Port and vessel activity from Friday, October 13, 2023, unless stated otherwise. Please send future port reports and pictures to news@boatnerd.net.


Two Harbors, MN – Gary Putney
Edgar B. Speer and James R. Barker are stopped off Sand Island waiting on Two Harbors. Presque Isle is bound for Two Harbors and is currently off Eagle Harbor. American Integrity is up at Detour heading for Two Harbors.

Silver Bay, MN – Gary Putney
Burns Harbor is in at Silver Bay.

Thunder Bay, ON – Joshua Hebeisen
Making her triumphant return to T-Bay, Cuyahoga did a little victory lap in the lake before backing down the Mission River at 15:37 with salt from Detroit, MI. This was the Maritimer’s first visit to port since early May, which had come just weeks before an engine room fire put her out of commission for the summer. After unloading her NaCl just down from the MobilEx facility, the Hog was on her way back out to the lake shortly before midnight. Other traffic on the day included Kaministiqua, departing Richardson Main at 15:49 for Sorel-Tracy, QC; G3 Marquis, arriving at 18:29 for Richardson Current River; and Federal Yukon, departing P&H for Detroit, MI, at 21:15.

As on Thursday, Federal Mosel, Federal Yushino, and Greenwing remained on the hook.

Monroe, MI – Bill Kloss
Paul R. Tregurtha departed for Superior.

Toledo, OH – Bill Kloss
Prentiss Brown/St. Marys Challenger arrived from Cleveland, unloaded, and headed back to Cleveland.

Sandusky, OH – Bill Kloss
Herbert C. Jackson departed with coal for Zug Island and Algoma Transport finally got under the loader. CSL Niagara is behind the Transport waiting to load.

Cleveland, OH – Bill Kloss
Algoma Buffalo arrived to load salt at Cargill.  Sea Eagle II/St. Marys Cement II left for Detroit.

Grand River, OH – Fairport Harbor, OH – Bill Kloss
Manitowoc brought in limestone for Osborne.

Conneaut, OH – Bill Kloss
Walter J. McCarthy Jr. arrived to unload ore at the P&C Dock. The footer left for Superior once empty.

Nanticoke, ON – Bill Kloss
Departing were CSL Niagara for Sandusky and Algosea for Tracy, PQ.


We do not currently have daily summaries for the following ports, but their respective port authority websites post schedules of vessel traffic that are featured below. Each schedule is a miniature webpage within a box. Scroll with your cursor in 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
Click on vessel image for voyage info.

Hamilton, ON – Hamilton-Oshawa Port Authority
Scroll past AIS map for arrival/departure schedule.