Saginaw River Passages - August 24th - 29th

There were numerous vessels transiting the Saginaw River the past week. On Tuesday, Calumet called with a split cargo for the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee and GM dock in Saginaw. Also in on Tuesday were the tug Gregory J. Busch and her deck barge, calling on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City and Algorail, who called on the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee.

Wednesday saw the tug Olive L. Moore and barge Lewis J. Kuber arrive with a split load for the Bay Aggregates dock and the Buena Vista dock in Saginaw.

Thursday saw the steamer Alpena depart from the Lafarge dock in Carrollton and head for the lake. She had arrived on August 20th and remained there until her departure on the 26th.

On Friday, the tug Zeus and her tank barge called on the Bit-Mat Asphalt dock in Bay City.

Saturday saw the return of the Olive L. Moore-Lewis J. Kuber with another split load, this time for the Bay City and Saginaw Wirt Stone docks, as well as the Indiana Harbor, who called on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville.

Finally, Sunday saw Manistee call on the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee. This was her first visit to the Saginaw River this season. Manistee was headed for the Sixth Street Basin to turn and head for the lake late Sunday night.

Saginaw River Passage - August 21, 2010

The Algoway was inbound the Saginaw River Saturday morning, bound for the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee. She completed her unload and was outbound for the lake during the late afternoon.

Saginaw River Passages - August 20th

Manitowoc was outbound the Saginaw River early Friday morning after finishing her unload at the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City. The tug Joe Thompson, Jr. and barge Joseph H. Thompson were inbound Friday afternoon with Sugar Stone for the Bay City Wirt dock. The pair completed their unload late in the evening, turned off the dock, and headed for the lake. Alpena was inbound Friday evening, headed upriver to the Lafarge Cement dock in Carrollton to unload. She was expected to be outbound Saturday morning.

Saginaw River Passage - August 19th

The Manitowoc called on the Saginaw River, Thursday evening, traveling the short distance upriver to the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City. She was unloading there at 10:30pm and expected to be outbound late Thursday night or early Friday morning.

Saginaw River Passages - August 15th

The Olive L. Moore, with the Lewis J. Kuber, called on the Saginaw River Saturday with a split load. The pair lightered at the Bay City Wirt dock before continuing upriver to the saginaw Wirt dock to finish. The Moore and Kuber were then outbound for the lake Sunday morning.

Saginaw River Passages - August 11th -13th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were inbound the Saginaw River on Wednesday with a split cargo for the Essexville Lafarge dock and the Zilwaukee Sargent dock. The pair were outbound Thursday morning.
Mississagi was Inbound on Thursday,calling on the Buena Vista dock in Saginaw. She was outbound later in the day.
Calumet was inbound Friday afternoon, calling on the GM dock in Saginaw. She was expected to be outbound early Saturday morning. Indiana Harbor called on the Consumers Energy dock very early Saturday morning to unload. She was expected to be outbound later in the morning.

Saginaw River Passage - August 10th

The tug Undaunted, with the barge Pere Marquette 41, finished unloading at the Saginaw Wirt dock then went up to the Sixth Street Basin to turn and head outbound. In an unusual twist, the pair stopped at the Sargent sand dock and loaded a cargo of sand for her outbound trip. Very rarely does a vessel take on a cargo at a Saginaw River dock. Once loaded, the pair were outbound for the lake on Tuesday morning.

Saginaw River Passage - August 9th

The tug Undaunted, with the Pere Marquette 41, was inbound the Saginaw River on Monday afternoon, headed for the Wirt Stone dock in Saginaw to unload. The pair were expected to be outbound early Tuesday morning.

Saginaw River Passage - August 7th

The tug Karen Andrie, pushing the tank barge Endeavour, called on the Bit-Mat dock in Bay City on Saturday to unload. Once finished, the pair were outbound for the lake on Sunday morning.

Saginaw River Passages - August 5th & 6th

It has been fairly active on the Saginaw River the past few days, with first of the season visits by the tug G.L. Ostrander - barge Integrity and tug Dorothy Ann - barge Pathfinder on Thursday, and Calumet's seventh visit of the season on Friday. The Ostrander/Integrity called on the Lafarge cement dock in Carrollton during the morning on Thursday. The pair were outbound early Friday morning. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder were inbound during the morning on Thursday as well, and were outbound during the early evening hours. Calumet arrived with a split cargo on Friday evening, lightering at the Lafarge dock in Essexville, then continuing upriver to finish at the Lafarge dock in Saginaw. She was expected to be outbound Saturday morning.