Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 17, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Milwaukee, WI – MKE Marine Reports
John D. Leitch arrived at 23:04 Friday with slag from the Stelco Lake Erie Works, Nanticoke. This was delivered to the St. Marys grinding plant at the south end of the mooring basin. Sarah Andrie with tank barge A-397 arrived at 17:19 Saturday with heated liquid asphalt from BP’s Whiting refinery for Construction Resources Management. Barge A-397 is 270 feet long and carries up to 39,700 barrels (about 6,500 metric tons) of asphalt.
Slag is a byproduct of steel production. At the grinding plant, it will be dried and ground to a fine powder. This will be blended with Portland cement to create a concrete product that is stronger and more durable than mixes containing only Portland cement.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Paul R. Tregurtha departed for Superior, WI for another load of western coal.
Marblehead, OH: Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson arrived at Holcim to load stone.
Cleveland, OH: Joseph L. Block brought in 30,000 tons of UTAC pellets for the Bulk Terminal. After unloading she departed for a return to Duluth. Next in line to the Bulk Terminal was Manitowoc. Departures were NACC Argonaut to Bath, ON, New York/Double Skin 509A for Detroit and Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson for a return to Marblehead. Still in town are Federal Dart, Qamutik Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement and American Courage.
Ashtabula, OH: Spruceglen is at the Pinney Dock.
Buffalo, NY: American Mariner arrived with grain from Thunder Bay, ON.
Nanticoke, OH: Algosea and Algoterra are at Imperial Oil and Federal Clyde is at Stelco. Algoma Hansa and Gaia Desgagnes are at anchor.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
AMERICAN MARINER arrived with wheat from Thunder Bay on the evening of the 17th for the Frontier Elevator. She came in during a lake effect snow storm without tugs and secured for unloading at General Mills around 4:30PM.w
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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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- John D. Leitch at Milwaukee. MKE Marine Reports image, December 17
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- The last of the classic Algoma vessels unloads slag into the hopper. MKE Marine Reports image, December 17