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Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
Walter J. McCarthy Jr. departed Duluth at 06:46 under a cool blue morning sky. Once again, she will be hauling a load of taconite pellets from CN Dock 6 to Cleveland. The ASC footer handed the baton off to fleetmate Indiana Harbor, arriving just under an hour later and also due to load at CN. Hon. James L. Oberstar made port at 13:00 with limestone from Calcite to unload at Graymont Superior; as of 22:00 Wednesday night, the classic laker is pulling away from the dock with an AIS destination of Marquette. Superior saw only one passage on the day, a 19:25 arrival of Burns Harbor for BNSF.
Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney
Victor/Maumee arrived Two Harbors at 19:19 for South of #2. Manitoulin arrived Two Harbors at 19:08 for South of #2. Algoma Equinox departed Two Harbors at 11:12 for Quebec City.
Marquette, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
Lee A. Tregurtha headed back down for Dearborn at 18:35 with a load of Tilden pellets from the LS&I dock. She had entered port early Wednesday morning at 03:52.
Port Inland, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
John G. Munson departed at 13:33 for Detroit. John J. Boland, anchored off the shore since a little before 05:00, was inbound at 14:40 to load.
Brevort, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
Arriving before noon was tug/barge combo Defiance/Ashtabula from Green Bay.
Southern Lake Michigan Ports – Joshua Hebeisen
Calumet Harbor, IL: Whitefish Bay arrived at 05:47, spending the day at Morton Salt before departing upbound at 18:55 for an unspecified port. Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Challenger left at 11:38 for Milwaukee; G.L. Ostrander/Integrity were Benton Harbor-bound at 13:27 after loading slag at Holcim.
Indiana Harbor, IN: Mesabi Miner made port at 04:54, tying up at Dock 7H to unload her taconite cargo from Duluth.
Gary, IN: American Integrity arrived at 01:26 from Superior before making a 17:17 departure for Two Harbors.
Burns Harbor, IN: Wilfred Sykes was back in town for Cleveland-Cliffs at 08:04 with a split load from Port Inland and Port Dolomite. Edenborg is still at Metro Ports.
St. Joseph, MI – Benton Harbor, MI – Michael Moran
G.L. Ostrander/Integrity were back for the second consecutive day, this time with slag from South Chicago.
Northern Lake Huron Ports – Joshua Hebeisen
Port Dolomite, MI: Joseph L. Block, departing for Duluth at 06:20, was followed by Sam Laud at the dock about two hours later.
Meldrum Bay, ON: After Robert S. Pierson departed sometime in the morning, CSL Assiniboine appeared to arrive around 07:30. AIS coverage was spotty in the area.
Bruce Mines, ON: Algoma Compass paid a visit at 10:00 from Goderich.
Calcite, MI: American Mariner departed at 11:26 for Green Bay, Arthur M. Anderson was inbound at 18:36 from Belle Isle, and H. Lee White arrived at 20:49 following a stop in the Motor City.
Stoneport, MI: Departing for Milwaukee around 01:00 was Kaye E. Barker.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Compass cleared 20.10 Tuesday upbound for Fisher Harbour with salt. Algoma Buffalo cleared 07.03 Wednesday downbound for Toronto with salt.
Detroit, MI – Windsor, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
At midnight, H. Lee White cast off from Carmeuse and exited the Rouge for a trip to Calcite. The CSL Tadoussac arrived immediately after and went to St. Marys; she had been waiting at anchor in the Detroit River since Monday morning. Samuel de Champlain/Innovation departed Holcim and headed upbound for Alpena at 04:31, while cruise ship Ocean Voyager was in port from 06:35 to 20:40 before continuing onward to Cleveland. On the Windsor side of the River, Cuyahoga was pulling into Southwestern Sales East at 20:30. Fleetmate Kaministiqua was inbound an hour later for Sterling Fuels while on her voyage to Thunder Bay.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Olive L. Moore/Menominee is anchored in Lake Erie.
Toledo, OH: Arrivals were Algoma Sault, Sarah Andrie and Karen Andrie.
Marblehead, OH: American Courage departed for Lorain at 03:48.
Lorain, OH: American Courage arrived at 06:09 to unload stone at Holcim. She left for Cleveland at 16:22.
Cleveland, OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived late Tuesday night to deliver to the Holcim West 3rd St. dock. Once empty, the combo moved to Cargill to load salt. New York/Double Skin 509A arrived at 06:05 to unload petroleum products at the Marathon terminal. Harvest Spirit arrived from Nanticoke at 06:32. She is at dock 22E unloading steel coils. Sea Eagle II/St. Marys Cement II is at anchor, arriving at 12:34. The tug/barge went to St.Marys Cement Jefferson St. terminal at19:03. American Courage arrived at 18:41 to load a shuttle at the Bulk Terminal. Beatrix departed Tuesday night for Chicago.
Fairport Harbor, OH: Research Vessel R/V Muskie arrived from Huron at 03:51.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
The CAPRI was all set by 6:30PM on the evening of the 17th and got underway for the lake with the Vermont back aft helping correct her stern on the way down.
On the evening of July 20th, the Sloman Dispatcher and the Charley were both taken out from Gateway Metroport by the Vermont one after another. The Dispatcher was first since she was on the North end of the Lackawanna Canal, and was quickly followed by the Charley. After helping each of them wind one at a time in the Outer Harbor, they both left for Port Colborne with the Dispatcher out ahead and the Charley trailing her by about 25 minutes.
Next up for Gateway Metroport will be the Brattingsborg who is currently in the Anchorage & should come in for Lackawanna some time tomorrow morning.