Port and vessel activity from November 5, 2022.
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Duluth, MN – Superior, WI – Joshua Hebeisen
Gale warnings have now been extended through the weekend and into the start of the week, once again impacting traffic on the western side of Lake Superior. A Saturday with only two passages but lots of shifting kicked off just before 07:00 as Joseph L. Block moved from her moorings along the east side of CN Dock 6 over to CN-Hallett Dock 5 for a partial load of blast furnace trim. 30 minutes later, occasional visitor John J. Boland made her entrance through the Duluth piers loaded with stone from Cedarville’s Port Dolomite. Though due at Hallett to unload her cargo, the vessel took a delay at SMET until about 19:00. She slipped in at the dock past the Block at 20:00, with the latter immediately casting off and beginning the long journey across the harbor to BNSF Dock 5. The handsome striped laker will presumably be topping off her holds with taconite. Departing the dock earlier in the day was CSL Laurentien, bound for an unlisted port and starting along the northern route along the coast at 08:19. Federal Katsura is at Ash Grove unloading cement; Lee A. Tregurtha is making up for her infrequent visits with an extended stay at CN Dock 6 to wait out the weather. They reportedly might be here for a few days.
Marquette, MI – Arthur Pickering
The Hon. James Oberstar arrived this afternoon at the ore dock in Marquette upper harbor. The next scheduled vessel due into the ore dock is the Maumee due in on Tuesday followed by the Great Lakes Trader due in on Wednesday.
Lake Erie Ports – Bill Kloss
Monroe, MI: Mesabi Miner arrived at 00:34 and unloaded coal at DTE.
Toledo, OH: Wilf Seymour/ Alouette Spirit departed for Detroit. Federal Welland is at ADM.
Kingsville, ON: Cuyahoga is at anchor.
Cleveland, OH: Mark W. Barker arrived at 00:09 and unloaded stone at RiverDock. American Courage continues running the shuttles.
Buffalo, NY: Defiance/Ashtabula arrived at 07:45, unloaded stone then departed at 22:38.
Conneaut, OH: Once empty, American Integrity departed for Two Harbors, MN at 11:40. American Century arrived at 20:00 with more ore for the P&C dock. A third ASC footer, the Indiana Harbor is due in on the 6th.
Nanticoke, OH: CSL Niagara arrived at Stelco at 11:45, unloaded then left for Toledo at 22:22. Algoma Hansa, Algoscotia and Algocanada are all anchored.
While we do not currently have daily write-ups for the following ports, their respective port authority websites post schedules of vessel traffic that are embedded below. Each schedule takes the form of a miniature webpage within a box – scroll with your cursor within 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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- John J. Boland comes in off rough seas. Paul Scinocca image, November 5
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- Hon. James L. Oberstar takes on a load at the LS&I dock in Marquette’s upper harbor. Ben Rzonca image, November 5
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- American Spirit unloads ore at Algoma Steel in Sault Ste. Marie. William Boyd image, November 5
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- Wall of steel Mark W. Barker passes on the Cuyahoga River. Todd Eiben image, November 5
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- Roger Blough faces un uncertain future at the old coal dock in Conneaut. Stephen Barnes image, November 5
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- View from the side. Stephen Barnes image, November 5