Saginaw River Docks - Essroc Cement Dock

The next dock up the Saginaw River is the Essroc Cement dock in Essexville. This dock is unique with its two large concrete domes which clinker is offloaded into and the tall cement powder silos. It is located right at the Essexville range lights and the first turn in the river, a sharp bend to the west heading towards Bay City.

Close up of the cement unloading/storage domes

Essroc has a short dock, long enough for one vessel to unload into the domes. Serviced by the Canada Steamship Lines vessels, CSL Tadoussac and Frontenac, primarily with clinker from Picton, on occasion, a ground pile of aggregate is delivered by vessels from other fleets.

Wide view of the Essroc facility, March 2010

In 2009, there were only three deliveries to the Essroc dock. All by the Frontenac. This was way down from the average of around 17 vessel deliveries per year.