Port and vessel activity from Friday, July 14, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
Saltwater vessel Blacky accounted for both the first departure and arrival on the day, in that order, leaving at 10:43 from MobilEx before checking back in farther to the north at 11:19. There she would join fleetmate and near-identical Andean at Keefer Terminal for a little Canfornav reunion throughout the afternoon and into the night. Harvest Spirit made port at 14:14 for another spirited load of harvest at Richardson Main, while the inbound Federal Churchill took over at MobilEx to the south an hour later. The only true departure on the day would come courtesy of Algoma Harvester, leaving port at 15:45 from Richardson Current River for Port-Cartier, QC. CSL Welland would eventually come in off the lake at 18:07 for Viterra A to top off a solid day of activity.
CCGS Samuel Risley remained in port on Friday but stayed at her berth. Lubie and Federal Nakagawa were on the chain yet again, joined around noon by Osogovo.
Manistee, MI – Chris Franckowiak
Manitowoc arrived Manistee at around 08:30 Friday morning, proceeding to Morton Salt to discharge coal from South Chicago, IL. As of 17:35, she had left the dock outbound for Lake Michigan.
Stoneport, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
Just before the Friday morning sunrise, Lee A. Tregurtha and Defiance/Ashtabula made a quick swap from the lake to the dock — LAT headed for Marquette, MI with stone following an overnight load, and Defiance pushed her barge inbound from the anchorage to fill up for Marysville, MI. The tug/barge combo would eventually depart south for their destination around midnight.
Bruce Mines, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
Algoma Intrepid departed for Muskegon, MI, at 08:00, passing fleetmate Algoma Sault anchored just outside port waiting her turn at Ontario Trap Rock. The latter would proceed inbound about an hour later to load, clearing herself at 23:15 for Toronto, ON.
Monroe, MI – Bill Kloss
New York/Double Skin 509A arrived with liquid asphalt to unload. Olive L. Moore/Menominee departed to Port Dolomite. NOAA Laurentian went to anchor off of Toledo.
Toledo, OH – Bill Kloss
Departing were Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader to Marquette, Mesabi Miner to Duluth and Samuel de Champlain/Innovation to Alpena. Arrivals were Victory/Maumee to CSX, Sharon MI/Huron Spirit to Midwest Terminals and Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Challenger to St. Marys. Herbert C. Jackson is at Ironhead Marine.
Sandusky, OH – Bill Kloss
CSL Niagara arrived to load at Norfolk Southern
Cleveland, OH – Bill Kloss
American Spirit left for Marquette. Sam Laud delivered to Ontario Stone Dock 4. After a long 4 day unload, Selenka departed to Sarnia.
Erie, PA – Bill Kloss
American Courage arrived to unload stone at Carmeuse.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
Conditions improved Thursday night and the Alicudi came in around 22:45. They met the tug Vermont at the North Entrance, winded in the Outer Harbor off the Coast Guard Base, and were then towed up to Holcim cement stern first.
Nanticoke, ON – Bill Kloss
Departures were Algocanada for Sarnia and CSL Niagara to Sandusky. Algoberta arrived to load at Imperial Oil.
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
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Hamilton, ON – Hamilton–Oshawa Port Authority
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- Eider locks downbound for Montreal, QC, while Gary, IN-bound Philip R. Clarke waits beyond the gates. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Sault Ste. Marie, MI – July 13)
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- Alpena departs Muskegon, MI, empty en route to her namesake port and more cement. Jason Bhaskaran (Muskegon, MI – July 13)
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- Manitowoc navigates the tight Manistee River on her way down to Morton Salt with coal. Ron Teed (Manistee, MI – July 14)
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- Veteran Lee A. Tregurtha unloads stone on the River Rouge. Andrew Russell (Detroit, MI – July 12)
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- Another look features an assortment of G-tugs. Andrew Russell (Detroit, MI – July 12)
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- New York/Double Skin 509A, NOAA Laurentian, and G-tug Georgia sit in a row on the River Raisin. Sam Hankinson (Monroe, MI – July 14)
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- NOAA Laurentian gears up for a research mission on Lake Erie. Sam Hankinson (Monroe, MI – July 14)
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- Olive L. Moore/Menominee prepare to depart after unloading at DTE. Sam Hankinson (Monroe, MI – July 14)
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- Cement carrier NACC Alicudi is tied up at Holcim on the Buffalo River. Brian Wroblewski (Buffalo, NY – July 14)
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- A view of the vessel’s somewhat unusual superstructure and NovaAlgoma stack. Brian Wroblewski (Buffalo, NY – July 14)
