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Two Harbors-Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney
Two Harbors saw the departure of the Edwin H. Gott on 12/10 at 04:55 for Nanticoke. Arriving Two Harbors on 12/10 at 07:03 was the Joseph L. Block. She had been stopped off Port Wing, WI. As of 17:15 on 12/10 she was still at the loading dock. Arriving Two Harbors on 12/10 at 16:36 for South of #1 layby was the Arthur M. Anderson. She had unloaded stone in Duluth. Due Two Harbors on 12/11 are the Victory/Maumee, American Mariner, and the Presque Isle. The Spruceglen is off Two Harbors on 12/10 at 17:15. She is due to load at South of #2. Due Northshore Mining in Silver Bay on 12/11 is the Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader. When the Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader departed Silver Bay she didn’t have an updated AIS. She is heading for Toledo.
Thunder Bay, ON
Wednesday; 23:57 The saltie Kom departed for Montreal. 23:57 Federal Clyde weighed anchor and proceeded to Thunder Bay Terminals to load potash. Thursday;1:00 Algoma Discovery departed for Port Cartier. 5:39 Federal Baltic arrived and went to anchor. Friday; 6:24 Cuyahoga arrived and went to anchor. 8:37 Federal Baltic weighed anchor and proceeded to the MobilEx Terminal to load potash.
Marquette, MI – Arthur Pickering
Lee A Tregurtha is expected arrive about noon on Friday while the Erie Trader is expected arrive about 8 p.m. on Sunday. Maumee is expected late Monday evening while the Kaye E Barker is scheduled for a late afternoon arrival on Tuesday.
St. Marys River
The new ferry Mary Ann Market was downbound on Friday headed for Sturgeon Bay and a visit to Bayship. She will eventually join the Miller Ferries serving Put-in-Bay and Middle Bass Island on Lake Erie.
Northern Lake Michigan
Charlevoix: Thursday; 0:19 Caroline McKee / Commander departed for Chicago. 3:41 Bradshaw McKee / St Marys Conquest arrived at the St Marys plant to load cement products and departed Friday at 14:27 for Lake Huron. 14:30 Prentiss Brown / St Marys Challenger arrived at the St Marys plant to load cement products
|Port Inland: Thursday; 5:06 John J Boland arrived to load limestone and departed Friday at 2:47 for Erie.
Northern Lake Huron
Midland: Thursday; 12:48 Frontenac arrived at the ADM elevator to unload wheat.
Bruce Mines: Wednesday; 23:00 Cuyahoga departed for Thunder Bay.
Meldrum Bay: Thursday; 3:59 Laura L Van Enkevort / Joseph H Thompson departed for Fairport. 4:21 Algoma Compass proceeded to the dock to load limestone and departed at 18:58 for the Saginaw River.
Cheboygan: Wednesday; 17:52 The tug Michigan and tanker barge Great Lakes departed for Toledo.
Calcite: Thursday; 7:42 Clyde S Van Enkevort / Erie Trader departed for Fairport. 8:02 John G Munson proceeded to the dock to load limestone. 10:35 H Lee White arrived to load limestone. 7:06 John G Munson departed for Duluth Superior. 11:05 H Lee White departed for Ashtabula. 17:22 Olive L Moore / Menominee arrived to load limestone.
Stoneport: Thursday; 18:40 CSL Laurentian departed for Nanticoke. Manitowoc proceeded to the dock to load limestone. and departed Friday at 4:25 for the Saginaw River. 7:22 Calumet arrived to load.
Alpena: Thursday; 20:01 Olive L Moore / Menominee arrived at the Lafarge plant to unload and departed Friday at 8:00 for Calcite. 8:11 Samuel De Champlain / Innovation arrived at the Lafarge plant to load cement products and departed at 14:50 for Detroit.
Sarnia, ON – Bruce Hurd
The saltwater vessel BBC Europe remained in port Friday. On its deck are several luxury yachts being delivered.
Lake Erie Ports for Friday – Bill Kloss
Marblehead: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder departed for Cleveland at 07:39.
Sandusky: Manitoulin arrived at 17:10 to load at Norfolk Southern.
Lorain: Algoma Intrepid unloaded at Amcor and departed for Detroit at 04:11.
Cleveland: Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement arrived at 07:12 and went to the Jefferson St. terminal to unload. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived from Marblehead at 12:59.
Fairport Harbor: Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader arrived at 14:25. Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson arrived at 16:48. Both are at Osborne docks.
Ashtabula: The general cargo saltie Trent Navigator of the Schulte & Bruns fleet arrived and anchored to wait for a berth at the Pinney dock.
Nanticoke: CSL Niagara left for Sandusky at 10:15. CSL Tadoussac arrived at Stelco at 14:06.
Welland Canal – Barry Andersen
Tugs Rebecca Lynn & Vigilant I were at Port Colborne Friday evening, stopping for weather with the new LNG barge Clean Canaveral, which came out of Fincantieri shipyard at Sturgeon Bay, WI.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
NACC Argonaut was back for LaFarge at 11PM on the 4th and was towed in by the Vermont She was stuck at the dock for a few days after finishing unloading due to some bad weather, high winds, and pounding waves out on the lake. They finally left LaFarge at 10AM with the Vermont on their stern. vNext in port was the Manitoulin with a split load of Canadian Red Wheat on the 9th. She arrived from Toledo (where they had unloaded a couple holds worth of oats) at 12:15PM and were towed up to the ADM Standard elevator stern first by the Vermont. The cargo was only 265,000 bushels so it came off relatively quick compared to a full load and they wrapped it up in about 10 hours. The Manitoulin was all set to go by 11:15PM that night and she departed without a tug bound for Sandusky.
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