Port and vessel activity from March 8, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
Round two! USCGC Spar was back at it again on Wednesday with another 5-hour icebreaking shift in the harbor. She left the Coast Guard berth at 09:15 before returning at 14:15. As on Monday, the cutter blazed a trail all the way down to Allouez Bay, but this expedition saw her give a little extra care to Rice’s Point and the nearby port terminal berths.
St. Marys River – Joshua Hebeisen
Wednesday would be the busiest day yet for ice ops on the St. Marys River. At 08:00, USCGC Katmai Bay and sister USCGC Bristol Bay left the Lime Island vicinity to break ice from Neebish Island all the way to De Tour, MI. Two hours later and to the north, CCGS Judy LaMarsh and USCGC Mackinaw left their respective berths from opposite sides of the Soo and ventured down the river’s upbound passage not far apart. LaMarsh would head back up at the end of the day, returning at 18:42, while Mackinaw, Katmai, and Bristol had a rendezvous south of Lime to end the night.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Innovator arrived 21:49 Tuesday, loaded at Compass Minerals. Cleared 09:41 Wednesday upbound for Milwaukee with salt.
Port Huron, MI – Sarnia, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
Algosea finally cast away from the lower dock at 07:27 Wednesday morning following a looong stay at Imperial Oil. She is currently racing downbound for Nanticoke, ON, along with fleetmate Algocanada — one of them is going to have to wait. USCGC Hollyhock departed from across the river at 14:15 bound for the Coastie party in the St. Marys River. Algoterra remains at the lower dock and Iver Bright at Suncor.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
H. Lee White unloaded her storage grain cargo and departed Buffalo for Erie, PA. On her way to Buffalo is the Vane Bros. tug and barge New York/Double Skin 509A. Also crossing Lake Erie are the Algoma Tankers Algosea and Algocanada, both headed to Nanticoke. Harvest Spirit finished her unload in Cleveland and departed with the remaining steel coils in her holds destined for Monroe, MI.
Erie, PA – Roger LeLievre
H. Lee White will arrive in Erie Thursday for drydock at Donjon Shipbuilding & Repair.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
The H. Lee White shifted this morning from the Frontier elevator to the Gateway Metroport Main Dock in Lackawanna. Then she departed for Toledo at 3PM.
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- Day 2 of USCGC Spar’s Twin Ports ice operations sees her soften up the waters near Rice’s Point. Paul Scinocca image, March 8
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- American Mariner undergoes more work in the Superior, WI, dry dock as BNSF Job 121 passes by with a long trail of empty grain hoppers. David Schauer image, March 7
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- Salt-laden Algoma Conveyor sits much lower in lay-up than high-riding fleetmate Algoma Intrepid. The two are resting at the Government Dock in Sarnia, ON. Rod Burdick image, March 7
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- Algocanada passes Marine City, MI, on her way down the St. Clair River for Nanticoke, ON. Don Detloff image, March 8
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- Poor old S.T. Crapo is all set to be pulled ashore at the MRC scrapyard in Port Colborne, ON. Bobby Dzz image, March 8
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- A close-up look at the veteran laker’s pilothouse, which figures to be saved from the torch and placed ashore. Bobby Dzz image, March 8