Lake Michigan

Corps begins dredging St. Joseph Harbor

The Detroit Engineer District will begin dredging 29,500 cubic yards of shoaling near the entrance to St. Joseph Harbor this week and conclude in late August.  

The Corps maintains about 1.5 miles of federal navigation channel to a depth of up to 21 feet in the harbor entrance and river channel, as well as 18 feet in the turning basin. About 40,000 cubic yards of shoaling have been removed annually from the mouth of the St. Joseph River, which allows access for the U.S. Coast Guard and larger...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/inland/corps-begins-dredging-st-joseph-harbor/

Lake Michigan sea cargo terminal plan wins a key CBP approval

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has approved a proposal from Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor to establish the first international sea cargo container terminal on Lake Michigan. This would create the only all-water container route for ocean vessels to serve the greater Chicago metropolitan area via the Great Lakes.

Ports of Indiana-Burns Harbor terminal, where the sea cargo terminal is proposed ,is located in northwest Indiana, inside the Greater Chicago Metropolitan Area and within sight...

https://www.marinelog.com/inland-coastal/ports-terminals/lake-michigan-sea-cargo-terminal-plan-wins-a-key-cbp-approval/

New sheriff’s patrol boat delivered to Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Washington boatbuilder SAFE Boats International has handed over a new patrol boat to the Milwaukee County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) in Wisconsin. Measuring 35 by 10 f ..

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https://www.bairdmaritime.com/work-boat-world/maritime-security-world/non-naval/new-sheriffs-patrol-boat-delivered-to-milwaukee-county-wisconsin/

FreightWaves Classics/Infrastructure: Michigan Road helped settle Indiana

One of the historical markers along the Michigan Road. (Photo: historicindianapolis.com)

Despite its name, the Michigan Road was not the primary route over which pioneer settlers reached the Michigan Territory. The Michigan Road’s name came from Lake Michigan, and it was the primary north-and-south route that settlers used to reach Indiana, which had become a state in 1816. 

The Michigan Road provided the shortest practical route between the Ohio River and the Great Lakes during the pioneer period (when waterways were the principal means of travel). It connected Madison, Indiana,...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/freightwaves-classicsinfrastructure-michigan-road-helped-settle-indiana

Interlake buys an ATB and a historic ferry

Interlake Holding Company has purchased the assets of Pere Marquette Shipping Company and Lake Michigan Car Ferry Company in an acquisition that includes two working Great Lakes vessels, the articulated tug-barge(ATB) Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41 and the S.S. Badger, a historic passenger-and-car ferry that is the the last coal-burning steamship in the United States .

The acquisition signals the creation of a new business entity, Interlake Maritime Services, which will manage the new businesses...

https://www.marinelog.com/coastal/ferries/interlake-buys-an-atb-and-a-historic-ferry/

Corps reopens Illinois Waterway to navigation

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District, announced Thursday that construction is complete and the Illinois Waterway locks have reopened to navigation after a series of extended, consolidated closures.

With construction coming to an end at Dresden Island, Starved Rock and Marseilles locks, the Illinois Waterway lock and dam system is open for navigation. Five locks on the Illinois Waterway had been closed since early July in order to perform critical maintenance. Peoria Lock was...

https://www.workboat.com/news/coastal-inland-waterways/corps-reopens-illinois-waterway-to-navigation/

How To Fulfill Your History & Sailing Passion Onboard A 19th Century Ship?

In a startling news, a 19th century replica ship is up for sailing in Lake Michigan and you can be part of it, writes Kayla Miller in an article published in MLive. 

What is it?

The Michigan Maritime Museum is looking for volunteer sailors aboard the Friends Good Will for the 2020 season, according to a press release from the museum based in South Haven.

Friends Good Will was built in 2004 as a replica of an 1810 merchant ship that sailed the Great Lakes.

“Enjoy the excitement of traditional...

http://mfame.guru/how-to-fulfill-your-history-sailing-passion-onboard-a-19th-century-ship/

Lake Assault delivers rescue boat to Wisconsin fire department

Superior, Wis.-based Lake Assault Boats, part of Fraser Shipyards and a manufacturer of fire, patrol, and rescue craft, has delivered a 28′ boat to the Town of Gibraltar Fire Department located in northern Door County, Wis. The craft provides emergency response and firefighting services for a large section of shoreline and islands located on Lake Michigan’s Green Bay. The purchase of the boat was funded entirely through the Gibraltar Fire-Rescue Association, a local non-profit 501(c)(3)...

https://www.workboat.com/news/shipbuilding/lake-assault-delivers-rescue-boat-to-wisconsin-fire-department/

Coast Guard seeks record $80,000 penalty for Chicago charter operator

Members of a Coast Guard boarding team embark on the 35' pleasure boat, Fun, on Lake Michigan off of Chicago, June 9, 2018. The owner was fined $80,000 by the Coast Guard for violating federal regulations while operating the Fun and another boat as an illegal passenger vessel business. Coast Guard photo/MCPO Alan Haraf

Coast Guard officials in Chicago are seeking $80,000 in penalties against a Lake Michigan charter operator who they say persisted in for-hire cruises despite repeated warnings that he was violating regulations.

Robert Glick of Chicago, who owns the 37’ Sea Ray cabin cruiser Allora and the 35’ pontoon vessel Fun, operating as Offshore 312, was cited for violating three separate federal regulations for each boat while operating a business that involved transporting paying passengers.

If the Coast...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/coast-guard-seeks-record-80000-penalty-for-chicago-charter-operator/

Coast Guard crackdown on Lake Michigan illegal charters

Boarding officers from Coast Guard Station Calumet Harbor prepare to approach a boat operator on Lake Michigan to ensure there are enough life jackets onboard for each passenger, August 18, 2018. Coast Guard photo/ Master CPO Alan Haraf.

The Coast Guard issued fines and pulled one professional mariner’s credential during a campaign to enforce rules against boats operating as illegal charters on Lake Michigan.

The Chicago-area sweeps, conducted over the summer in cooperation with local agencies including the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Chicago Police Marine Unit, were part of a larger national effort by Coast Guard districts to target unlicensed and uninspected vessels for hire in their regions.

Some campaigns...

https://www.workboat.com/news/passenger-vessels/coast-guard-crackdown-on-lake-michigan-illegal-charters/