Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund
Duluth Entry: No vessel traffic has taken place since Friday morning. As of Saturday night, Algoma Discovery was still loading at CN#6 while Mesabi Miner waited at anchor outside Duluth. Algoma Discovery has an unknown departure time; Mesabi Miner should arrive once they depart. American Integrity is expected early Sunday to load coal at SMET.
Superior Entry: CSL Tadoussac departed at 22:25 (CST) Friday night with iron ore pellets for Nanticoke. Michipicoten arrived at 22:41 to load at BNSF; they departed at 07:30 Saturday morning with iron ore pellets for Sault Ste. Marie. Capt. Henry Jackman arrived at 09:24 to load iron ore pellets at BNSF. As of Saturday night, they were loading at BNSF. They are estimated to depart Saturday night with iron ore pellets. Stewart J. Cort is expected Sunday mid-morning to load iron ore pellets at BNSF. CSL Laurentien is expected early afternoon for the same dock and cargo.
Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney
Potential traffic for Two Harbors on 9/5 are the Walter J. McCarthy Jr. and the Indiana Harbor. Both are showing the Twin Ports as destinations. Arriving Northshore Mining in Silver Bay at 13:59 on 8/4 was the Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader. Dirk is estimated to depart early Sunday with iron ore pellets.
Thunder Bay, ON
Saturday; 16:46 Evans Spirit arrived at the G3 elevator to load grain.
Northern Lake Michigan
Port Inland: Friday; 22:29 Cuyahoga arrived to load limestone and departed Saturday at 8:56 for Spragge Harbor. 9:01 Herbert C Jackson arrived to load limestone.
Charlevoix: Friday; 18:31 Bradshaw McKee / St Marys Challenger departed for Milwaukee.
Northern Lake Huron
Meldrum Bay: Saturday; 0:01 Frontenac arrived to load limestone and departed at 15:01 for Windsor.
Calcite: Friday 22:06 Arthur M Anderson arrived to load limestone and departed Saturday at 14:43 for Duluth Superior.
Stoneport: Saturday; 0:29 Sam Laud arrived to load limestone and departed at 14:47 down bound on Lake Huron.
Alpena: Saturday; 15:19 The cement carrier Alpena arrived at the Lafarge plant to load.
Holland, MI – Bill Van Appledorn
Arriving from Port Inland, Great Republic entered Lake Macatawa 21:57 Friday evening and had the boom out at Verplank’s dock at 23:15. It left harbor 7:23 Saturday bound again for Port Inland.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Innovator cleared 10.17 pm Friday upbound for Mlwaukee with salt. Algoma Intrepid loading Saturday at Compass Minerals. Algoma Compass arrived 4.27 pm Saturday tied up at North Pier to load salt next. Intrepid’s 23rd appearance in Goderich this season and Compass’ 16 th.
Lake Erie Ports for Saturday – Bill Kloss
Marblehead: American Courage departed for Fairport Harbor at 01:31. Defiance/Ashtabula loaded stone for Marysville and left at 16:42.
Cleveland: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder departed with salt for Milwaukee. Puna is at dock 24E at the Port. Finnborg arrived at 06:00 and went to dock 24W. NACC Capri came in at 06:29 and went to LaFarge to unload. Federal Seto arrived at 17:32 and is at dock 22E.
Fairport Harbor: American Courage arrived from Marblehead at 07:19 to unload at Osborne.
Ashtabula: Ebroborg is at the Pinney dock. Lee A. Tregurtha departed for Calcite at 08:20.
Nanticoke: Algoma Hansa departed for Tracy at 02:39. Robert S. Pierson arrived at Stelco at 04:44. She unloaded and departed at 11:25. Algosea arrived at Imperial Oil at 10:51.