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Duluth-Superior – Joshua Hebeisen
Things are quieting down in the Twin Ports after the weekend’s weather-induced influx of vessel activity. Paul R. Tregurtha was the only vessel through the Duluth Entry on Wednesday, departing at 10:15 after loading coal at Midwest Energy in Superior. The cargo is a split load for DTE’s St. Clair facility and the Consumers Energy Karn Plant near Bay City. Frontenac was similarly the only traffic through Superior, departing at 4:04 from BNSF 5 with a load of Keetac pellets destined for Stelco’s Lake Erie Works in Nanticoke. John D. Leitch continued unloading her cargo of salt at Duluth’s Compass Minerals dock and is due next at BNSF in Superior. Ocean Castle and American Mariner are still loading wheat at Riverland Ag. and Gavilon Grain in Duluth and Superior, respectively. Both have likely been delayed due to rainy weather.
Thunder Bay, ON
Monday; 18:44, Capt. Henry Jackman departed for Baie Comeau. 19:07 Whitefish Bay weighed anchor and proceeded to the Superior Elevator to load grain. 19:42 Cuyahoga departed for Toledo. 20:23 Manitoulin departed for Buffalo.
Northern Lake Michigan Ports
Port Inland: Tuesday 23:28 Sam Laud arrived to load limestone and departed Wednesday at 12:43 down bound on Lake Huron.
Charlevoix: Tuesday 22:31 Prentiss Brown / St Marys Challenger arrived at St Marys Cement to load.
Sturgeon Bay, WI
Wednesday the American Spirit was putting into the graving dock at Bay Ship. The ex-Sarter tugs assisted. The raft on berth 15, Stewart J Cort, Roger Blough and Cason J Callaway were pulled out to allow the Spirit to dock before being pushed back to the berth. Elsewhere the Wilfred Sykes has been making steam for a few days. No sign of ballasting yet, so not about to leave. The Washington Island ferry Washington arrived and is in the small graving dock. The ferry Mary Ann Market is now in the floating dry dock.
Muskegon, MI – Shipwatcher News
Tug Undaunted and barge Pere Marquette 41 arrived late on April 19 with a load of stone for the Verplank’s Cobb Dock, unloading on the south side. The tug/barge loaded her stone cargo in Port Inland, MI. Following completion of unloading she will proceed to Holland, MI, to load.
Northern Lake Huron Ports
Port Inland: Tuesday 23:28 Sam Laud arrived to load limestone and departed Wednesday at 12:43 down bound on Lake Huron. Charlevoix: Tuesday 22:31 Prentiss Brown / St Marys Challenger arrived at St Marys Cement to load
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe: New York/Double Skin 509A departed for Detroit at 06:06.
Marblehead: Calumet loaded stone at LaFarge for Windsor. She left at 12:10.
Cleveland: Leonard M1 departed at 00:06. Federal Yukina and Fivelborg are at the Port docks.
Ashtabula: Olive L. Moore/Menominee departed for Stoneport at 14:49.
Conneaut: Edgar B. Speer is at the P&C dock.
Nanticoke: Algoma Hansa is at anchor. Algoterra and Algosea are at Imperial Oil. CSL Assiniboine and Atlantic Huron left anchorage and headed to their destinations.