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Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
West Duluth’s CN-Hallett Dock 5 began the morning in the company of two lakers in black-and-gray striped costume. While Arthur M. Anderson was filling her three giant cargo bags with some blast furnace trim “treats,” Great Republic opted for a “trick” routine instead, impressing by piling limestone ashore off her 250-foot self-unloading boom. The river-class vessel would leave her AAA fleetmate around 01:00 to head for the house next door, CN-owned Dock 6. Taconite candy flowed off the chutes into her holds until midmorning, when the Republic again shifted down the street to the shiploader to give the Anderson a chance for some sweets at the gravity dock.
Over 24 hours since the last Twin Ports passage, the arrival of the Great Republic early Saturday afternoon, the Republic herself would again pass through the Duluth Ship Canal at 13:42 Sunday. Her taconite cargo will be delivered to the blast furnaces at U.S. Steel’s Gary Works later this week. Rare Radcliffe R. Latimer returned for her second visit of the season at 19:23 to load petroleum coke off the stockpile at SMET. Next at the dock will be Mark W. Barker, still sitting at Fraser Shipyards as of Sunday night unloading her cargo of steel bars.
Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo
Victory/Maumee finished another visit on Sunday, departing the docks at 05:38 to head to Toledo. The Hon. James L. Oberstar will be arriving with stone in a few days.
St. Joseph – Benton Harbor, MI – Michael Moran
All stakeholders, including the three shipping docks, are working with the Corps of Engineers in an attempt to obtain critical emergency dredging.
The Harbor remains restricted to large commercial vessels until further notice. Any vessel arrivals will be scheduled to coincide with the best possible weather. At this time, we don’t know when the next vessel arrival will be, and arrivals will likely only be known roughly 24-36 hours in advance due to weather condition evaluations.
Muskegon, MI – Oggdo Bogdo
The Alpena steamed out in the middle of the night on Sunday, at 04:20. She is headed back to her namesake port to reload cement for another batch of deliveries.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Harvest Spirit arrived late Sunday night to unload steel coils.
Toledo, OH: Loaded with coal, CSL Niagara left for Nanticoke at 01:25. Once empty at Ironville, Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader departed for Detroit at 03:25. Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader then weighed anchor and went to Ironville at 07:38. Fednav’s Federal Dart left at 13:05 and is on her way to Montreal, PQ. Manitowoc arrived at CSX at 14:42., loaded coal and departed for Manistee at 20:40.
Marblehead, OH: Calumet loaded stone and left for Kingsville at 03:52, arriving there at 08:02 to unload at Southwestern Sales Co. Once unloaded, she left at 11:42 for Windsor, ON.
Sandusky, OH: Florence Spirit left with coal for Hamilton, ON at 04:39. Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader arrived at 20:49 to load coal at Norfolk Southern.
Cleveland, OH: Leonard M/Huron Spirit unloaded steel coils at dock 26W, then departed for Nanticoke at 12:46. Harvest Spirit also unloaded steel coils, but at dock 24W, then departed for Monroe, MI at 14:46. Manitowoc departed for Toledo at 07:15. Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader arrived at the Bulk Terminal at 08:00 with UTAC pellets. She departed for Sandusky at 16:29. The tug Kristin Joelle arrived at 17:50.
Fairport Harbor, OH: Loaded with Morton Salt, Frontenac departed at 15:36 for Hamilton, ON.
Conneaut, OH: Algoma Transport arrived at the P&C dock at 16:03.
Nanticoke, ON: Algonorth departed at 17:11 with petroleum products for Tracy, PQ. CSL Niagara arrived at Stelco at 18:51 and unloaded coal.
While we do not currently have daily write-ups for the following ports, their respective port authority websites post schedules of vessel traffic that are embedded below. Each schedule takes the form of a miniature webpage within a box – scroll with your cursor within the box (or slide your finger within the box on a mobile device) to move through the schedule as you would a normal webpage. To move up or down the actual Port Reports page itself, make sure your cursor/finger is outside of the box.
Green Bay, WI – Port of Green Bay
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Hamilton, ON – Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority
Scroll past AIS map for arrival/departure schedule.
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- Pre-sunrise color lights up the sky as Mark W. Barker continues unloading steel bars at Fraser Shipyards. David Schauer image, October 30
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- View of the Barker from across the slip. Adam Bjornberg image, October 30
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- The former boom of the American Victory, now a feature on the Mark W. Barker, raises up in the darkness to produce a stunning reflection below. Glenn Blaszkiewicz image, October 30
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- Great Republic passes by fleetmate Arthur M. Anderson while departing CN Dock 6. David Schauer image, October 30
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- Spooky scene in Duluth as Radcliffe R. Latimer backs beneath the Blatnik Bridge to SMET. Scott Bjorklund image, October 30
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- Tadoussac in some colorful sea smoke off Port Huron. Andrew Severson image, October 30
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- Meredith Ashton tugs Roger Blough towards the Blue Water Bridge at Port Huron. Lincat Photography image, October 30
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- The wounded giant silently passes by. Lincat Photography image, October 30
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- The blue waters of Marine City greet the Blough and her twin-tug escort. Sam Hankinson image, October 30
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- Boatnerds gather to watch the tow pass Algonac. Sam Hankinson image, October 30
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- Dead ship tow reaches Detroit in the evening darkness. Andrew Dean Detroit image, October 30
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- LCS 23, the future USS Cooperstown, continues her journey out the Seaway for delivery to the U.S. Navy. Barry Andersen image, October 30
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- Tug Ocean A. Gauthier escorts the warship in the Welland Canal. Barry Andersen image, October 30