Great Lakes Boat Blog

Badger’s first sailing moved forward to May 17

May 9, 2024

LUDINGTON — Lake Michigan Carferry Service announced today that it has again moved the SS Badger’s first sailing of the 2024 forward to 9 a.m. on Friday, May 17. In April, LMC had announced the first sailing was to be June 1. The Badger’s coal-powered boilers will be lit this weekend. The Badger’s 2023 sailing season was cut short in…

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Work continues on Badger dock

December 15, 2023

Work continues on Badger dock Story and photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Work continues on the replacing the carferry dock and its counterweight structures. Mild late fall weather has likely helped to progress the work. On July 21, the counterweight structure on the port side of the Ludington dock failed, which rendered the apron ramp non-operational and caused…

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