Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 26, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
26th traffic began at noon as H. Lee White cleared with ore for an unlisted destination. G-tug Missouri escorted her out from the CN 6 shiploader to the Aerial Lift Bridge; in the meantime, Arthur M. Anderson received an assist of her own as Heritage Marine’s Helen H. helped her over to the loader from her lay-by berth on the east side. Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader continue waiting off the piers for their turn after AMA.
Shortly after 13:00, John G. Munson got going from the anchorage and began to head farther up the lake for Two Harbors, where fleetmate Edwin H. Gott was taking on pellets in Agate Bay. The classic laker turned away before completing the trip, however, perhaps indicating an unexpected delay in the Gott’s loading process. Munson returned to anchor empty-handed about three hours after she left.
Mesabi Miner was the final of only two passages on the day. The big footer came through an icy canal in frigid temps before heading to the fuel dock, later casting off and making her way down to SMET with a Missouri assist through the ice. John J. Boland, waiting across the bay at CN-Hallett 5, is due at the dock next. American Integrity remains at BNSF after a loading delay, with Michipicoten, CSL Laurentien, and Clyde S. VanEnkevort all in line after her.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Toledo, OH: Arriving were Algoma Intrepid and Evans Spirit.
Marblehead, OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder is at Holcim and Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader is anchored.
Cedar Point OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder moved back to Marblehead, Mark W. Barker left for Detroit, CSL Tadoussac left for Fairport Harbor and Jamno left for Montreal.
Cleveland, OH: Calumet weighed anchor and headed to Fairport Harbor and Leonard M/Huron Spirit departed for Nanticoke. American Courage is back running shuttles.
Fairport Harbor, OH: Calumet is back at anchor off of Fairport Harbor and CSL Tadoussac is loading at Morton Salt.
Ashtabula, OH: Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson is unloading stone.
Nanticoke, OH: Weighing anchor were Frontenac for Thunder Bay and Algoma Sault for Hamilton. After leaving anchorage at Cedar Point, CSL Niagara is back at anchor again. Leonard M/Huron Spirit arrived from Cleveland and nestled into the lee of TurkeyPoint. Algonova and Algocanada have both departed for Sarnia, ON.
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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- Missouri has grown quite the beard while assisting vessels through the ice. Stephanie Irwin image, December 26
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- Mesabi Miner enters an icy Duluth Ship Canal on a trip in for coal. Andrew Meyer image, December 26
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- The Miner enters the harbor as Bentleyville lights up for the final time this year. David Schauer image, December 26
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- Harvest Spirit enters the Poe Lock under the watchful eyes of the USACE. USACE image, December 26
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- Wilfred Sykes loads up for Grand Haven at Burns Harbor. Gary Clark image, December 26
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- The honor of being the last saltwater vessel to transit the St. Clair River in 2022 would go to Navibulgar’s Strandja. Rod Burdick image, December 26