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Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo
Hon. James L. Oberstar arrived at the ore docks at 11:18. She has been deviating away from her typical run of first delivering stone to Duluth as of late, opting instead to head straight to LS&I.

St. Marys River – Know Your Ships
The U.S. Navy sea cadet training vessel Grayfox, based at Port Huron, moored at the MCM Drydock early Friday morning. A radio call to Soo Traffic indicated the vessel would be there through the winter.

Muskegon, MI – Oggdo Bogdo
The Kaye E. Barker will be arriving early morning Saturday with stone from Port Inland.

Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: American Century arrived at 05:35 and unloaded coal at DTE. Once empty, she departed for Duluth at 16:55. Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41 arrived at 09:41 and went to the Port dock. The tug and barge left for Port Colborne at 20:03. Iver Bright departed at 09:09. Meredith Ashton is at the Port dock.
Toledo, OH: Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson arrived at Ironville at 08:39. CSL Niagara arrived at 19:03 to load at CSX/Torco.
Marblehead, OH: Cuyahoga loaded stone and left for Kingsville at 05:41. She returned from Kingsville at 12:32.
Kingsville, ON: Cuyahoga arrived at Southwestern Sales, unloaded and left at 09:09 for a return to Marblehead.
Sandusky, OH: H. Lee White arrived late Thursday night to load coal at Norfolk Southern. She departed for Algoma Steel at the Soo. The coal express continued as Herbert C. Jackson arrived under the loader Friday afternoon.
Lorain, OH: Calumet was a late night arrival to unload stone at Carmeuse.
Cleveland, OH: Manitowoc left for Port Dolomite at 01:26. American Courage arrived at the Bulk Terminal at 09:06 to load a shuttle for Cliffs. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder departed at 11:24 with salt for Burns Harbor. Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader arrived at 18:01 to unload at the Bulk Terminal. Petite Forte/ St. Marys Cement is at the Holcim Cement terminal. Federal Kivalina left for Burns Harbor at 18:48.
Fairport Harbor, OH: Frontenac loaded salt for Toronto,  leaving at 18:16. Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader arrived at 14:59 with stone for Osborne.
Ashtabula, OH: American Courage left for Cleveland. Saltie Maria G arrived at the Pinney dock at 06:26.
Conneaut, OH: Indiana Harbor arrived late Friday night to unload taconite at the P&C dock.
Nanticoke, ON: CSL Niagara emptied out and left for Toledo, OH at 02:09. Whitefish Bay arrived at Stelco at 01:44, unloaded and departed for Stoneport at 11:59. Next in line was CSL Tadoussac, docking at Stelco at 10:55 to unload ore. Algoscotia is at Imperial Oil.


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Green Bay, WI – Port of Green Bay
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Hamilton, ON – Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority
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