Port and vessel activity from Thursday, December 28, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net

PORT REPORT  12/29/2023

PORT COLBORNE, CANADA-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  CSL Tadoussac-DEPARTED-7:33 PM
12/28/2023  Algoma Conveyor-DEPARTED-8:26 PM
12/28/2023  Sea Eagle II /St Marys Cememt II-DEPARTED-10:48 PM
12/29/2023  Sarah Desgagnes-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Onego Duero-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Spruceglen-IN PORT

DETROIT, MICHIGAN-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  American Spirit-DEPARTED-4:03 AM
12/28/2023  Prentiss Brown / St Marys Challenger-DEPARTED-9:10 AM
12/28/2023  Iver Bright-DEPARTED-1:27 PM
12/28/2023  Calumet-DEPARTED-10:13 PM
12/29/2023  John J. Boland-DEPERTED-12:09 AM
12/29/2023  Hon James L. Oberstar-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Herbert C. Jackson-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Sea Eagle II / St Marys Cement II-ETA-11:00 PM
UNKNOWN  CSL Assiniboine-ETA

SARNIA, CANADA-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Frontenac-DEPARTED-6:36 PM
12/29/2023  Samuel Risley-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Algoberta-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Iver Bright-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Algoberta-ETA-4:00 AM
12/29/2023  Paul A. Desgagnes-ETA-3:00 PM
UNKNOWN  Mia Desgagnes-ETA
UNKNOWN  Algoterra-ETA
UNKNOWN  Albert / Margaret-ETA

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Florence Spirit-DEPARTED-9:07 PM
12/28/2023  Algoma Harvester-DEPARTED-9:12 PM
12/28/2023  Algoma Niagara-DEPARTED-9:50 PM
12/28/2023  Algoma Sault-ETA-6:00 PM
12/29/2023  Manitoulin-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Thunder Bay-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Kaministiqua-ETA-7:00 PM
UNKNOWN  Frontenac-ETA
UNKNOWN  Harvest Spirit-ETA
UNKNOWN  CSL Welland-ETA

TWO HARBORS, MINNESOTA-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Indiana Harbor-DEPARTED-12:29 PM
12/28/2023  American Mariner-DEPARTED-10:17 PM
12/29/2023  Edgar B. Speer-IN PORT
12/29/2023  American Century-ETA-5:00 AM
12/29/2023  Edwin H. Gott-ETA-8:00 PM
12/30/2023  American Spirit-ETA-6:00 AM
12/30/2023  Arthur M. Anderson-ETA-7:00 AM
12/30/2023  Algoma Discovery-ETA-9:00 AM
UNKNOWN  Edgar B. Speer-ETD
UNKNOWN  John G. Munson-ETA
UNKNOWN  Joseph L. Block-ETA
UNKNOWN  Great Republic-ETA
UNKNOWN  Walter J. McCarthy Jr.-ETA

SILVER BAY, MINNESOTA-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Dirk S. VanEnkevort /Michigan Trader-DEPARTED-3:41 PM
12/30/2023  H. Lee White-ETA-1:00 AM
12/30/2023  Burns Harbor-ETA-11:00 AM

DULUTH,MINNESOTA-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Wilfred Sykes-DEPARTED-2:44 PM
12/28/2023  Lee A. Tregurtha-DEPARTED-9:58 PM
12/29/2023  John D. Leitch- IN PORT
12/29/2023  Nordika Desgagnes-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Paul R. Tregurtha-ETA-6:30 AM
12/29/2023  Mark W. Barker-ETA-10:45 Am
12/29/2023  Mesabi Miner-ETA-8:00 PM
UNKNOWN  John J. Bolnad-ETA
UNKNOWN  American Integrity-ETA
UNKNOWN  Clyde S. VanEnkevort / Erie Trader-ETA
UNKNOWN  John D. Leitch-ETD
UNKNOWN  Nordika Desgagnes-ETD

SUPERIOR,WISCONSIN-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  CSL Laurentien-DEPARTED-11:15 AM
12/29/2023  Philip R. Clarke-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Blue Heron-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Lee A. Tregurtha-ETA-3:05 AM
12/30/2023  Algoma Equinox-ETA-10:00 AM
UNKNOWN  Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin-ETA
UNKNOWN  Presque Isle-ETA
UNKNOWN  Whitefish Bay-ETA
UNKNOWN  Stewart J. Cort-ETA
UNKNOWN  Algoma Transport-ETA
UNKNOWN  Philip R. Clarke-ETD

MARQUETTE, MICHIGAN-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Victory/ Maumee-DEPARTED-11:04 AM

MONROE, MICHIGAN-Bill Kloss
American Integrity arrived 10:49 to unload coal at DTE.

CHARLEVOIX, MICHIGAN-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin-ETA-5:00 PM
12/29/2023  Bradshaw McKee / St Marys Conquest-IN PORT
12/29/2023  William B. Klunk-ETA-9:30 AM
12/29/2023  Prentiss Brown / St. Marys Challenger-ETA-6:00 PM

MUSKEGON, MICHIGAN-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Candace Elise-DEPARTED-9:41 PM
12/29/2023  NOAA Laurentian-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Meredith Ashton-IN PORT
12/29/2023  W. G. Jackson-IN PORT

MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN-Tom Geiger
12/29/2023  USEPA Lake Guardian-IN PORT
12/30/2023  Alpena-ETA-5:30 AM

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS-Tom Geiger
UNKNOWN  Bradshaw McKee /St Marys Conquest-ETA
UNKNOWN  Calumet-ETA

SOUTH CHICAGO-CALUMET HARBOR, ILLINOIS-Tom Geiger
12/29/2023  Rebecca Lynn-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Sarah Andrie-IN PORT

INDIANA HARBOR-INDIANA-Tom Geiger
12/28/2023  Olive L. Moore / Menominee-DEPARTED-5:12 AM
12/28/2023  Joseph L. Block-DEPARTED-12:24 PM
12/29/2023  Walter J. McCarthy Jr.-IN PORT
12/29/2023  Karen Andrie-IN PORT
UNKNOWN  Wilfred Sykes-ETA

GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN-Tom Geiger
12/29/2023  Olive L. Moore /Menominee-IN PORT

MARBLEHEAD, OHIO-Bill Kloss
Defiance/Ashtabula departed 12:35 with stone for Fairport Harbor.

SANDUSKY, OHIO-Bill Kloss
Departing 14:52 was John J. Boland with coal for Algoma Steel at the Soo.

CLEVELAND, OHIO-Bill Kloss
Clyde S.VanEnkevort/Erie Trader arrived to unload ore at the Bulk Terminal and once empty left at 19:06 for Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement departed 16:34 for Loyolist Cove, ON. American Courage continues on the shuttles.

ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA-Bill Kloss
Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived 08:18 to unload salt.

BUFFALO, NEW YORK-Brian Wroblewski
Next up was the MANITOWOC with more sand for CSI on the 28th. She came in at 3AM without tugs and spent the day unloading there. Around 6PM the tug OKLAHOMA came down & towed her out stern first to the lake through a heavy fog around the harbor.

NANTICOKE, ONTARIO-Bill Kloss
Nanticoke, ON:  Departing were CSL Niagara at 12:51 for Hamilton and Everlast/Norman MacLeod at 04:29 for Sorel, PQ. Algotitan is still at anchor. Atlantic Huron was a late night arrival to Stelco

GODERICH, ONTARIO-Tom Geiger
12/12/28/2023  Algoma Buffalo-DEPARTED-1:10 PM
29/2023  Algoma Compass-IN PORT


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