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Northern Lake Michigan
Straits of Mackinac: Sunday; 20:11 CCGS Griffon stopped in Lake Michigan. 21:44 Samuel De Champlain / Innovation stopped in Lake Michigan to await escort. Monday; 7:18 CCGS Griffon escorted Samuel De Champlain / Innovation to Lake Huron and escorted Algoma Sault for Chicago to Lake Michigan. 11:37 Anglian Lady / Ironmaster for Sault Ste Marie stopped in Lake Michigan to await escort. They were underway at 18:15 escorted by CCGS Griffon.
Charlevoix: Monday; 7:08 Bradshaw McKee / St Marys Challenger arrived at the St Marys plant to load cement products and departed at 17:33 for Milwaukee.
Green Bay, WI
Monday; 7:12 Algo Canada departed the port of Green Bay for Nanticoke. USCG Katmai Bay arrived off of Washington Island Sunday night and began ice operations Monday morning moving south in Green Bay to escort Algocanada.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Sault cleared 23:58 Sunday night upbound for Chicago with salt. Algoma Intrepid cleared at 16:21 upbound for Milwaukee with salt. Both will probably return for more.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Sharon MI/Huron Spirit arrived in Monroe with steel coils from Nanticoke, unloaded and departed for Port Maitland at 01:34 with the US Coast Guard’s Bristol Bay escorting to Pelee Island.
Indiana Harbor was escorted by the Canadian cutter Samuel Risley through the Detroit River and then Bristol Bay took over in Lake Erie to Pelee Island. Indiana Harbor will lay up in Ashtabula.