Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from November 16, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Marquette, MI – Arthur Pickering
The Maumee is due into the ore dock in Marquette’s upper harbor early Thursday morning. Thursday evening, the Lee Tregurtha is due to visit the ore dock followed by the Kaye Barker early Friday morning. The Hon. James Oberstar is scheduled for a Saturday morning arrival.
Manistee, MI – Chris Franckowiak
As of 11:20 Wednesday morning, CALUMET is departing the Rieth-Riley dock outbound for Lake Michigan. She should be proceeding through downtown right around noon.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Toledo, OH: Saginaw departed for Sandusky at 12:30. Herbert C. Jackson is still having her bow thruster repaired.
Marblehead, OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder loaded stone for Cleveland, departing at 10:43.
Sandusky, OH: Kaye E. Barker departed at 09:57 with coal for Zug Island in Detroit. Saginaw arrived at 19:06. Frontenac is anchored in Lake Erie.
Lorain, OH: American Courage arrived at 02:35 with stone for Holcim. Once empty, she left at 12:44 for Cleveland.
Cleveland, OH: American Courage arrived at 14:40 to begin another round of shuttles for Cliffs. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived at 15:57 with stone for Osborne. Eagle II/St. Marys Cement II is at St. Marys. Sam Laud arrived late Wednesday night.
Buffalo, NY: Once empty, NACC Capri departed for Bath, ON. Defiance/Ashtabula was a late Wednesday night arrival.
Nanticoke, OH: Presque Isle unloaded ore and departed for Two Harbors, MN at 05:15. Arrivals to Stelco were CSL Niagara with coal and Leonard M/Huron Spirit to load coils. Algosea is at Imperial Oil. At anchor off of Port Dover are Paul A. Desgagnes, Algocanada and Algoma Hansa. CSL Niagara departed for Toledo at 19:21.
See below for a time-lapse of the American Courage’s overnight arrival in Lorain, courtesy of the Lorain Port and Finance Authority.
Great view of the unique Sandusky coal operation from earlier this month… Algoma Innovator featured here.
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
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- CCGS Samuel Risley enters the MacArthur Lock on her way down to Lake Huron’s Parry Sound. David Kaye image, November 15
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- Iver Bright passes some holiday decor while upbound in St. Clair. Lori Hannon image, November 13
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- Michipicoten passes Zug Island and the beginnings of the new Gordie Howe Bridge under construction. Heather Raye Hogue image, November 16
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- Iver Bright makes a late-season trip to the lakes with another load of wind turbine parts for Bay City. Bill Jr. Salton image, November 16
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- Maxima’s sister Edberg Wagenborg heads towards the lakes. John Bridge image, November 16
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- Federal Churchill downbound at Brockville Narrows in a winter wonderland. Helen Cooper image, November 16