Saginaw River Passage - September 14, 2023

Sharon M I/Huron Spirit on the Saginaw River, in the slip at Port Fisher, unloading for Bay Aggregates.

Saginaw River Passage - September 13, 2023

Robert S. Pierson, making her first visit to the Saginaw River since 2020, unloading at the Wirt Stone Dock in Saginaw.

Saginaw River Passage - September 10, 2023

John J. Boland on the Saginaw River, in the slip at Port Fisher, unloading for Bay Aggregates.

Saginaw River Passage - September 7, 2023 - Pert 2

Undaunted/Pere Marquette 41 inbound on the Saginaw River, making the turn into the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates Slip

Saginaw River Passage - September 7, 2023 - Part 1

Manitoulin on the Saginaw River, unloading at the Wirt Sand and Stone Dock in Essexville .

Saginaw River Report - August Vessel Passages 2023

There were a total of 18 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River for the month of August 2023, with 10 different docks receiving 28 separate deliveries of product, accounting for split cargos that are delivered to more than one dock.  This represents 8 fewer passages than last year in August 2022, and is less than the 5-year average of 25 passages, the 10-year average of 22, and the 15-year average of 21 vessel passages for August.  This was the fewest number of August deliveries since the 2016 season when there were only 12.

For the total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date, there have been 96.  This number is less than the total from last year at this point when there were 104 deliveries.  Looking at the averages, it is a decrease compared to the 5-year average of 105 passages, but an increase over the 10-year average of 89 passages, and the 15-year average also of 88 vessel passages.  This is also the lowest total for the season at the end of August since 2018 when there were 85 passages.

Saginaw River Passage - September 6, 2023 - Part 2

Too much rain to fly the drone, but I still stood in the rain to get these shots of North Dakota assisting Algoma Intrepid up the Saginaw River, passing through Downtown Bay City on their way to the GM Dock in Saginaw.