Sunday, August 29, 2010

Saginaw River Passages - August 24th - 29th


There were numerous vessels transiting the Saginaw River the past week. On Tuesday, Calumet called with a split cargo for the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee and GM dock in Saginaw. Also in on Tuesday were the tug Gregory J. Busch and her deck barge, calling on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City and Algorail, who called on the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee.

Wednesday saw the tug Olive L. Moore and barge Lewis J. Kuber arrive with a split load for the Bay Aggregates dock and the Buena Vista dock in Saginaw.

Thursday saw the steamer Alpena depart from the Lafarge dock in Carrollton and head for the lake. She had arrived on August 20th and remained there until her departure on the 26th.

On Friday, the tug Zeus and her tank barge called on the Bit-Mat Asphalt dock in Bay City.

Saturday saw the return of the Olive L. Moore-Lewis J. Kuber with another split load, this time for the Bay City and Saginaw Wirt Stone docks, as well as the Indiana Harbor, who called on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville.

Finally, Sunday saw Manistee call on the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee. This was her first visit to the Saginaw River this season. Manistee was headed for the Sixth Street Basin to turn and head for the lake late Sunday night.

No comments:

Post a Comment