Saginaw River Passage - May 30th

The tug Zeus, with tank barge Robert F. Deegan, arrived on the Saginaw River Sunday afternoon, calling on the Dow Chemical Oxy Dock. After unloading, and with the assistance of the Bay County Sheriff Marine Patrol to clear the heavy holiday weekend pleasure craft traffic out of the way, the pair turned off the dock and headed outbound for the lake on Monday afternoon.


Tug Zeus outbound passing the Bay Aggregates Slip

Saginaw River Passage - May 27th

The Stephan B. Roman called on the Essroc dock in Essexville on Friday to unload overnight. She completed her unload, turned, and was outbound for the lake early Saturday afternoon.

Saginaw River Passage - May 26th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber arrived on the Saginaw River early Thursday morning, calling on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City. The pair had some assistance from the tug Kurt Luedtke with making the turn to back into the slip. The Moore/Kuber departed during the afternoon once unloading was finished. This was the first delivery of the season to Bay Aggregates.

Saginaw River Passage - May 23rd

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were finally headed outbound from Saginaw on a pleasant Monday evening. The pair had arrived almost nine days earlier to unload at the Lafarge Stone dock in Essexville. The Moore-Kuber were in the Saginaw Bay and headed for the lake around 8:30 Monday night.

Saginaw River Passages - May 21st

The tug Mary E. Hannah and her tank barge, called on the Saginaw River Saturday morning stopping at the Bit-Mat dock in Bay City to unload. The pair was at the dock through the day and departed for the lake early Sunday morning.

The tug Olive L. Moore, with the barge Lewis J. Kuber remain tied up in Saginaw at the Lafarge Stone Dock. The pair arrived on May 14th to unload and have been there since.

The Mary E. Hannah is the first commercial vessel passage on the Saginaw River since May 14th

Saginaw River Passage - May 14th

The Olive L. Moore, with the Lewis J. Kuber, returned to the Saginaw
River Saturday morning after calling on the river earlier in the week.
The pair traveled all the way up to unload at the Lafarge Stone dock
in Saginaw. They are expected to remain there until weather conditions improve. Winds are currently out of the NE at a sustained 39 knots,
with gusts to 48 knots. A gale warning is in effect for the Saginaw
Bay and the water level in the river has climbed over three feet above
normal.

Saginaw River Passages - May 12th

The tug Olive L. Moore and her barge, Lewis J. Kuber, arrived on the Saginaw River early Thursday morning. The pair traveled up to the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee to unload. Mississagi was inbound Thursday afternoon, calling on the Lafarge Stone Dock in Saginaw. Mississagi briefly stopped at the Burroughs dock to let the outbound Moore - Kuber pass, then she continued on to Lafarge once clear. Mississagi was expected to be outbound early Friday morning.

Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber nearing Liberty Bridge


Mississagi upbound at Veteran's Memorial bridge

Saginaw River Passage - May 9th

Eleven days after the last commercial vessel passage on the Saginaw River, Algorail arrived Monday afternoon, traveling up the river to unload at the Buena Vista dock in Saginaw. She is expected to be outbound late Monday night or early Tuesday morning.

Saginaw River Passages - May 3rd

After arriving on April 27th, the Stephen B. Roman, and after arriving on April 28th, the tug Karen Andrie and barge Endeavour, were both able to leave the Saginaw River on Tuesday and finally head for the lake. The extended stays were caused by a very heavy current running in the Saginaw River due to heavy rains last week. Conditions today were not great, but the Karen Andrie was able to back from the Bit-Mat slip, and the Stephen B. Roman backed from the Essroc dock and out into the Saginaw Bay before turning.

For the month of April, there were 9 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River. This is way down from the 17 recorded in April of last year. For the year, the number is the same with 9 passages. In 2010 there were 18 vessel passages year to date.