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Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund
Duluth Entry: American Century arrived at 09:58 Saturday morning to load low sulfur coal at SMET; they departed at 22:28 with low sulfur coal for St. Clair. Kaye E. Barker arrived at 04:49 Sunday morning to unload limestone at CN-Hallett #5. Indiana Harbor arrived at 12:04 to load iron ore pellets at CN#6. Paul R. Tregurtha arrived soon after at 12:34 to load low sulfur at SMET. Kaye E. Barker departed at 14:49 empty for Marquette. As of Sunday night, Indiana Harbor was loading at CN#6. Radcliffe R. Latimer is expected early Monday to load petroleum coke at SMET. Paul R. Tregurtha is estimated to depart early-morning with low sulfur coal. James R. Barker is expected mid-morning to load low sulfur coal at SMET; they may have to wait for the Radcliffe R. Latimer to finish loading. Indiana Harbor is estimated to depart early afternoon with iron ore pellets.
Superior Entry: Atlantic Huron departed at 07:06 (CST) Saturday morning with iron ore pellets for Nanticoke. Mesabi Miner arrived at 12:21 to take a delay at Lakehead; they departed empty at 15:13 to load in Silver Bay. As of Sunday night, Paul R. Tregurtha was loading at SMET. Frontenac is expected sometime Monday to load iron ore pellets at BNSF.
Two Harbors- Silver Bay – Gary A. Putney
Walter J. McCarthy Jr. arrived Two Harbors on 10/16 at 22:25 for South of #2. She departed on 10/17 at 11:50 for Gary. Arriving Two Harbors on 10/17 at 12:31 was the Edwin H. Gott. Due Two Harbors on 10/18 is the Presque Isle. Northshore Mining in Silver Bay saw the departure of the Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader on 10/17 at 05:23. Her AIS is showing Ashtabula, but it was showing that destination upbound on Lake Superior. Arriving Silver Bay on 10/17 at 06:20 was the Mesabi Miner. Due Silver Bay on 10/18 is the Lee A. Tregurtha. The Indiana Harbor had been showing Two Harbors, but went to CN-Duluth.
Thunder Bay, ON
Saturday; 5:05 The saltie Shoveler arrived at the Superior elevator to load grain. 21:18 Capt. Henry Jackman arrived at the Richardson Main Terminal to load grain.
Marquette, MI – Arhtur Pickering
American Spirit arrived at the ore dock on Saturday and departed in the afternoon. The Kaye E Barker is expected early Monday morning and the Erie Trader is expected early Tuesday morning.
Northern Lake Michigan
Port Inland: Saturday; 20:16 Herbert C Jackson departed for Grand Haven. 23:51 Joseph L Block arrived to load limestone and departed Sunday at 14:13 for a southern Lake Michigan port.
Northern Lake Huron
Thessalon: Saturday; 17:31 After taking on a partial load of trap rock Laura L Van Enkevort / Joseph H Thompson departed for Meldrum Bay.
Meldrum Bay: Saturday; 20:05 Laura L Van Enkevort / Joseph H Thompson arrived to finish loading with limestone 22:24 Manitoulin arrived and went to anchor. Sunday 6:09 Laura L Van Enkevort / Joseph H Thompson departed for Marine City. 8:01 Manitoulin weighed anchor and proceeded to the quarry dock to load limestone.13:43 Manitoulin departed and is down bound on Lake Huron.
Port Dolomite: Sunday; 5:34 Sam Laud departed for Cleveland. 6:41 John J Boland arrived to load limestone. 14:18 Undaunted / Pere Marquette 41 arrived and went to anchor. 16:03 Wilfred Sykes arrived and went to anchor.
Calcite:Saturday; 23:57 Dirk S Van Enkevort / Michigan Trader departed for Buffington. Sunday; 6:11 American Mariner departed for Erie.
Stoneport: 21:00 Olive L Moore / Menominee departed down bound on Lake Huron. Sunday; 1158 Clyde S Van Enkevort arrived to load.
Alpena: Sunday; 12:00 Samuel De Champlain arrived at the Lafarge plant to load cement products.
Goderich, ON – Bruce Douglas
Algoma Innovator cleared 4 pm upbound for Milwaukee with salt. Algoma Compass loading at Compass Minerals. Compass, 21 st trip to Goderich for salt this season.
Lake Erie Ports for Saturday – Bill Kloss
Lorain: Defiance/Ashtabula arrived at 18:23 to unload at Carmeuse.
Cleveland: Cuyahoga arrived at 06:38 to unload at Allied Road Products. She left for Calcite after unloading. Algoma Buffalo arrived at 13:41 to load salt at Cargill. Sharon MI/Huron Spirit arrived at dock 24N at 19:07. NACC Capri departed for Bath at 18:23.
Nanticoke: Algonorth departed at 05:24 for Sorel-Tracy. Robert S. Pierson arrived at Stelco at 04:52, unloaded and departed for Ashtabula at 13:11. She went to anchor off of Long Point. Algonova arrived at Imperial Oil at 12:05 and Algosea arrived at 12:24 and went to anchor off Port Dover. Whitefish Bay arrived at Stelco at 15:24.
Buffalo, NY – Brian Wroblewski
October 17 was dark and windy with heavy waves on the lake, so the captain on the tug New York decided to pull his barge DS509A into Buffalo Outer Harbor at 10:45AM to switch the tow around instead of doing it out in the rough water. They came in the North Entrance, stopped off Times Beach, headed south, dropped the tow line, and maneuvered down the starboard side back aft to the barge’s stern notch. After notching up, the tug turned her barge back around to starboard again facing north. Their assist tug Vermont was late getting down from Katherine St. due to a locked gate at their dock, so the New York loitered inside the break wall for just a few minutes. The city bridge tender helped them out by raising Ohio St. first, leaving it up, and then driving over to Michigan St. so the Vermont could keep it moving. Around 11:15AM they finally met up off the Erie Basin and the harbor pilot was transferred aboard. Vermont then escorted the New York down to the Suite Kote pier in Tonawanda.
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