Port Reports – December 28, 2022

Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 27, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.

Manistee, MI – Chris Franckowiak
MANITOWOC arrived Manistee for the final delivery of the 2022 season on Monday, December 26. The ship fought ice for five hours on her way to the TES – Filer City dock, where she delivered coal from Toledo, OH. She is expected to depart Wednesday 12/28, after strong southerly winds subside on Lake Michigan.

Saginaw River, MI – Todd Shorkey
Alpena is headed for the Saginaw River and the Holcim Cement Dock in Essexville. The tug Manitou made a pass inbound to the Front Range and then back out into the bay and is currently waiting out near Light 1 to escort Alpena in. They should arrive at the dock sometime around midnight. Paul R. Tregurtha is also headed up Lake Huron for Consumers in Essexville. PRT should be here sometime during the late morning on Wednesday.

Alpena, MI – Jason Luther
After arriving overnight for light ice breaking duty, tug Manitou did just that this morning for the ATB Samuel De Champlain/Innovation which made a quick turn around at LaFarge before heading to Detroit at 8:40. Alpena has been an early winter station for ice breaking for Manitou during the past several years. Right on Sammy D’s heels was the Steamer Alpena, inbound from a blizzard fighting trip from Superior, again loading cement and departing 14:30 for Essexville. Manitou is on stand-by in Saginaw Bay, ostensibly for Alpena’s arrival.

Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
USCG Neah Bay and CCG Samuel Risley are breaking ice in western Lake Erie.

Toledo, OH: Algoma Intrepid departed for Goderich, ON and Evans Spirit departed with no destination update.

Marblehead, OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder departed for Cleveland. Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader moved in to load, while Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson arrived from Ashtabula and went on the hook.
Cleveland, OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived with stone for RiverDock. American Courage is still running shuttles.
Fairport Harbor, OH: CSL Tadoussac is loading at Morton Salt and Calumet is anchored in Lake Erie.
Ashtabula, OH: Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson unloaded stone and then left for Marblehead.
Nanticoke, OH: Leonard M/Huron Spirit moved to Stelco to load steel coils. Algosea arrived to load at Imperial Oil. CSL Niagara remains at anchor.

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
Click on vessel image for voyage info.

Hamilton, ON – Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority
Scroll past AIS map for arrival/departure schedule.