Saginaw River Passage - October 30th

The Stephen B. Roman departed the Essroc dock in Essexville, early Sunday evening, turned and headed for the lake.

Saginaw River Passages - October 28th & 29th

Four vessels were moving on the Saginaw River on Saturday, starting with the Algorail, who had arrived Friday night to unload at the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee. Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber arrived early Saturday morning, also unloading at the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee, making the dock once the Algorail had departed to turn at Sixth Street and head for the lake. The Moore-Kuber were outbound during the early afternoon Saturday. Manistee was inbound later in the morning, calling on the GM dock in Saginaw to unload. She was outbound Saturday evening. Finally, Stephan B. Roman called on the Essroc Cement dock in Essexville to unload. She is expected to be outbound sometime on Sunday.

Saginaw River Passage - October 26th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were back at the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City. The pair arrived on Wednesday and were still unloading as of 10pm. They were expected to depart overnight and head for the lake.

Saginaw River Passages - October 24th

After a period of six days without any boats, there were two arrivals on the Saginaw River early Monday. First in was Manistee, who traveled upriver to the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee to unload. She was followed by the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber, who called on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City to unload. Both Manistee and the Moore-Kuber were outbound Monday afternoon and headed for the lake.

Manistee inbound nearing the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee

Saginaw River Passage - October 19th

After spending more than 24 hours at anchor on the Saginaw Bay, Algorail was able to safely enter the river Tuesday morning, traveling up to Saginaw to unload. She was back outbound late Tuesday.

Wednesday evening saw the Saginaw Bay/River with water levels higher than plus 50 inches above datum and winds sustained above 40 knots, gusting to nearly 60 knots.

Saginaw River Updates

Things have been really slow on the Saginaw River, as there has not been a commercial vessel passage/delivery since October 8th. Algorail has been at anchor out in the inner Saginaw Bay for the past 24 hours.

The upper river dredging is finished for the season. Wednesday saw the Ryba Marine tug, Tenacious, depart the Saginaw River with few barges that had been moved down to the Essroc dock in Essexville earlier in the day. Tenacious stated that she was headed to Cleveland.

Tug Tenacious and barge downbound at Veteran's Memorial Bridge

Saginaw River Passage - October 8th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber called on the Saginaw River early Saturday morning, unloading at the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City. Once finished, the pair left the Bay Aggregates slip and were outbound for the lake.

Saginaw River Passages - September 26th to October 7th

Hi Everyone,
I am back from a week of camping and a few days of work around the house playing catch-up. Here is my report from the past 12 days:

The Stephen B. Roman called on the Essroc dock in Essexville on Monday, September 26th. Indiana Harbor was in on Tuesday, calling on the Consumers Energy Dock in Essexville. Wednesday saw the Mississagi calling on the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee, Followed by the Olive L. Moore – Lewis J. Kuber, calling on the Lafarge Stone Dock in Saginaw on Thursday, September 29th.
Traffic picked up again on Monday, October 3rd, with the Olive L. Moore – Lewis J. Kuber back on the Saginaw River, but I do not know what dock the pair unloaded at. Unloading on Thursday was a trio of vessels: Manitowoc unloaded at the GM Dock in Saginaw, American Century unloaded at the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville, and Olive L. Moore – Lewis J. Kuber unloaded at the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee. Friday saw the return of Manitowoc, who unloaded at the Lafarge Stone dock in Essexville. Manistee was also inbound on Friday, unloading at the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee.

For the month of September, there were 19 commercial vessel passages, up three from the same time period in 2010. For the year to date, there were 100 vessel passages, just below the 102 recorded in 2010. Looking at long term numbers, September 2011 was 19 passages below the five year average of 38. For the year to date numbers, 2011 fell to 47 passages below the five year average of 147.