Port and vessel activity from Sunday, June 11, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Scott Bjorklund
Duluth Entry
American Integrity arrived at 04:27 (Central) Sunday morning to fuel for loading at BNSF. Atlantic Huron departed at 06:27 after a short stay at Port Terminal. Edwin H. Gott arrived at 06:58 to take a delay at Port Terminal after loading in Two Harbors. James R. Barker arrived at 13:53 to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. Finally, Edwin H. Gott departed at 16:46 with iron ore pellets for US Steel Gary Works. As of Sunday night, only James R. Barker was in port on the Duluth side at CN. James R. Barker is estimated to depart sometime Monday morning or afternoon. Patagonman is expected Monday mid-morning to load wheat at Riverland Ag.
Superior Entry
Burns Harbor departed at 04:37 (Central) Sunday morning with iron ore pellets for her namesake port. Algoma Guardian came in at 05:21 to load next at BNSF. After fueling at Duluth Marine Terminal, American Integrity departed at 09:50 to anchor outside Superior. Algoma Guardian departed at 19:24 with iron ore pellets for Dofasco in Hamilton. Finally, Atlantic Huron arrived at 19:42 to load iron ore pellets. As of Sunday night, G.L. Ostrander and Integrity were still unloading at Holcim while Atlantic Huron was loading at BNSF. Atlantic Huron is estimated to depart sometime Monday morning, and American Integrity will be taking their place. G.L. Ostrander is also estimated to depart sometime Monday morning empty.
Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
With T-Bay playing host to seven different countries at once, the port practically had itself a (very unofficial) Great Lakes Olympics on Sunday. As the only vessel to move a muscle throughout the afternoon, it would appear that American Mariner (Team United States) took home the gold by default upon her 14:46 departure for Buffalo, NY. Team Canada made good use of its home-field advantage, with Saginaw loading at Viterra A for Manitowoc, WI, and Thunder Bay waiting her turn out in the lake. Foreign guests included Lyulin (Team Malta) at Thunder Bay Terminals and Federal Beaufort (Team Marshall Islands), Elbeborg (Team Netherlands), and Resko (Team Bahamas) anchored farther out in the bay. Nearby Viking Octantis (Team Norway) is on the other side of the Sleeping Giant at Silver Islet, ON.
Marquette, MI – Arthur Pickering
Marquette’s upper harbor has been busy with the Lee Tregurtha and the Joseph Block making visits to the ore dock. Today, the American Spirit arrived to load ore. The Maumee and the Hon. James Oberstar are scheduled for arrival on Monday followed by the Kaye Barker on Thursday.
Port Inland, MI – Andrew Meyer
A busy Friday was had in Port Inland with the Great Republic kicking off the action with a 0311 arrival. Her 1653 turnaround would see the Herbert C. Jackson replace her at the dock about an hour later.
Southern Lake Michigan Ports – Andrew Meyer
South Chicago, IL: The Mitiq is back in the seaway! After a fairly lengthy hiatus, the Spliethoff-managed NEAS—owned vessel made port in Chicago on the 6th of June. Thanks to seeing her in December 2020 in Duluth, the Mitiq is near and dear to this author’s heart, so much so that a model of her adorns my nightstand. The Samuel DeChamplain and her consort barge made port and snaked up the river to S. Chicago at 2100 local time Friday evening. Around the same time, the Patagonman departed for Duluth/Superior.
Indiana Harbor, IN: The American Spirit made port at 1231 on June 8. Her 1348 departure on Friday would make room for the rather unusual arrival of the Philip R. Clarke, which usually sees the east side of the industrial district of southern Lake Michigan at Gary Works. A couple more lakers are due in the next few days- Joseph L. Block and Mesabi Miner.
Burns Harbor, IN: James R. Barker has been the main event of the second half of this week for Burns Harbor. A 0642 arrival Thursday and a 0535 departure Friday has been the only traffic to speak of. Stewart J. Cort and Federal Frontier should both be in port by Saturday morning, though.
Muskegon, MI – Noah H.
On Saturday, Great Lakes Fleet’s Great Republic made a 09:01 arrival to unload stone from Port Inland. It would end up being a visit of nearly exactly 9 hours, concluding with the river specialist ship departing at 18:02. She would head back up to Port Inland. On Sunday, Kaye E. Barker made her second arrival in just a handful of days at 09:07, bringing stone from Calcite to unload at Cobb Verplank. It took an almost identical time as the Great Republic to complete the unload, finishing up at 18:03 before departing for Port Inland as well. In fact, both the arrival and departure times were within 10 minutes of one another’s, just one day apart. Neat.
Calcite, MI – Andrew Meyer
Two very different vessels, the classic favorite Arthur M. Anderson and the Rand-owned workhorse Defiance and Ashtabula, shared space in Calcite on Thursday. The Anderson would spend all day Thursday and most of Friday in town, while the Defiance arrived in the evening on Thursday. A flurry of activity, which can best be described as a two–fer two-fer, saw both berths at Calcite being swapped at the same time around 1700 on Friday. The Anderson would be the first to leave at 1717, followed by the inbound American Courage, then the Ashtabula and Defiance only minutes later. The Kaye Barker would follow the Courage into port a short time later.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Conveyor arrived at 07:06 Sunday and loaded at Compass Minerals. It was her fifth trip to Goderich of the season.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Still unloading is New York/Double Skin 509A.
Toledo, OH: Mark W. Barker departed for Munising, MI. Evans Spirit arrived and went to Midwest Terminals.
Marblehead, OH: Manitowoc departed with stone for Cleveland.
Lorain, OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder departed for Cleveland after unloading at Carmeuse.
Cleveland, OH: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived at Cargill to load salt. Manitowoc has stone for RiverDock. Spliethoff’s Aujac is at Dock 22E at the Port. She has containers and general cargo to unload and load.
Conneaut, OH: John J. Boland departed for a return to Buffalo.
Buffalo, NY: CSL Niagara left for Toledo and Eider is still unloading sugar.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
Around 06:00 on the 11th the CSL Niagara got underway from Lackawanna with a partial coal cargo without tug assist. They were headed to Toledo to take on more coal. Out past Point Abino, they met the inbound State of Michigan “on the one whistle.” The Michigan was on a cadet training cruise to Buffalo and came in to tie up at the Visiting Ship’s Dock around 09:00. They spent the day here and then shoved off around 18:00. The ship moved out from the dock, winded in the Watson Basin with her thruster, and then departed for the lake under a foreboding evening sky. A large rain storm front was looming in the distance over the lake and they sailed right into it off Point Abino.
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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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