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Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund
Duluth Entry: Michipicoten departed at 23:41 (CST) Friday night with iron ore pellets for Sault Ste. Marie. American Century arrived at 09:17 Saturday morning to load low sulfur coal at SMET. Heerengracht departed at 10:25 empty for Chicago. Mesabi Miner arrived at 14:26 to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. As of Saturday afternoon, Mesabi Miner was loading at CN#6. Tug Victory and barge Maumee are expected Saturday evening to load wheat at General Mills, Superior. American Century is estimated to depart later that same evening with low sulfur coal. Miedwie is expected Sunday morning to load wheat at Riverland Ag; they may anchor outside Duluth on arrival. Mesabi Miner is estimated to depart mid-morning with iron ore pellets. Paul R. Tregurtha is expected early afternoon to load low sulfur coal at SMET. Finally, Dorothy Ann and Pathfinder are expected mid-afternoon to unload salt at Envirotech-Hallett #8; they will be loading iron ore pellets at CN#6 on departure.
Superior Entry: CSL Tadoussac departed at 16:24 (CST) Friday late-afternoon with iron ore pellets for Nanticoke. As of Saturday afternoon, American Century was loading at SMET. Indiana Harbor is expected Saturday night to load iron ore pellets at BNSF; they are estimated to depart sometime Sunday afternoon with iron ore pellets.Fish tug A.E. Clifford was raised from the bottom of the Hughitt slip in Superior earlier in the week and is now sitting at the Brennan dock in Duluth
Two Harbors- Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney
As of 15:30 on 10/9 the Walter J. McCarthy Jr. was still loading at Northshore Mining in Silver Bay. Due Silver Bay on 10/10 is the Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader. Due Two Harbors on 10/10 are Edgar B. Speer and the Edwin H. Gott.
Thunder Bay, ON
Friday; 20:44 Evans Spirit departed for Port Cartier. Saturday; 15:14 CSL Welland arrived at Viterra A to load grain.
Northern Lake Michigan
Port Inland: Saturday; 1:07 Calumet departed for Cleveland. 14:57 John G Munson arrived to load limestone.
Charlevoix: Friday; 21:54 Bradshaw McKee / St Marys Challenger and departed Saturday at 4:52 for Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, WI – Tim Keefe
John J Boland arrived in Milwaukee the afternoon of 10/9/21. She had been unloading gypsum in Waukegan, IL, and presumably came up to get an assist with a stuck cargo. .
Northern Lake Huron
Owen Sound: Saturday; 3:51 Prentiss Brown / St Marys Conquest arrived to unload cement and departed at 16:04 for Charlevoix.
Meldrum Bay: Friday; 14:45 Algoma Innovator departed for Sarnia. Saturday; 9:59 Kaye E Barker arrived to load limestone.
Drummond Island: Friday; 14:39 Sam Laud departed for Sombra.
Port Dolomite: Saturday; 18:37 Arthur M Anderson arrived to load limestone.
Calcite: Saturday; 18:43 American Mariner arrived to load limestone.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Compass cleared 4.45 pm Saturday downbound with salt. Algoma Guardian cleared 5.29 pm Saturday upbound for Thunder Bay.
Toledo, OH
Joseph L. Block is due Monday to unload Minorca pellets at the new Ironville processing facility.
Lake Erie Ports for Saturday – Bill Kloss
Marblehead: American Courage loaded stone and departed for Ashtabula at 04:51. Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson arrived from Cleveland at 10:02.
Sandusky: Algoma Niagara left for Hamilton at 12:59. Manitoulin arrived at 08:40.\
Cleveland: Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson departed at 05:03 for Marblehead. McKeil Spirit left for Picton at 11:18.
Fairport Harbor: H. Lee White arrived from Calcite at 09:17, unloaded at Osborne and departed for Sandusky at 17:41. Manitowoc arrived from Port Inland at 21:45.
Ashtabula: American Courage arrived from Marblehead at 12:58.
Erie: Algoma Buffalo arrived with salt from Goderich at 14:59.
Nanticoke: CSL Niagara was a late night arrival to Stelco.
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