Port and vessel activity from February 28, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen
USCGC Mobile Bay departed the Lime Island dock around 09:00 Tuesday, heading downbound to soften up the ice just outside the confines of the river. She returned to Lime just in time for lunch. Up at the Soo, Leonard M/Huron Spirit are still at Purvis Marine, presumably loading steel coils.
Milwaukee, WI – MKE Marine Reports
Getting ready for work, tug Albert with tank barge Margaret left their winter berth in the mooring basin and moved to the Liquid Cargo Pier early Tuesday morning. They retreated to the mooring basin about noon. Tanker AlgoCanada is expected Wednesday.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Innovator arrived 11:09 Tuesday, loading at Compass Minerals. Algoma Conveyor is due next for salt.
Port Huron, MI – Sarnia, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
No official port calls were recorded on Tuesday. Algoterra and Algosea are handing petroleum products at Imperial Oil’s lower dock; Iver Bright is hanging out at Suncor.
Detroit, MI – Windsor, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
Casting off from the Detroit River breakwall midmorning, USCGC Morro Bay broke some ice in the vicinity before returning to her berth just off the Renaissance Center. Asphalt duo Leo A. McArthur/John J. Carrick spent another day at Marathon on the Rouge.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Harvest Spirit departed Cleveland and sailed across Lake Erie to unload steel coils at the Port dock in Monroe, MI. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder is on a third shuttle for Cliffs.
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- Albert/Margaret make a pit stop at the Liquid Cargo Pier while preparing to fit out for the season in Milwaukee, WI. MKE Marine Reports image, February 28
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- Harvest Spirit arrives Monroe, MI, as seen from the big blue Manitowoc crawler crane. Crane Guy image, February 28
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- Unloading steel coils from Nanticoke, ON. Ground Guy image, February 28
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- Grand River Navigation’s Manitowoc gets all spruced up for the season in dry dock at Toledo, OH. Joe Myers image, February 28
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- An inspection diver returns to dry land after conducting a hull survey on Algoma Strongfield in Hamilton, ON. Jack Nieson image, February 27