Straits of Mackinac Vessel Passage
By Fred Stone
South Channel Update: Boat traffic at 45°45’N, 84°34’W
*Listings based on sightings and may not contain all passage information
4/12/21
1414 Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader, Van Enkevort, Inc., eastbound, IN Harbor to Stoneport.
1704 Sarah Andrie towing tanker barge A-390, Andrie Inc., eastbound, Whiting to Monroe.
1516 Great Republic, Great Lakes Fleet, eastbound, Gary to Calcite to load stone.
4/11/21
1807 Spartan pushing barge Spartan II, Occidental Chemical, eastbound, Ludington to Cleveland with CaCl2.
1650 Alpena, Inland Lakes Management, westbound, Alpena to Green Bay with cement.
0255 H. Lee White, American Steamship, eastbound, Gary to Calcite to load stone.
4/11/21
1807 Spartan pushing barge Spartan II, Occidental Chemical, eastbound, Ludington to Cleveland with CaCl2.
1650 Alpena, Inland Lakes Management, westbound, Alpena to Green Bay with cement.
0255 H. Lee White, American Steamship, eastbound, Gary to Calcite to load stone.
4/11/21
1807 Spartan pushing barge Spartan II, Occidental Chemical, eastbound, Ludington to Cleveland with CaCl2.
1650 Alpena, Inland Lakes Management, westbound, Alpena to Green Bay with cement.
0255 H. Lee White, American Steamship, eastbound, Gary to Calcite to load stone.
4/10/21
1708 Michigan/Great Lakes, US Oil, westbound, Sarnia to Milwaukee.
1656 Victory/Maumee, Grand River Navigation, Lower Lakes Transportation, westbound, Buffalo to Port Inland to load stone.
1509 Algoma Intrepid, Algoma Central, westbound, Goderich to S. Chicago with salt.
1142 Alpena, Inland Lakes Mgmt., eastbound, Muskegon to Alpena to load cement.
4/9/21
1932 Kaye E. Barker, Interlake, eastbound, Ferrysburg to Stoneport to load stone..
0738 Nancy Anne, Durocher Marine, westbound, to Cheboygan.
4/8/21
1551 Alder, USCG 216, westbound, Cheboygan to Lake Michigan.
1400 H. Lee White, American Steamship/Grand River Navigation, westbound, to Gary.
0932 Manitowoc, Lower Lakes Towing/Grand River Navigation, eastbound, from Calumet Harbor to Alpena.
4/7/21
1650 Meredith Ashton, Andrie Inc.towing 2 barges, eastbound, Calumet Harbor to Cheboygan.
0600 Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Conquest, Port City Tug, westbound, Owen Sound to Charlevoix to load cement.
4/6/21
1442 Sturgeon, USGS, Great Lakes Science Center, westbound, from Cheboygan.
0207 Lake Guardian, US EPA research vessel, eastbound, Lake Michigan to Detroit.
4/5/21
0916 Alpena, Inland Lakes Management, westbound, Alpena to Muskegon with cement.
4/4/21
2300 Meredith Ashton, Andrie Inc., eastbound, Calumet Harbor to Cheboygan.
2226 Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Conquest, Port City Tug, eastbound, from Charlevoix with cement.
2150 G.L. Ostrander/Integrity, LaFarge, eastbound, Milwaukee to Alpena to load cement.
4/2/21
2357 Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41, Pere Marquette Shipping, eastbound, Milwaukee to Alpena.
3/31/21
2048 Alpena, Inland Lakes Mgmt., eastbound, S. Chicago to Alpena to load cement.
1134 Manitowoc, Lower Lakes Towing, westbound, Toledo the Manistee/Filer City with coal.
0937 Baie Comeau, Canada Steamship Line, westbound, S. Chicago.
3/30/21
1833 Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Conquest, Port City Tug, westbound, Cleveland to Charlevoix to load cement,
1431 Federal Caribou (salty), Fednav, westbound to Burns Harbor.
3/27/21
2050 G.L. Ostrander/Integrity, LaFarge, westbound, Alpena to Milwaukee with cement.
3/26/21
2232 Alpena, Inland Lakes Management, westbound, Lafarge Whitefish River Terminal, ON to Charlevoix.
3/17/21
1244 Mackinaw, USCG 30, eastbound, Green Bay to Cheboygan.
3/16/21
1501 Kaye E. Barker, Interlake, westbound, Sturgeon Bay to Ashtabula to load.
First boat of the season through the South Channel.
3/14/21
0853 Mackinaw, USCG 30, westbound, Cheboygan to Green Bay.
3/12/21
1303 Hollyhock, USCG 214. eastbound, rebreaking ice in the South Channel and on to Port Huron.
3/10/21
0800-1700 Hollyhock, USCG 214, continued to break ice to open the South Channel.
3/9/21
1040 Hollyhock, USCG 214. eastbound, breaking open South Channel.
1028 Hollyhock, USCG 214. westbound, breaking open South Channel.
0936 Hollyhock, USCG 214. eastbound, breaking open South Channel.
0848 Hollyhock, USCG 214. westbound, breaking open South Channel.
1/29/21
1740 General, lite tug, Durocher Marine, eastbound, Enbridge Line 5 pipeline area to Cheboygan.
0756 General, lite tug, Durocher Marine, westbound, Cheboygan to Enbridge Line 5 pipeline area.
Apparently the South Channel is not closed.
1/28/21
1200 South Channel is closed by the US Coast Guard.
1039 Atlantic Huron, Canada Steamship Lines, westbound, Windsor to Milwaukee with salt.
1/27/21
1159 Mackinaw, USCG 30, eastbound, to Cheboygan while continuing maneuvers.
0937 Mackinaw, USCG 30, westbound, from Cheboygan practicing maneuvers along the Straits of Mackinac.
1/26/21
0412 Rebecca Lynn with cement barge Innovation, Andrie Inc., westbound, Alpena to Milwaukee with cement.
0400 Barbara Andrie (light tug), Andrie Inc., westbound, Alpena to Milwaukee.
1/25/21
0012 Atlantic Huron, Canada Steamship Lines, eastbound, S. Chicago to Windsor to load salt.
1/24/21
0523 Rebecca Lynn with cement barge Innovation, Andrie Inc., eastbound, Sturgeon Bay to Alpena to load Innovation with winter storage cargo.
0414 Barbara Andrie (light tug), Andrie Inc., eastbound, Sturgeon Bay to Alpena.
1/23/21
2321 Algoma Intrepid, Algoma Central, eastbound, to S. Chicago to Sarnia for layup.
1/22/21
0531 Atlantic Huron, Canada Steamship Lines, westbound, Windsor to S. Chicago with salt.
1/20/21
1230 The Senator, Star Line Ferries, westbound, Bois Blanc Harbor to St. Ignace.
1115 The Senator, Star Line Ferries, eastbound, St. Ignace to Bois Blanc Harbor.
1/19/20
1627 Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder, Interlake Transportation, eastbound, Burns Harbor to Erie for layup.
1322 John J. Boland, American Steamship, westbound, Tawas to Waukegan with gypsum.
0633 American Integrity, American Steamship Co., eastbound, Gary to Toledo for layup.
1/18/21
1430 Michigan/Great Lakes, US Oil, westbound, Sarnia to Green Bay.
1128 Atlantic Huron, Canada Steamship Lines, eastbound, S. Chicago to Windsor to load salt.
0953 Kaye E. Barker, Interlake, westbound, River Rouge to Sturgeon for layup.
1/17/21
2223 Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader, Van Enkevort, Inc., eastbound, IN Harbor to Toledo and probable lay-up.
1820 John J. Boland, American Steamship, eastbound, IN Harbor to Tawas to load gypsum.
0536 Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader, VanEnkevort, Inc., eastbound, IN Harbor to Toledo and probable lay-up.
1/16/21
1500 Karen Andrie pushing barge Endeavour, Andrie Inc., westbound, Toledo to IN Harbor.
1/14/21
1010 Michigan/Great Lakes, US Oil, eastbound, Green Bay to Sarnia—anchored off southwest end of Bois Blanc.
1/13/21
0935 Great Republic, Great Lakes Fleet, eastbound, IN Harbor to Alpena with slag.
0358 Indiana Harbor, American Steamship Co., eastbound, IN Harbor to Ashtabula for layup.
0236 Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41, Pere Marquette Shipping, westbound, Alpena to S. Chicago.
1/12/21
1602 Karen Andrie pushing barge Endeavour, Andrie Inc., eastbound to Toledo.
1/11/21
1947 Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder, Interlake Transportation, eastbound, Burns Harbor to Cleveland.
1752 Michigan/Great Lakes, US Oil, westbound, Lafarge/Canada (Sarnia) to Green Bay.
1550 Mackinaw, USCG 30, eastbound Mackinaw City to Cheboygan.
1040 Mackinaw, USCG 30, westbound, from Cheboygan to Mackinaw City
1/10/21
1735 Manitowoc, Lower Lakes Towing/Grand River Navigation, eastbound, from Calumet Harbor to Alpena.
1453 Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41, Pere Marquette Shipping, eastbound, Milwaukee to Alpena.
1/9/21
0608 Albert pushing loaded tanker barge Margaret, westbound, Toledo to Milwaukee.
1/8/20
1310 Atlantic Huron, Canada Steamship Lines, westbound, to S. Chicago.
0911 Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder, Inter Transportation, westbound, Detroit to Burns Harbor.
0016 Alpena, Inland Lakes Mgmt., eastbound, Green Bay to Alpena to load cement.
1/7/21
0713 G.L. Ostrander/Integrity, LaFarge, westbound, Alpena to Milwaukee with cement.
1/6/21
0907 Valerie B. lite tug, westbound, from Cheboygan.
1/5/21
1634 Spartan pushing barge Spartan II, Occidental Chemical, westbound, Goderich to Ludington to load CaCl2.
0505 Michigan/Great Lakes, US Oil, westbound, Toledo to Green Bay.
1/4/20
0537 Tug New York pushing a tanker barge, Great Lakes Towing, eastbound, Green Bay to Detroit.
1/2/21
2057 Alpena, Inland Lakes Management, westbound, Alpena to Muskegon with cement.
0307 Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41, Pere Marquette Shipping, westbound, Alpena to Holland.
0115 Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder, Interlake Transportation, eastbound, Milwaukee to Goderich to load salt.
1/3/21
0218 Spartan pushing barge Spartan II, Occidental Chemical, eastbound, Ludington to Goderich with CaCl2.