Unless where otherwise noted, port and vessel activity from December 30, 2022. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder unloaded salt and then left for Alpena, MI.
Marblehead, OH: Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson departed for Lorain. OH. Calumet moved to the dock to load stone. She left for Windsor, ON after she was loaded.
Sandusky, OH: Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin loaded coal and left for Buffalo, NY. Next to arrive for coal at Norfolk was Interlake’s Kaye E. Barker. G tug Indiana arrived from Cleveland to assist the Barker.
Lorain, OH: Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader was able to finally get into the river. Meanwhile fleetmate Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson arrived with yet another stone load from Marblehead and was able to get ahead of the Trader to unload at Holcim. The Trader docked at Carmeuse to wait for the Thompson to unload. The VanEnkevort/Thompson combo left for a return to Marblehead and that allowed the Dirk/Trader combo to move to Carmeuse to unload.
Cleveland, OH: Finished unloading, Samuel deChamplain/Innovation left for Toledo. H. Lee White arrived at the Bulk Terminal in the early morning hours, unloaded 27,000 tons of Tilden pellets, then departed for Detroit. A busy day for cement carriers as McKeil Spirit is at Lehigh Cement and NACC Alicudi is at Holcim Cement. Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement is due on Saturday.
Buffalo, NY: Defiance/Ashtabula departed for Two Harbors and Manitoulin is at the ADM elevators.
Nanticoke, OH: CSL Niagara departed for Hamilton, ON. Leonard M/Huron Spirit is still at anchor.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
The last arrival for 2022 was the Rt. Hon. PAUL J MARTIN on the morning of the 31st. She came in with a partial coal load from Sandusky at 7AM and was headed to Gateway Metroport to load more. The tug VERMONT came down from Buffalo and broke ice for her by making a few runs down the Lackawanna Canal before the ship was inside the breakwall. Once the MARTIN made it in from the lake, the tug helped the big laker wind in the ice off the CRH plant. After getting the line up they wanted, the VERMONT stayed on the Starboard side and assisted her up the Lackawanna Canal stern first for the bulk loading apron at the Main Dock.
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Green Bay, WI – Port of Green Bay
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Hamilton, ON – Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority
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- Cuyahoga upbound for Thunder Bay in a wintery Soo. David Kaye image, December 30
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- A barren Rotary Park greets steamer Wilfred Sykes as she heads up to Marquette. Jeff Paquette image, December 30
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- Paul R. Tregurtha inbound on the Saginaw River with a load of coal for Essexville. Todd Shorkey image, December 28
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- Big PRT pulls up to the dock with the assistance of tug Manitou. Todd Shorkey image, December 28
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- Classy old gal Alpena inbound the river with cement. Todd Shorkey image, December 28
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- Kaye E. Barker loads at the Sandusky coal dock. Jim Cassatt image, December 30