Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Saginaw River Passage - June 19th

The Stephen B. Roman was inbound on the Saginaw River on Tuesday, calling on the Essroc Cement dock in Essexville to unload. She spent the day at the dock on Wednesday and was still there into the evening hours.




Monday, June 18, 2012

Saginaw River Passage - June 18th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber was back on the Saginaw River again on Monday, delivering a split load at the Bay City and Saginaw Wirt Stone docks.  The pair were outbound for the lake Monday evening.

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Saginaw River Passages - June 17th

Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber was were inbound on Friday, calling on the Lafarge Stone Dock in Saginaw to unload. The pair were outbound Saturday afternoon. The Moore-Kuber were also on the Saginaw River on Wedensday, unloading at both the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City and Buena Vista dock in Saginaw. American Century called on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville, Saturday afternoon, to unload coal. She backed from the dock Sunday morning and turned at Light 12 in the Saginaw Bay, before heading for the lake.

Monday, June 11, 2012

Saginaw River Passage - June 11th

Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were inbound the Saginaw River, Sunday night, carrying a split load. The pair stopped at the Bay City Wirt Stone dock to drop a partial cargo, then continued upriver to finish unloading at the Saginaw Wirt Stone Dock. Once finished, the Moore-Kuber were outbound for the lake on Monday morning.

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Saginaw River Passage - June 7th

Algorail was outbound from the Saginaw River, Thursday afternoon, after unloading overnight at the Lafarge Stone Dock in Saginaw.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Saginaw River Passages - June 6th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were inbound the Saginaw River Wednesday morning, traveling upriver to the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw to unload. The pair finished unloading and were outbound for the lake Wednesday night. Algorail was unloading a partial cargo at the Lafarge Stone dock in Essexville Wednesday night. She was then to go upriver to finish unloading at the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.

Monday, June 4, 2012

Saginaw River Passages - June 4th

The Karen Andrie and tank barge Endeavour departed the Bit-Mat dock early Monday morning and were outbound for the lake. They passed the inbound tug Zeus and her tank barge, headed to the Dow Chemical dock, in Bay City, to unload. Also inbound on Monday was the American Century, who called on the Consumers Energy Dock in Essexville to unload. Both the Zeus and American Century were expected to be outbound late Monday evening or early Tuesday morning.

Sunday, June 3, 2012

Saginaw River Passages - June 3rd

Sunday morning saw the tug Dorothy Ann, and her barge Pathfinder, call on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City to unload. Once finished, the pair were outbound for the lake during the afternoon. Later Sunday evening, the tug Karen Andrie and her tank barge called on the Bit-Mat dock in Bay City. The tug Manitou was also on the Saginaw River on Sunday.

Saturday, June 2, 2012

Saginaw River Passages - June 2nd

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were outbound from the Saginaw River on Friday, after the pair unloaded at the Lafarge stone dock in Saginaw. They were followed by the Stephen B. Roman, who had unloaded at the Essroc dock in Essexville. Calumet was inbound late Friday night, traveling upriver to unload at the GM dock in Saginaw. She was outbound on Saturday. For the month of May, there were 21 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River. This is a dramatic increase from the same month last year, when there were only eight passages. The year to date has also seen a big increase over last year. There have been 35 commercial passages in 2012 as compared to only 17 during the same period in 2011.