Port and vessel activity from February 10, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen
Algocanada continues a midwinter’s stay in the Soo, discharging petroleum products at the Purvis Marine dock.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Innovator cleared 16:41 Thursday upbound for Chicago with salt. Algoma Conveyor arrived 05:07 Thursday loading at Compass Minerals, salt for Chicago. Algoma Intrepid is due next.
Port Huron, MI – Sarnia, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
Tankers Algonova and Iver Bright are still at Imperial Oil and Suncor, respectively.
Detroit, MI – Windsor, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
USCGC Hollyhock departed her berth near the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority dock around 07:10 Friday morning, heading down the length of the Detroit River to conduct icebreaking operations. The cutter turned around in Lake Erie to make it back before dinner, but not before making a brief stop at the Canadian Coast Guard Amherstburg Base. CCGS Griffon had left the base earlier in the afternoon to conduct her own ice ops on Lake Erie.
While we do not currently have daily summaries for the following ports, their respective port authority websites post schedules of vessel traffic that are featured below. Each schedule is a miniature webpage within a box. Scroll with your cursor in 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.
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- A wintery haze comes over the resting fleet in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Todd Haltaufderheid image, February 9
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- Car ferry Badger and Interlake fleetmates Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41 in lay-up at Ludington, MI. Dale Verhaeghe image, February 10
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- Lightship Huron rests at her permanent berth in Port Huron, MI, while Robert S. Pierson, Michipicoten, and Kaministiqua enjoy a brief winter’s nap across the St. Clair River in Sarnia, ON. Rod Burdick image, February 8