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This MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, www.masoncountymihistory.org. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Maintenance dredging of Ludington Harbor began today, Thursday, July 9, as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project to restore safe navigation depths in the federally maintained shipping channel. The work is expected to continue through the end of September. The…
By Mark Varenhorst, MCP Writer LAKE MICHIGAN — The Fourth of July found me in Manistee. Wally Laaksonen, owner of Manistee Harbor Tours, had invited me to join the inaugural Princess fireworks cruise to Ludington. I wasn’t about to miss that. Over the years, I have watched the Ludington Area Jaycees Freedom Festival fireworks from the beach, from open fields around…
This MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, www.masoncountymihistory.org. By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Norwegian-flagged tanker Prime returned to the Port of Ludington Tuesday, July 7, delivering another shipment of calcium chloride to the OxyChem plant on Pere Marquette Lake. The vessel arrived at about 8 a.m., escorted by the tug Sarah Andrie, and…
This MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, www.masoncountymihistory.org. Photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Pere Marquette 41 barge passes the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum Thursday afternoon as the barge and its tug, the Undaunted, departed Ludington en route to Manistee. The barge is the former legendary City of Midland 41 carferry. Built…
This MCP Boat Blog is presented by the Port of Ludington Maritime Museum, www.masoncountymihistory.org. Photos and story by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief MUSKEGON — Longtime Muskegon journalist and community leader Dave Alexander will serve as narrator during a special history cruise aboard the Aquastar on Sunday, July 5, sharing stories about Muskegon Lake’s maritime heritage while passengers experience the waterfront from the…
