Port and vessel activity from Tuesday, May 23, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports to news@boatnerd.net.
Two Harbors, MN – Silver Bay, MN – Gary Putney
All in the past few days, John G. Munson loaded in Two Harbors for Indiana Harbor, Philip R. Clarke loaded in Two Harbors for Gary, Edwin H. Gott loaded in Two Harbors for Gary, and Arthur M. Anderson loaded in Two Harbors for Gary. Baie Comeau is going to be loading in Two Harbors for one of two ports — either Hamilton or Quebec City.
Marquette, MI
As a correction to yesterday’s report, Joseph L. Block’s visit to Marquette on Saturday, May 20 was not her first trip since 2020. The vessel loaded taconite pellets in port back in mid-January to wrap up the 2022–2023 shipping season.
Sturgeon Bay, WI – Guest_SB
As of Tuesday afternoon, Edgar B. Speer is at Bay Ship Berth 15. The Bradshaw McKee is in the floating dock. The heavy lift ship Happy River arrived in the morning from the Green Bay side and is at Berth 1 delivering LNG tanks. The barge where the tanks are going was moved alongside the Happy River.
Manistee, MI – Chris Franckowiak
Manitowoc departed Port Inland, MI, just before 15:00 on Tuesday afternoon. She was due in Manistee around 23:00. The ship was scheduled to discharge limestone at the Rieth-Riley dock with an estimated time of departure of 07:00 on Wednesday morning.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Intrepid cleared 14:01 Sunday upbound for Muskegon, Michigan, with salt. Goderich has now hosted 34 lake boats so far this season.
Saginaw River, MI – Todd Shorkey
The tug Sharon MI returned to the notch of the barge Huron Spirit for 2023, as the pair arrived on the Saginaw River, backing into the slip at Port Fisher to unload for Bay Aggregates on May 21st. The Spirit was pushed by the tug Leonard M. last season.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Toledo, OH: Departures were Victory/Maumee to Marquette and Lee A. Tregurtha to Zug Island. Arrivals were G.L. Ostrander/Integrity to Holcim, Evans Spirit to Midwest Terminal and Algoma Transport to CSX. G.L. Ostrander/Integrity left later for Essexville.
Kingsville, ON: Cuyahoga unloaded at Southwestern Sales Co. then headed to Marblehead, arriving there later in the morning to load at Holcim for a return trip to Kingsville.
Sandusky, OH: CSL Niagara loaded coal and left for Hamilton, ON. Manitoulin arrived to load at Norfolk Southern.
Cleveland, OH: Sam Laud arrived at the Bulk Terminal to load a shuttle. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder had a change of orders and instead of going to Marblehead anchored in Lake Erie for the night then went to Cargill to load salt. Sea Eagle II/St. Marys Cement II arrived to unload at the Jefferson St. terminal. Cruise ship Ocean Navigator arrived at the Port and passengers disembarked to visit the city of Cleveland sights, then they left for Port Colborne.
Ashtabula, OH: Sam Laud departed for Cleveland once empty.
Buffalo, NY: American Mariner departed for Calcite.
Nanticoke, ON: Algocanada is loading at Imperial Oil.
Pelee Passage – Joshua Hebeisen
In a scary situation on Lake Erie late Tuesday night, veteran laker Cuyahoga issued a distress call after experiencing an engine room fire en route to Kingsville. The 80-year-old Maritimer came to a stop north of Pelee Island and just 10 nautical miles southeast of the breakwaters she had been headed for. Search and rescue vessels CCGS Cape Dundas, Colchester Guardian, and CG45756 sped to the area to assist, as did an airborne USCG MH-65 Dolphin helicopter. Nearby lakers Indiana Harbor and Radcliffe R. Latimer were also called to the scene. According to the United States Coast Guard, the crew of the Cuyahoga was able to contain the fire using onboard CO2 suppression systems. No injuries were reported, though the extent of damage to the vessel was unknown as of Tuesday night. The Latimer was cleared to continue her journey to Port-Daniel, QC, at around midnight.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
The South Buffalo Railroad was delivering all kinds of cut limestone blocks to Gateway Metroport for the upcoming breakwall repairs during May. They had gondola cars spotted along the siding near the Union Ship Canal dock with three different sizes of them. A mobile crane was unloading the cars and placing the rocks in sorted-out piles. Eventually, they will be loaded into barges when Ryba Marine comes back to finish what they started last year in the Outer Harbor.
The American Mariner finished up at the Frontier elevator and backed out for the lake by herself at 00:30 on the 23rd. She winded in the Outer Harbor with the thrusters and then headed up the lake, bound for Calcite, MI.
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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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