Port Reports – October 28, 2022

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Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
Joseph L. Block arrived Duluth at 08:31 and in near-freezing temps Thursday morning, her horn warming up in the cold to give the Aerial Lift Bridge a nice master’s salute as she passed beneath with holds full of limestone. Though the sharp turn to port in the inner harbor was followed by a straight shot south down the basin looking into the rising sun, the Block’s cool new visor painted on the upper pilothouse certainly helped protect her from those harmful UV rays. The vessel would tie up at Graymont and commence unloading her cargo into a pile ashore. Simultaneously over in West Duluth, Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader had finished up a load of Cliffs pellets at CN Dock 6 (likely UTAC or Minorca) and were making preparations to rumble out of town for Cleveland. The official time of departure via the Duluth Ship Canal was logged at 10:12. CSL Tadoussac was the third and final vessel passage of the day with a 16:31 afternoon arrival in Superior. She will spend the night loading approximately 30,000 long tons of Keetac pellets at the BNSF Allouez Taconite Facility. After discharging the remainder of her cargo, the Block backed out from Graymont around 19:30 and backed in at CN-owned Hallett Dock 5. She is presumably taking on a load of blast furnace trim.

Sturgeon Bay, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
Just after 08:20, the dead ship tow of the mighty Roger Blough left Bay Shipbuilding to begin the next chapter in the ill-fated vessel’s uncertain future. Lead tug Meredith Ashton will be towing the Blough through the Straits of Mackinac, down Lake Michigan, and across Lake Erie to Conneaut over the next several days with fleetmate Candace Elise bringing up the rear. Once arriving at their destination, the fire-damaged giant will await her fate while in layup at a CN-owned dock. No decision has been made publically regarding what is to come of the Blough, but the breaking yards of Port Colborne lie just a short ways to the east… Boatnerds across the region will be coming out to see the tow and give their goodbyes, just in case.

St. Joseph – Benton Harbor, MI – Michael Moran
The Samuel de Champlain/Innovation is in port. The pair has made it safely to Holcim cement. The question on everyone’s mind: does this mean the harbor is open???

Port Dolomite, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
Arthur M. Anderson steamed up and out of Cedarville at 05:18 with a load of stone for Duluth. Another pair of stripes would grace the dock just before noon on fleetmate Great Republic, also calling on the Carmeuse dock to load aggregate for the Zenith City. Though an official departure time was not logged at midnight, the river boat is underway and heading for the lake – we’ll give her the benefit of the doubt.

Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Federal Yukina continues at elevators  ,Algoma Buffalo and Algoma Conveyor expected next in that order.

Stoneport, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder departed at 08:15 bound for the Motor City.

Detroit, MI – Windsor, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
After fueling up at Mistersky, Victory/Maumee were outbound the Detroit River 20 minutes into Thursday morning to resume the journey north for the Soo. Saginaw departed downbound around 03:00 after briefly unloading at GIP Aggregates, and a nearby John G. Munson left Lafarge for Stoneport at 05:40. Little saltie Edenborg tied up at ADM at 07:00 after spending some time nearby at anchorage. Activity in the harbor would not resume until lunch and supper had been eaten; Everlast/Norman McLeod broke a nearly 12-hour period of inactivity when they pulled in at Mistersky around 18:30 while on the way to Sarnia. The pair would depart at 23:20. An inbound Calumet stopped alongside Southwestern Sales West to unload from Marblehead at 20:10, while Lee A. Tregurtha made her way up the Rouge at the same time to discharge Marquette ore at Dearborn. 

Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Mark W. Barker departed for Superior, WI at 03:44.
Toledo, OH: Saginaw arrived at 06:50. Departures were Cuyahoga for Sarnia, ON and  John J. Boland for Munising In port are Federal Dart and Manitoulin. Algoma Transport departed for Hamilton, ON at 17:55.
Marblehead, OH: Calumet left for Windsor, ON at 12:06. Fleetmate Manitowoc arrived at 17:15 to load at Holcim.
Sandusky, OH: Victory/Maumee and Robert S. Pierson both departed with coal for Sault Ste. Marie.
Cleveland, OH: Arrivals were Sam Laud at 00:56 to load a shuttle at the Bulk Terminal, Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson at 08:08 with stone for the Cliffs mill, NACC Argonaut at 08:31 to unload at Holcim Cement and,  returning after an 11 year absence, Algocanada at 13:04 to unload petroleum products at Buckeye Terminals. Departures were Algoma Innovator at 07:54 for Owen Sound, G.L. Ostrander/Integrity at 07:01 and Manitowoc for Marblehead is at 12:56. Karen Andrie/Endeavor arrived at 21:46.
Fairport Harbor, OH: Frontenac left at 05:46 with salt for Toronto, ON. H. Lee White arrived at 22:15 *with stone for Osborne.
Nanticoke, ON: Algocanada departed at 02:36 with petroleum products for Cleveland. Harvest Spirit arrived at Stelco at 13:01 to load steel coils for Cleveland. Algoma Hansa 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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