The Robert S. Pierson was inbound for the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City late Friday night. She had completed her unload and was outbound for the lake early Saturday morning.
On Sunday, the tug Kurt Luedtke was outbound from the Essroc Dock in Essexville, headed for the lake, towing a hydraulic dredge, spud barge and 750 feet of dredge pipe. The tug Superior was inbound on Sunday headed upriver to pick up another barge. On her trip back downbound Sunday afternoon, the Superior hooked a log in the channel, getting hung up on her Kort nozzle and the barge nosing in towards the east bank of the river. The tug Jill Marie was summoned to assist in getting the pair free, but tug Superior was able to free herself on her own before the Jill Marie arrived. USCG Station Saginaw River was in contact with the Superior during the incident and after talking with Sector Detroit, the Superior was asked to dock before heading out to the lake so a crew from Sector Detroit could come aboard. The tug and barge stopped at the Essroc dock in Essexville to wait.
Tug Superior just down river from the Cheboyganing Creek
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