September 2010 Shipping Report

With September in the books, the vessel passages are still way down from both last season and long term. There were 16 commercial vessel passages in September, seven less than the same time frame in 2009. Looking at the past six years, the average for the month is 29 vessels, so the Saginaw River is down 13 passages verses the average. Looking at the year to date, there have been only 102 commercial vessel passages in 2010. This is down 17 passages for the same time period last season and 71 less vessels based on the long term average for the end of September. Hopefully we will start to see a fall rush this season, but supplies on the docks look pretty well full for this time of year.