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Two Harbors- Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney
Edwin H. Gott arrived Two Harbors on 11/6 at 18:46. She departed on 11/7 at 07:20 for Conneaut. Arriving Two Harbors on 11/7 at 08:20 was the American Integrity. Due Two Harbors on 11/8 is the Walter J. McCarthy Jr. Also due on 11/8 is the Joseph L. Block after she unloads stone at the CN #6 hopper in Duluth. Northshore Mining in Silver Bay saw the Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader depart on 11/6 at 22:34 for Toledo. Arriving Silver Bay on 11/7 at 08:33 was the CSL Assiniboine. She is loading for Quebec City. Due Silver Bay on 11/8 is the Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader.
Thunder Bay, ON
Saturday; 21:48 Algoma Compass departed for Windsor. Sunday 8:34 Tim S Dool arrived at the Richardson Main Terminal to load grain and at 14:56 shifted to Viterra A to finish loading. Federal Weser shifted to the Richardson Main Terminal to finish loading.
Northern Lake Michigan
Charlevoix: Saturday; 20:41 Caroline McKee / Commander departed for Grand Haven. Sunday; 7:29 Bradshaw McKee / St Marys Conquest arrived at the St Marys plant to load cement products and departed at 12:58 for a southern Lake Michigan port.
Port Inland: Sunday; 8:49 Wilfred Sykes arrived to finish loading with limestone and departed at 18:28 for Indiana Harbor. 19:36 Great Republic arrived to load limestone.
Green Bay, WI – John Vandyke
11-7-21 A rare visit of the tug Karen Andrie / barge Endeavour, turning into the CRM Terminal with cargo of liquefied asphalt on Sunday night.
Northern Lake Huron
Bruce Mines: Saturday; 21:57 Algoma Innovator departed for Detroit.
Meldrum Bay: Saturday; 21:54 Laura L Van Enkevort / Joseph H Thompson arrived to load limestone and departed Sunday at 10:08 for the Saginaw River. 13:20 Manitowoc arrived to load limestone
Port Dolomite: Sunday; 7:22 American Mariner departed for Duluth Superior. H Lee White arrived to finish loading limestone and departed at 11:25 for Detroit.
Calcite: Saturday 8:15 H Lee White arrived to partially load with limestone and departed 18:01 for Port Dolomite. Sunday; 9:19 The tug Michigan and tanker barge Great Lakes arrived to unload diesel fuel. 16:29 Lee A Tregurtha arrived to load limestone. 18:48 The tug Michigan and tanker barge Great Lakes departed for Cheboygan.
Alpena: Saturday; 6:49 John J Boland arrived at the Lafarge plant to unload and departed at 18:11 for Port Gypsum. Sunday; 13:23 Herbert C Jackson arrived at the Lafarge plant to unload and departed at 18:29 for Stoneport. The cement carrier Alpena arrived at the Lafarge plant to load.
Port Gypsum: Sunday; 2:34 John J Boland arrived and went to anchor. 9:38 John J Boland proceeded to the dock to load gypsum.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
No traffic to report.
Lake Erie Ports for Sunday – Bill Kloss
Toledo: Departures were Defiance/Ashtabula at 08:33 and Lubie at 10:07. Arrivals were Polsteam’s Resko at 09:56, G3 Marquis at 14:37 and G.L.Ostrander/Integrity at 17:18. Federal Mayumi is at Anderson’s. \
Marblehead: American Courage left for Lorain at 06:54.
Sandusky: Kaye E. Barker arrived at 01:22 to load coal at Norfolk Southern.She departed for Detroit at 15:00.
Lorain: American Courage arrived from Marblehead at 09:18 to unload at Carmeuse.
Cleveland: Mesabi Miner departed at 01:39 for Duluth. Algoma Buffalo departed at 07:33 forToronto. Federal Mosel arrived Saturday night and is at dock 24W. Indiana Harbor arrived at 01:14 to unload at the Bulk Terminal. She left for Silver Bay at 11:14. Prentiss Brown/St. Mary’s Challenger arrived at 04:42 and proceeded to the St. Mary’s Columbus St. terminal to unload. She departed for Charlervoix at 12:58. Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement departed at 09:42 for Bowmanville. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived at Cargill at 12:36 to load salt.
Nanticoke: Algonova arrived at 11:24 and anchored. Algoma Hansa departed at 12:54.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
Next up was the NACC Argonaut on the sunny but cold morning Nov. 5. She arrived from Port Colborne around 8:45AM and was met by the tug Vermont at the North Entrance for the stern first tow up to LaFarge. They were done unloading at 2PM on the 6th and departed with the Vermont at the stern. She dropped her tug at Michigan St. and started to speed up a little bit as they headed out from there alone. Interestingly enough, I was aboard the USS Little Rock at the Naval Park doing some work down in the old gun plot room near the bottom of the ship at the time and had no idea they were coming by. Around 2:25PM I started to hear noise in the room coming from the port side of the Little Rock’s hull. It took me a minute to figure it out, but what I was hearing down there was the bow thruster rumbling and the prop wash of the Argonaut as they moved through the Watson Basin, right past me. That was really neat to hear from inside a ship 15 feet below the surface and it sounded like something out of an old WWII movie. Later that afternoon, the CSL Laurentian came in from Sandusky to load the second half of a split load of coal. She came in the South Entrance, winded in the Outer Harbor, and backed in for the bulk unloading apron at the Gateway Metroport Main Dock. They were done on the morning of the 7th and got underway for Hamilton at 5:32AM.
Toronto, ON – Janey Anderson
Cinnamon (bulk carrier), at Redpath in Toronto, has experienced engine problems and will be heading to Section #425 in the Ship Channel 06:00 Monday. It will be a dead ship tow from Redpath to the shipping channel with the assistance of three tugs (based on pilot availability). It is anticipated to be a two-hour tow. Passing through Cherry St. bridge approx. 0700 with Ocean Golf at bow, Ocean A. Gauthier brake tug on the stern and tug #3 (TBD) at the Cherry Street bridge to maintain the ship cantered in the channel as she passes through the narrow opening.
Seaway – Rene Beauchamp
NACC Capri cleared the Seaway entrance bound for Setubal, Portugal Sunday morning for her 4-year inspection. Two days ago, Algosea did the same.