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Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
The only traffic on either side of the harbor was Baie Comeau, departing Superior at 02:24 with Keetac for Nanticoke. USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (LCS-21) arrived western Lake Superior late morning and spent the day conducting low-speed maneuvers in the area by herself. Reports indicate that she will be inbound Duluth sometime after 08:00 Monday in preparation for her commissioning in port on Saturday.
Two Harbors, MN – Silver Bay, MN – Gary Putney
Edgar B. Speer departed Two Harbors on Saturday at 22:59 for the Gary Works. Presque Isle arrived Sunday at 16:09 for the shiploader. Due in port on Monday is Rt. Hon. Paul J. Martin.
Marquette, MI – Joshua Hebeisen
After discharging stone at Marquette Shiras, Kaye E. Barker shifted to the south side of the LS&I gravity dock late evening Saturday. She was outbound Sunday at 04:29 with ore for Toledo.
Muskegon, MI – Shipwatcher News
Manitowoc arrived on Saturday with a load of limestone from Port Inland, MI, for the Verplank’s Port Terminal.
Southern Lake Michigan Ports – Joshua Hebeisen
Calumet Harbor, IL: Exeborg was inbound at 08:25 and tied up just west of Federal Fraser at the Port of Chicago’s Iroquois Lakehead Terminal. Atlantic Huron was inbound the Calumet River midmorning for Morton Salt and departed for Two Harbors at 21:30.
Indiana Harbor, IN: American Integrity arrived with ore for Cleveland-Cliffs Dock 7H at 02:00, while Joseph L. Block remained tied up on the west side of the harbor.
Detroit, MI – Windsor, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
On her way to Calcite for limestone, John G. Munson stopped along the Detroit River for fuel at Mistersky between 01:24 and 03:31 Sunday morning. Harvest Spirit arrived at 05:52 for the western side of Zug Island, and Ocean Voyager tied up at the Carl Levin Public Dock and Terminal two hours later. She is the third cruise ship to use the facility in the past week after Ocean Navigator and Ocean Explorer. As a correction to yesterday’s report, Ocean Navigator and Ocean Explorer are not fleetmates, despite a similar paint scheme – the Navigator is owned and operated by American Queen Voyages, while the Explorer was built just last year for Vantage Deluxe World Travel. Ocean Voyager is a sister ship to Ocean Navigator and also sails for American Queen Voyages. At 08:41, Herbert C. Jackson arrived with another load of coal from Sandusky to discharge at the south end of Zug Island. Cement carrier Alpena was inbound at 13:30 for Lafarge, and cement tug/barge Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Challenger stopped for fuel at Mistersky about an hour later before continuing upbound for Charlevoix. Ocean Voyager departed at 17:58 for Little Current after her passengers spent the day exploring Detroit. Casting off from Zug Island around 19:00 was Herbert C. Jackson, who headed north en route to Rogers City. Across the river, Frontenac arrived Windsor Salt at midnight.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: New York/Double Skin 509A arrived at 08:08 to unload petroleum products. H. Lee White arrived at 12:48 to unload at DTE.
Toledo, OH: Victory/Maumee and Hon. James L. Oberstar are at CSX. Federal Bering is at Midwest, Algoma Harvester is at Anderson’s, and Lubie is at Kuhlman’s.
Marblehead, OH: American Courage arrived at 09:53 to load at Lafarge.
Sandusky, OH: Herbert C. Jackson departed at 00:37 with coal for Detroit.
Cleveland, OH: Departures were Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement for Bowmanville, Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Challenger for Charlevoix, American Courage for Marblehead, and Hudsongracht for Port Colborne. She loaded steel coils for Antwerp. Arrivals were Samuel de Champlain/Innovation with cement for LaFarge, Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson with stone for the Bulk Terminal, and NACC Capri. NACC Capri is anchored to wait for a berth at LaFarge.
Conneaut, OH: Indiana Harbor arrived at 11:46 to unload ore at the P&C dock.
Nanticoke, ON: Algoma Equinox left for Quebec at 04:42. CSL Niagara arrived at 07:44, unloaded ore at Stelco and departed for Sandusky at 16:28.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
New York/Double Skin 509A departed Tonawanda at 08:00 on Saturday bound for Monroe, MI.
Hamilton, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
Once again, Hamilton saw only one arrival and departure each on Sunday. Fednav’s Federal Hunter arrived at 17:39 to anchor; she reportedly has an import cargo from Kotka, Finland to unload at an unknown dock. Polsteam’s Drawsko was outbound for Thunder Bay just before midnight after unloading steel coils at Federal Marine Terminals. Earlier in the morning, MTM Singapore weighed anchor in the inner harbor and swapped places with Shoveler, who had been discharging fertilizer at Agrico for the past several days. The Singapore will be offloading UAN at the dock while Shoveler, now on the hook, is likely awaiting a grain cargo to backhaul overseas. Federal Ems is loading grain at G3, Bogdan is at P&H taking on the same cargo, and Ruby-T is still at anchor.