Port and vessel activity from Saturday, August 19, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.


Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney
Edgar B. Speer departed Two Harbors at 18:03 for Gary Works.

Silver Bay, MN – Gary Putney
Paul R. Tregurtha is currently loading in Silver Bay as of Saturday night. No destination is shown. This is not a common loading port for the footer.

Kingsville, ON – Bill Kloss
Manitoulin unloaded stone at Southwestern Sales Co, then departed to Calcite.

Toledo, OH – Bill Kloss
Departing were Saginaw to Thunder Bay, Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader to Calcite and American Spirit to Marquette. Arrivals were Albert/Margaret to the Gradel dock and Lee A. Tregurtha to Cliffs HBI.

Sandusky, OH – Bill Kloss
American Mariner departed with coal for Algoma Steel at the Soo.

Cleveland, OH – Bill Kloss
Mesabi Miner unloaded UTAC pellets at the Bulk Terminal and then left for Superior once empty. Sam Laud left for Waukegan after unloading. Also leaving was New York/Double Skin 509A. Calumet is at Cliffs.

Grand River, OH – Fairport Harbor, OH – Bill Kloss
After unloading, American Courage left at 08:30 for Ashtabula, arriving there 2.5 hours later.

Nanticoke, ON – Bill Kloss
CSL Niagara departed for Toledo once empty. Algoberta is loading at Imperial Oil while Algosea remains anchored.


We do not currently have daily summaries for the following ports, but their respective port authority websites post schedules of vessel traffic that are featured below. Each schedule is a miniature webpage within a box. Scroll with your cursor in the box (or slide your finger within the box on a mobile device) to move through the schedule as you would a normal webpage. To move up or down the actual Port Reports page itself, make sure your cursor/finger is outside of the box.

Green Bay, WI – Port of Green Bay
Click on vessel image for voyage info.

Hamilton, ON – Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority
Scroll past AIS map for arrival/departure schedule.