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Port reports are compiled from volunteer reader observations and AIS transmissions. Please send information about vessel arrivals and departures from your port to news@boatnerd.net by 9 p.m. (Eastern) nightly for them to be included in the next day’s news. Please include name of vessel, arrival time, day and dock it went to (if known). We welcome new reporters. If your port is not included, we would welcome your contributions. We are particularly looking for reporters for the St. Marys River, Southern Lake Michigan ports, Detroit, Toledo and the Hamilton/Toronto area.
Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund
Duluth Entry: American Mariner arrived at 18:41 (CST) Thursday evening to load wheat at General Mills, Superior; she fueled at Husky on arrival. As of Thursday night, Edgar B. Speer was loading iron ore pellets at CN#6 and Joseph L. Block was loading blast furnace trim at CN-Hallett #5. Both the Edgar B. Speer and Joseph L. Block are expected to depart sometime Thursday night. Ocean Castle will anchor off Duluth on arrival Thursday night. John G. Munson is expected Friday morning to unload limestone at C.Reiss Coal. Indiana Harbor is expected Friday night to load coal at SMET.
Superior Entry: No vessel traffic took place Thursday, and American Century was the only vessel in port on the Superior side; she was loading iron ore pellets at BNSF. American Century is estimated to depart Friday morning. Whitefish Bay is expected to arrive Friday night to load at BNSF.
Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A Putney
No vessel traffic took place Thursday, and American Century was the only vessel in port on the Superior side; she was loading iron ore pellets at BNSF. American Century is estimated to depart Friday morning. Whitefish Bay is expected to arrive Friday night to load at BNSF.
Thunder Bay, ON
Wednesday; 16:59 Algoma Sault departed for Hamilton. 20:22 The saltie Chesnut finished loading and shifted the main anchorage. Harvest Spirit shifted to the Richardson Current River Terminal to finish loading.Thursday; 0:47 Federal Leda arrived at Thunder Bay Terminals to load. 2:18 The saltie Juno arrived at the Richardson Main Terminal to load grain. 13:22 Harvest Spirit departed for Windsor. 14:31 CSL St Laurent departed for Montreal. 18:00 Chestnut weighed anchor and departed for Montreal.
Green Bay, WI – Jon
On Thursday at 11:40 am mid-morning the Tug/Barge Bradshaw Mckee St. Marys Conquest arrived from Charlevoix, MI with cement for the St. Marys Cement Terminal. At 1:12 in the afternoon the Alpena departed Green Bay for Alpena, MI
Holland, MI – Bill Van Appledorn
Undaunted/PM 41 arrived early morning 6/10/21 at the Padnos dock to load scrap metal.
Northern Lake Huron
Spragge Harbour: Wednesday; 23:12 Cuyahoga departed for Port Dolomite.
Thessalon: Thursday; 6:47 Saginaw arrived to load stone and departed at 17:10.
Bruce Mines: Thursday; 0:17 Algoma Innovator departed for Toledo.
Meldrum Bay: Wednesday; 17:10 Frontenac arrived and went to anchor. Thursday; 0:14 Sam Laud departed for Detroit. 3:42 Frontenac proceeded to the loading dock and departed at 16:58 for Windsor
Port Dolomite: Thursday;1:20 Arthur M Anderson arrived to load limestone and departed at 14:06 for Duluth Superior.14:46 Cuyhoga arrived to load.
Calcite: Wednesday; 20:23 John J Munson departed for Duluth Superior. 20:47 Olive L Moore / Menominee proceeded to the dock to load and departed Thursday at 10:59 for the Saginaw River. 14:25 Defiance / Ashtabula arrived to load.
Stoneport: Wednesday; 18:30 H Lee White arrived to load limestone and departed Thursday at 5:04 for Detroit.
Lake Erie Ports for Thursday – Bill Kloss
Monroe: Paul R. Tregurtha departed for Superior at 03:39.Marblehead: American Courage departed for Lorain Wednesday afternoon.
Sandusky: CSL Laurentian late Wednesday night. She loaded and departed at 15:56. Algoma Transport arrived at 00:18 and anchored in Lake Erie. She came in to load at 17:09.
Lorain: American Courage arrived at LaFarge, unloaded and left at 04:57. Radcliffe R. Latimer arrived at 09:00 to load coke breeze at the Jonick dock.
Cleveland: Sinaa departed late Wednesday night. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived at 03:54. Robert S Pierson departed at 07:10 American Integrity arrived at 16:12 and anchored in Lake Erie. She went to the Bulk Terminal at 20:09 Still in Cleveland are Federal Yoshino and Petite Forte/St. Mary’s Cement.
Ashtabula: Calumet left Wednesday night for Charlevoix.
Erie: Miena Desgagnes departed at 18:18 for Becancour.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
The 740-foot self-unloader Algoma Intrepid arrived with salt from Goderich for the Gateway Metroport Main Dock on the morning of June 8th at 9AM. She came straight in and began unloading onto the bulk salt apron at the North end of the Lackawanna Canal. Later that morning the tug Cheraw got to work with her barges of stone and the derrick boat. They came out of the canal past the Intrepid, got set up in the Outer Harbor Southern Channel, and then spent the day running back and forth to the West Breakwater just outside the North Entrance. After the day’s job was done the Cheraw returned to Gateway Metroport and secured at the extreme South end of the Main Dock. Around 4PMthe Intrepid was done discharging salt and backed out for the Outer Harbor. She winded off the CRH cement terminal and departed via the South Entrance, bound for Goderich to load more salt.
The 680-foot John J Boland made a rare trip up the City Ship Canal to the Canadian Silica landing with a load of sand from Brevort, MI on June 9th. She cane in unassisted around 8PM and slowly made her way to the unloading apron on the North side of the drier building. They were done on June 10th by 3PM and backing out for the lake when the 664-foot self-unloader Manitoulin arrived for the ADM Standard elevator. The Manitoulin went to anchor out near the Safe Water Beacon and waited for the Boland to clear. The Boland sped up the process by backing all the way out past the buoys so that the Manitoulin could come in quicker and not wait for them to wind. Both ships passed each other out in the lake with the Boland winding out in the open water and the Manitoulin coming inside the wall to meet her tug. The Vermont helped the wind in the Outer Harbor and then towed the big grain boat all the way up to ADM.