Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 12, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
I will resume reporting for my ports on Thursday, December 15. A summary of the action from Monday through Wednesday will be included.
Marquette, MI – Oggdo Bogdo
Victory/Maumee left for Toledo at 03:29, undoubtedly to chase its tug/barge friend Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader from the previous day. They would be replaced by the now-frequent visitor Wilfred Sykes at 07:02, which is a welcome change of scenery for this last stretch of the season. The Sykes would sail away at 15:03 in the afternoon, destined for Indiana Harbor, her most frequent port of call. With the Sykes becoming a less unusual sight at Marquette, will a new ship take her place as a rare visitor? The answer is yes- the Manitowoc is headed up for her first visit of the season, though technically her third of the year. Indeed, the Manitowoc makes a habit of visiting during the waning days and weeks of the season, so she made two visits earlier in January of this year. Also arriving soon are less rare vessels Lee A. Tregurtha and Hon. James L. Oberstar.
Milwaukee, WI – Jeremy Whitman
HUMBERGRACHT was the last salty of the season for Milwaukee. After arriving late on Saturday night 12/10 it spent a couple of gray days unloading at South Shore Slip #1 before departing Monday Evening.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Mariner arrived 07.26 Sunday loading at Compass Minerals.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Finally done unloading, New York/Double Skin 509A departed for Detroit, MI.
Marblehead, OH: Defiance/Ashtabula arrived from Buffalo, loaded stone and left for a return to Buffalo. Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson was next to arrive at the Holcim stone dock.
Sandusky, OH: Algoma Niagara is under the loader at the coal dock.
Cleveland, OH: Algoma Buffalo is at Cargill, Federal Clyde and Isadora are at the Port and American Courage is on the shuttles.
Fairport Harbor, OH: Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson arrived at 08:56, unloaded stone at Osborne and departed for Marblehead.
Ashtabula, OH: Cuyahoga and Greenwing are in port, both are unloading.
Nanticoke, OH: At Imperial Oil, Algoterra loaded petroleum products and departed for Montreal, PQ. Algonova then weighed anchor and moved to the dock. Harbour Fountain departed for Green Bay with gasoline. Over at Stelco, Harvest Spirit left for Cleveland. Paul A. Desgagnes moved to Imperial Oil and John D. Leitch arrived at Stelco.
While we do not currently have daily write-ups for the following ports, their respective port authority websites post schedules of vessel traffic that are embedded below. Each schedule takes the form of a miniature webpage within a box – scroll with your cursor within 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
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Hamilton, ON – Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority
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- Wilfred Sykes loads at the dock in Marquette, quickly becoming a fairly common sight along the southern shores of Lake Superior. Mel Wilson image, December 12