Port and vessel activity from February 22, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
St. Ignace, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
USCGC Mobile Bay arrived U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Ignace at 10:58, tying up across from sister USCGC Biscayne Bay at the dock.
Port Huron, MI – Sarnia, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
After “bright”-ening up Crane Guy’s day (see photo gallery) with a trip to Monroe, MI, asphalt/bitumen tanker Iver Bright returned to her berth at Suncor around 02:00.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Tanker Iver Bright has departed for a return to Sarnia, ON. The tug and barge New York/Double Skin 509A remains in Monroe.
Nanticoke, ON: Algonova loaded gasoline and departed for Jones Island in Milwaukee, WI. Algoterra is loading product at Imperial Oil while fleetmate Algosea is anchored. Algocanada has departed Sarnia and is making her way to Nanticoke.
- Tanker Iver Bright departs Monroe, MI, with a G-tug escort. Look closely at the top of the blue shoreside crane for a surprise… Crane Guy Sam Hankinson image, February 22
- Algoma Discovery, Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin, and John D. Leitch winter along the breakwall in Port Colborne, ON. Frank McPhee image, February 20

