL and remained in service until 1928 when the boilers and hull were condemned. 1916:  CITY OF MIDLAND, a passenger and freight steamer for Canada Steamship Lines, caught fire at the Grant Trunk Railway Dock in Collingwood and was a total loss. 1916:  On 17 March 1916, CITY OF MIDLAND (wooden propeller passenger-package freighter, 176 foot, 974 tons, built in 1890, at Owen Sound, Ontario) burned at the…

Damages being assessed after welding sparks ignite fire on Cuyahoga ASHTABULA, OH – Multiple fire departments and U.S. Coast Guard personnel fought a blaze aboard the motor vessel Cuyahoga, docked in Ashtabula for winter lay-up, Friday afternoon. According to City of Ashtabula Fire Rescue there were no reported injuries. Reporting on social media said the fire started 2 p.m. and took three hours to put out. The fire was caused by welding; flames ignited paint on inside of cargo hold, the fire spread to the main deck and the unloading belt caught fire. The fire was extinguished by late Friday…

Port and vessel activity from Thursday, March 15, 2024, compiled by Tom Geiger, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to [email protected] PORT REPORT  3/16/2024 BAIE COMEAU, CANADA 3/65/2024  Thamesborg-IN PORT QUEBEC, CANADA 3/16/2024  Morning Orchid-IN PORT 3/16/2024  Sarah Desgagnes-IN PORT 3/16/2024  Genco Enterprise-IN PORT 3/16/2024  CAP Corpus Christi-IN PORT 3/16/2024  CCGS Des Groseilliers-IN PORT 3/16/2024  Paul A. Desgagnes-IN PORT 3/16/2024  Jean Joseph-IN PORT 3/16/2024  CRT Express-IN PORT 3/16/2024  CCGS Pierre Radisson-IN PORT 3/16/2024  MSC Sao Paulo V-IN PORT 3/16/2024  Federal Oshima-ETA-4:36 AM 3/17/2024  Arvik 1-ETA-4:38 PM 3/17/2024  W Sky-ETA-11:00 PM 3/21/2024  STI Westminster-ETA-4:28 AM 3/21/2024  Scot Flensburg-ETA-7:14…

1831:  The Niagara Harbor & Dock Company, a shipbuilding firm, was incorporated on 16 March 1831, at Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario. 1883:  On 16 March 1883, The Port Huron Times announced that the passenger and package freight steamer PICKUP would be built in Marine City, Michigan and would run on the St. Clair River between Port Huron and Algonac. The machinery from the burned steamer CARRIE H. BLOOD was to be installed in her. In fact, her construction was completed that year and she went into service in September 1883. Her dimensions were 80 foot x 19 foot x 7 foot, 137…