Saginaw River Passages - August 14th & 15th

Alpena called on the Saginaw River Monday evening, calling on the Lafarge Cement Dock in Essexville.  She was outbound Tuesday morning after unloading overnight.

Olive L. Moore - Menominee were inbound Tuesday morning, calling on the Port Fisher/Bay aggregates dock in Bay City.  The pair unloaded and were outbound for the lake Tuesday night.

Saginaw River Passages - August 12th

The Olive L. Moore - Menominee were inbound on the Saginaw River, calling on both the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee and the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.  The pair were followed closely by the Herbert C. Jackson, who had dropped a partial cargo at the Wirt Stone Dock in Bay City, and then headed up to finish unloading at the Wirt Stone Dock in Saginaw.

Moore-Meniminee at Lafayette Bridge, with the Herbert C. Jackson at Liberty Bridge, in the background

Saginaw River - July Passages

July was a great month for commercial shipping on the Saginaw River! There were a total of 25 commercial vessel passages during the month, representing an increase of fifteen passages over 2016 and seven more then the five year average. You have to go back to July 2008 to find a July with as much traffic as 2017.

For the year to date, there have been 58 commercial vessel passages. This is ten more than last year at this time, and three more than the five year average.

Saginaw River Passages - August 1st to 7th

Home from a vacation and updating all of the traffic during the past week:

August 1st:  Olive L. Moore - Menominee unloaded at Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates in Bay City.

August 2nd:  Dorothy Ann - Pathfinder unloaded at Bay City and Saginaw Wirt Stone Docks.
                      Samuel de Champlain - Innovation unloaded at Lafarge Cement in Essexville.

August 7th:  American Century unloaded at Consumers Energy in Essexville.
                    Olive L. Moore - Menominee unloaded at Lafarge Stone Dock in Saginaw

Saginaw River Passages - July 28th & 29th

On July 28th, the tug Zeus and her tank barge, Robert F. Deegan, called on the Port Fisher dock in Bay City with a cargo of liquid calcium chloride.  Later that evening, the tug Defiance and her self unloading barge, Ashtabula, arrived at the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City to unload.  On July 29th, Manitoulin was back for her second trip in three days, calling again at the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee.

Zeus - Robert F. Deegan unloading at the Port Fisher Dock in Bay City

Saginaw River Passage - July 26th

Manitoulin was inbound on the Saginaw River on Wednesday morning, bound for the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee. This is Manitoulin's first ever visit to the Saginaw River.

Manitoulin at the Liberty Bridge in Bay City

Saginaw River Passages - July 22nd through July 24th

Steady traffic continues on the Saginaw River, with five vessels calling on various docks over the past two days.  Dorothy Ann - Pathfinder unloaded at the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City, on July 22nd.  She was followed by American Century, who called on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville and Sam Laud, also unloading at Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates.  On July 24th, the tug Sharon M I and barge Huron Spirit, unloaded at the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates dock.  The BBC Campana also arrived on the 23rd and was assisted to the Port Fisher dock by the tug Manitou, where she was to unload wind turbine components.

BBC Campana at the Port Fisher dock in Bay City

Sharon M I - Huron Spirit at Bay Aggregates