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Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
Hungry for a load of coal at the Superior Midwest Energy Terminal, James R. Barker was inbound the Duluth Ship Canal at 02:38 early Friday morning. The 1,004-foot behemoth spun around in the basin and backed under the Blatnik Bridge to the dock, where she began taking on a split load (58,000 tons overall) destined for DTE power plants in St. Clair and Monroe. Farther south in Allouez Bay, Algoma’s Captain Henry Jackman topped off her load of Hibtac pellets at BNSF Dock 5 and headed outbound for the lake at 04:28. Her 30,000-ton cargo will be delivered to Quebec in about a week. After moving in a back-and-forth pattern off the entry killing time until the Jackman departed, Burns Harbor made her way inbound at 05:05 and headed for the dock to load. Duluth saw the arrival of John G. Munson an hour later; the classic laker was loaded with stone and made her way to CN-Hallett Dock 5 to unload. After CSL Laurentien cast off from CN Dock 6 and departed for Quebec in the early afternoon, the Munson made her way over to the shiploader at around 16:30 to begin taking on a load of Minntac pellets under the conveyors. The Barker was outbound at 18:54 and would be followed under the Aerial Lift Bridge by Federal Churchill just over an hour later. Fednav’s saltie is sailing up the North Shore empty for Thunder Bay after spending over a week in port discharging cement at Ash Grove. At 21:19, Joseph L. Block was inbound Duluth with stone, but was forced to tie up on the eastern side of CN 6 until the Munson clears the dock. Fagelgracht is putting ashore wind turbine components at Clure Public Marine Terminal Berth 1, Federal Kushiro is just north of her unloading barite bags at Berth 2, while Iryda is on the Superior side of the harbor and (still) moored at Gavilon. Maxima waits out on the lake for whatever is causing the delay.
Milwaukee, WI – MKE Marine Reports
Polsteam’s Isolda arrived from Burns Harbor at 5:53 and backed into south slip one in the outer harbor, tying up at the Federal Marine Terminals dock. She carries steel from IJmuiden. Research Vessel Lake Guardian cleared the harbor for about 30 minutes late Friday morning. She has been laid up at her berth near UWM’s School of Freshwater Sciences since returning from her fall survey in early October 2021.
Southern Lake Michigan Ports – Joshua Hebeisen
Calumet Harbor, IL: With a tug assist, Mick made her way up the Calumet River from Chicago Rail and Port and departed the harbor for Montreal at 19:33. At around the same time, tug Caroline McKee made her way over from the Calumet Sheds to St. Marys Cement, where her barge Commander was unloading at the dock. The pair reunited and sailed outbound for Charlevoix at 21:59. Samuel de Champlain/Innovation remain at Holcim loading slag for Benton Harbor.
Indiana Harbor, IN: Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader departed for Calcite at 05:07, leaving Dock 7H open for fleetmates Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader when they arrived from Marquette with ore at 13:25. Manitowoc was inbound at 21:41 and squeezed her way past the pair for the north end of the dock.
Buffington, IN: H. Lee White cast off at 11:00 for Port Inland.
Gary, IN: Philip R. Clarke departed for Stoneport at 03:12 with a wave goodbye to sister Anderson, who would follow her upbound for Calcite just under six hours later. American Century left a two-hour stint at anchor and proceeded inbound after the latter AAA departed.
St. Joseph – Benton Harbor, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
Grand River Navigation’s Manitowoc made an early-morning 00:32 arrival for Dock 63. She headed outbound for Indiana Harbor at 18:18 after discharging her stone cargo.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
John D Leitch cleared 04.45 Friday upbound for Chicago with salt. Whistler (saltie) cleared 08.33 Friday downbound to Prescott ON. Algoma Sault arrived 22.07 Thursday loading at Compass Minerals. Goderich hosted 90 Great Lake vessels this season thus far…
Detroit, MI – Windsor, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
Friday activity in the harbor would not begin until close to noon when asphalt/bitumen tanker Iver Bright departed Marathon for the St. Clair River and her frequent calling port of Sarnia. At the same time, CSL Welland shimmied up against the Sterling Fuels dock in Windsor to fill up her tank. Steamer Alpena departed Holcim Detroit for Holcim Toledo at 12:42 to unload the next portion of her cement cargo. The Welland left upbound at 14:15 for Two Harbors, and her mural-adorned twin CSL St-Laurent was next at the fuel dock from 16:00 to 19:15. Little sister is following big sister up to Lake Superior, due next in Thunder Bay. The American side of the river would also see fueling action in the evening when Paul R. Tregurtha called on Mistersky shortly before 19:00. She would depart for Duluth-Superior at 23:52 and will be back carrying coal later in the week. In Windsor, Cuyahoga pulled up to CoCo to unload aggregate cargo from Meldrum Bay at 20:30. Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin is farther south along the river’s edge loading at Windsor Salt.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Reigning Queen of the Lakes Paul R. Tregurtha arrived at 07:35, unloaded coal at DTE and departed for Superior, WI at 14:30. Florence Spirit arrived at 11:59 to unload steel coils.
Toledo, OH: Alpena arrived at 16:33 to unload cement at LaFargeHolcim.
Cleveland, OH: NOAA research vessel Thomas Jefferson arrived at 07:37. She is at dock 26E. Algoma Innovator departed at 08:05 with salt for Thorold, ON. McKeil Spirit is at Lehigh Cement, arriving there at 12;14. American Courage arrived at 19:07 and is back on the shuttles. The saltie Fivelborg departed for Chicago at 20:19.
Fairport Harbor, OH: American Courage unloaded a partial stone load and left late Thursday night for Ashtabula.
Ashtabula, OH: American Courage arrived at 00:24, unloaded her remaining stone cargo and left for Cleveland at 14:29.
Nanticoke, ON: Florence Spirit left for Monroe, MI late Thursday night. Edwin H. Gott arrived at 14:42 to unload ore at Stelco. Algocanada and Algonova are still at Imperial Oil.