The 2009 shipping season opened on the Saginaw River early Saturday morning with the arrival of the Manitowoc. This is twenty one days later than the start of the 2008 season, but there were only six vessel passages by this point as compared to last year, so it really hasn't been much slower. The Manitowoc was upbound through Bay City around 7am headed upriver to unload at the Wirt Stone dock in Saginaw. It is possible that she may have lightered at the Bay City Wirt dock earlier in the morning. Manitowoc was outbound for the lake Saturday afternoon.
The US Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock arrived on Friday to work aids to navigation out in the Saginaw Bay. She tied up overnight at the Dow Chemical dock in Bay City, worked aids again on Saturday and was outbound towards the lake just ahead of the Manitowoc on Saturday afternoon.
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