Port and vessel activity from February 21, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Sturgeon Bay, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
USCGC Mobile Bay departed at 15:13 for the open waters of Lake Huron. Her AIS destination indicates she will be breaking ice in the Straits of Mackinac.
Cheboygan, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
An empty Algocanada slipped out the Cheboygan River at 08:03 Tuesday morning with another successful Michigan delivery under her belt. Headed downbound once again, the tanker will be passing up her typical stop at Sarnia, ON, on a straight shot for Nanticoke, ON.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Innovator arrived 03:46 Tuesday, loading at Compass Minerals. Algoma Conveyor is due next for salt.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Bitumen tanker Iver Bright arrived to unload asphalt products that she loaded at Suncor in Sarnia, ON.
Nanticoke, ON: Algonova and Algoterra both weighed anchor and are loading petroleum products at Imperial Oil. Fleetmate Algosea is at anchor off of Port Dover, ON.
A pair of kayakers in Toledo, OH’s Maumee River come face to face with a trio of sleeping giants. Kurt Steiss image, February 20