Sam Laud made her second visit of the season to the Saginaw River on Thursday, making the turn into the slip at Port Fisher to unload for Bay Aggregates. After completing her unload, she backed from the slip, into the river, and outbound for the lake Thursday afternoon. Photos taken on 7/3/25 and captured in accordance with all FAA regulations and airspace restrictions.
Saginaw upbound on the Saginaw River, passing through Liberty Bridge on her way to the upper river to unload at the ACE/Saginaw Asphalt - Crow Island Dock. 7/2/25
After unloading overnight at the Burroughs North - GM Dock in Saginaw, American Courage was outbound on the Saginaw River Wednesday morning, passing Saginaw at the Wirt Sand & Stone Dock in Essexville. Saginaw waited for American Courage to clear, then dropped lines and headed up the Saginaw River to finish unloading at the ACE/Saginaw Asphalt - Crow Island Dock. Photos taken 7/2/25
Here are more photos of Saginaw, inbound on her namesake river, calling on the Wirt Sand and Stone Dock in Essexville at sunrise on Wednesday. Photos taken on 7/2/25
Backtracking a little here. I have taken hundreds of photos the last two days, so I am playing catch up. Here is American Courage, inbound on the Saginaw River last night at Liberty Bridge, headed up to unload at the Burroughs North - GM Dock in Saginaw. Photos taken 7/1/25
Still a lot of photos to come, including American Courage passing Saginaw on her way outbound and Saginaw headed upriver at Liberty Bridge. Stay tuned!
