The
Saginaw River saw 18 commercial vessel passages during the month of September,
with 12 different docks receiving a total of 28 product deliveries, accounting
for split cargo loads delivered to more than one dock. These passages represent 5 fewer passages
than recorded during September 2025.
Looking at long-term averages, the 18 passages in September are less
than all the long-term averages, with the 5-year average at 22, the 10-year
average at 22, the 15-year average at 20 passages, and the 20-year average at 21
commercial vessel passages during the month of September. There was no outbound cargo.
The total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date is 107, which is 31 fewer than last year at this time. Looking at the averages, the 107 passages for the year to date are less than all the long-terms, with the 5-year average being 126, 10-year average at 122, the 15-year average at 111, and the 20-year average at 117 vessel passages for the year to date as of the end of September.
During the month of September, there were 16 deliveries to the docks on the lower half of the Saginaw River, located in Essexville and Bay City, and 12 deliveries to upper river docks, located in Zilwaukee, Carrollton, and Saginaw. 8 vessels carried split loads with cargo unloaded at more than one dock. For the year-to-date, there have been 94 lower river deliveries and 60 upper river deliveries, with 44 split loads.
The vessels making deliveries to the Saginaw River in September: Saginaw (3), Olive L. Moore/Menominee (2), Robert S. Pierson (2), Calumet (2), Samuel de Champlain/Innovation (2), Northern Venture, H. Lee White, Alpena, Herbert C. Jackson, Defiance/Ashtabula, Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder, Sam Laud.
