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Two Harbors- Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney
Burns Harbor departed Two Harbors on 10/21 at 22:10 for Burns Harbor. Edgar B. Speer arrived Two Harbors on 10/22 at 16:05. She is loading for Gary. Due Two Harbors on 10/23 is the Edwin H. Gott. Northshore Mining in Silver Bay saw the CSL Assiniboine arrive on 10/22 at 02:40. Due Silver Bay on 10/23 is the American Century and Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader.
Thunder Bay, ON
Thursday; 20:59 Tim S Dool departed for Baie Comeau.
Marquette, MI – Arthur Pickering
Michipicoten and the Hon. James Oberstar made a visit to the ore dock Friday.
Northern Lake Michigan
Port Inland: Thursday; 4:36 Joseph L Block departed for Green Bay. 9:48 Sam Laud arrived to load limestone and departed at 22:21 for Sarnia. 23:00 Great Republic arrived to load limestone and departed Friday at 10:00 for Holland.
Charlevoix :Friday; 19:21 Bradshaw McKee / St Marys Challenger arrived to load cement products.
Milwaukee, WI – MKE Marine Reports
Federal Cedar arrived at 06:03 Friday (10/22). With assistance from G-tugs North Dakota and Louisiana, she headed for the inner harbor and tied up at the COFCO elevator. She is the first grain boat of the year. Federal Cedar was in Milwaukee last weekend delivering steel from Antwerp. She then delivered cargo at Chicago before returning. In 2021, COFCO loaded seven salties. Each will typically carry about 22,000 metric tons of soybeans.
Holland, MI – Bill Van Appledorn
Cuyahoga entered Holland Harbor 10:00 Fri. and arrived at Verplank’s dock at 11:15 to unload aggregate. Later it moved on to Brewer’s dock for a split load.
Parry Sound: Friday; 10:06 Algoma Innovator arrived to unload road salt and departed at 16:07.
Meldrum Bay: Wednesday; Cuyahoga arrived to load limestone and departed Thursday at 7:17 for Holland. Friday; 12:33 CSL Niagara arrived to load limestone.
Bruce Mines: Thursday; 8:32 Algoma Compass arrived to load trap rock and departed at 23:05 for Chicago. Friday; 18:25 Manitoulin arrived to load trap rock.
Calcite:Wednesday; 19:05 American Mariner arrived to load limestone. Thursday; 2:08 Arthur M Anderson arrived to load limestone. 9:38 American Mariner departed for Cleveland. 12:38 H Lee White arrived to load limestone and departed Friday at 4:50 for Algoma Steel, Sault Ste Marie. 15:38 Arthur M Anderson departed for Detroit.
Stoneport: Wednesday; 11:27 Dirk S Van Enkevort / Michigan Trader departed for Ashtabula.
Alpena: Thursday; 20:45 Samuel De Champlain / Innovation arrived at the Lafarge plant to load cement products and departed Friday at 3:02 for Milwaukee.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
John D Leitch cleared 6.28 pm Thursday upbound with salt. Algoma Intrepid arrived 1.24 am Friday loading at Compass Minerals – Intrepid’s 27 th appearance in Goderich this season.
Algoma Buffalo arrived 1.52 am tied up at North Pier – Buffalo’s 24 th appearance here this season, she’ll load salt next.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
New York – DS509A stayed an extra day at the Suite Kote dock on the account of weather and then got underway at 7AM on the 9th. The Vermont met them at the lock and escorted the New York out, picking up the pilot off the Erie Basin. The New York stayed in the notch and departed the North Entrance around 8:45AM, bound for Detroit. The last “classic” laker that still comes to Buffalo arrived on the 21st. The 690-foot Herbert C Jackson came in with sand for Canadian Silica and went up all by herself at 6AM. She was followed in at 9AM by the NACC Capri when she was towed up to LaFarge by the Vermont. The Jackson was done first and backed out with no tugs at 4PM during a pouring rainstorm. NACC Capri departed Buffalo bound for Bath, ON, at 8AM on the 22nd. I’m not sure if they took a tug out, but they typically would have one at the stern to check the way she pulls to one side on the way down the river to the lake.
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