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 Century arrived at 22:41 (CST) Thursday night to load coal at SMET; she departed at 10:22 Friday morning with coal for St. Clair, Michigan. American Spirit departed just behind the Century at 10:40 under the same aerial bridge lift as a “two-fer”. American Spirit was heading to Indiana Harbor with a cargo of iron ore pellets. As of Friday afternoon, no vessels were in port on the Duluth side. Joseph L. Block is expected Friday night with her usual mixed cargo of limestone from Port Inland and Port Dolomite for Graymont; she’s expected to partially load blast furnace trim at CN-Hallett #5 and sinter feed from the CN gravity loader. Paul R. Tregurtha is expected early Saturday morning to load coal; she will then depart Saturday early afternoon.
Superior Entry: Tug G.L. Ostrander and her cement barge Integrity departed at 02:11 (CST) Friday morning empty for Alpena, Michigan. As of Friday afternoon, no vessels were in port on the Superior side. The next expected arrival for BNSF will be Burns Harbor on Sunday.
Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A Putney
Indiana Harbor departed Two Harbors on 6/18 at 10:03. The Edwin H. Gott stopped off Two Harbors at 17:06. She arrived Two Harbors on 6/18 at 10:35 The Spruceglen arrived off Two Harbors at 02:30. She stopped SW of Two Harbors. Presque Isle stopped off Two Harbors the afternoon waiting on South of #2. Northshore Mining in Silver Bay saw the Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader depart on 6/18 at 01:30 for Toledo.
Thunder Bay, ON
Thursday; 1:40 Federal Leda departed for Montreal. 20:55 Tim S Dool arrived at the Superior Elevator to load wheat. 23:03 Harvest Spirit departed for Windsor. Friday; 14:27 Algoma Equinox arrived at the Richardson Current River Terminal to load wheat.
Northern Lake Michigan
Port Inland: Friday; 7:52 John G Munson arrived to load.
Northern Lake Huron
Drummond Island: Friday; 15:20 Saginaw arrived to load limestone.
Bruce Mines: Friday; 9:28 Algoma Innovator departed and was down bound on Lake Huron.
Thessalon: Friday; 1:28 Cuyahoga departed for Windsor.
Meldrum Bay: Friday; 10:00 Algoma Intrepid departed and was downbound on Lake Huron.
Calcite: Friday; 0:47 Great Republic arrived to load limestone and departed at 16: for Duluth Superior. 9:06 Undaunted arrived to load.
Stoneport: Friday; 5:11 Olive L Moore / Menominee departed for the Saginaw River.
Alpena: Friday; 3:57 Undaunted / Pere Marquette 41 departed for Calcite.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Federal Hudson cleared 8.54 pm Thursday downbound for Montreal. John D. Leitch is loading at Compass Minerals.
Lake Erie Ports for Friday – Bill Kloss
Marblehead: Sam Laud loaded and left for Windsor. She returned to Marblehead for another load.
Lorain: Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader arrived late Friday night.
Cleveland: McKeil Spirit departed for Picton and Fuldaborg left for Detroit. A rare move as the Petite Forte/St. Mary’s Cement tug barge combo is delivering to LaFarge. It’s only the second visit for her. American Integrity arrived at the Bulk Terminal to unload Northshore ore from Silver Bay.
Fairport Harbor: Frontenac arrived to load at Morton Salt.
Nanticoke: Algocanada departed for Sarnia. Frontenac unloaded and departed for Fairport Harbor. Algonorth and Algoma Hansa are both at Imperial Oil.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
CSL Niagara was done with her coal loading and departed Gateway bound for Hamilton around 4:15PM on the 18th. As they were headed out for the lake, the US Air Force C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft showed up to do their pre-airshow practice. The big 4 engine jet came in low over Buffalo Harbor and made a bunch of passes at only 1,200-feet. When they were making the turns at the South end of the breakwall, the aircraft was directly over the CSL Niagara four or five times as she came out from Lackawanna. Out in the lake, the crew of the Algoma Sault had an excellent view of the whole thing because they had been at anchor about 8 miles from Buffalo for a couple hours waiting for the CSL Niagara to depart. Around 4:30PM the Sault raised the anchors and headed in just as the C-17 finished their practice runs and buzzed them on the way back to the Niagara Falls base. The CSL Niagara and the Sault passed “on the one whistle” out near the Safe Water Beacon and went their separate ways. The Sault then came in the South Entrance, winded in the Outer Harbor, and backed up the Lackawanna Canal. By that time the C-17 had landed and a P-51 Mustang warbird had arrived, zooming all over the sky as the big self-unloader tied up at Gateway Metroport.