Saginaw River Passages - November 28th & 29th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber called on the Saginaw River on Wednesday with a split cargo.  The pair lightered at the Bay City Wirt Stone dock before continuing upriver to finish unloading at the Saginaw Wirt Stone Dock.  They were outbound later in the day.  The American Century was inbound on Thursday, calling on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville.  She backed from the dock during the evening hours, Turned at Light 12 and headed for the lake.

The USCG Cutter Hollyhock was working AToN in the Saginaw River Entrance Channel on both Wednesday and Thursday, removing summer marks and placing winter marks.

Saginaw River Passages - November 26th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber called on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City Monday morning, to unload.  The pair had finished and were outbound for the lake later in the day.

The tug Kurt Luedtke has been busy moving mud barges back and forth between Luedtke's hydraulic dredge located at the Confined Disposal Facility and the dredging area, currently up near the Zilwaukee/I-75 bridge.

Saginaw River Passages - November 22nd & 23rd

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were back again on Thanksgiving day, carrying a split cargo.  The pair unloaded part of the cargo at the Lafarge Stone dock in Essexville, then moved upriver to finish unloading at the GM dock in Saginaw.  The Moore & Kuber were outbound late Thursday evening.

Friday saw the tug Kurt Luedtke moving dredging equipment from the Essrock dock in Essexville, up to the confined disposal facility located on the Bay-Saginaw County Line.

Saginaw River Passages - November 20th

There were three vessels moving on the Saginaw River, Tuesday.  The tug Olive L. Moore and her barge, Lewis J. Kuber arrived with a split cargo.  The pair partially unloaded at the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City, then moved upriver to finish at the Wirt Stone dock in Saginaw.  Manitowoc was in next unloading at the Wirt Stone dock in Bay City.  Both vessels were outbound for the lake later in the day on Tuesday.

The tug Karl Luedtke was inbound on Tuesday as well, calling on the Essroc dock in Essexville.  The tug arrived with dredging equipment for upcoming dredging operations on the Saginaw River.

Saginaw River Passages - November 18th

Calumet was inbound the Saginaw River early Sunday morning, calling on the Lafarge Stone dock in Essexville.  She later moved upriver to the turning basin at the Bay City Wirt dock.  Once turned, she remained at the dock due to heavy fog that decreased visibility to near zero.  At the same time, the tug Karen Andrie and tank barge Endeavour were inbound from the Saginaw Bay at a very reduced speed.  Moving through the fog, the pair reached the Bit-Mat dock in Bay City and began unloading.  Late Sunday night the fog had cleared enough for Calumet to resume her trip outbound for the lake.

Saginaw River Passages - November 16th

Two vessels were inbound  Friday morning on the Saginaw River.  First was the Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. calling on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville.  Next in was the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber who traveled upriver to the GM dock in Saginaw.  Both vessels completed their unloads and were outbound later in the day Friday.

Saginaw River Passage - November 15th

The tug Dorothy Ann and her barge, Pathfinder, made their fourth visit of the season to the Saginaw River, stopping at the Bay Aggregates dock, in Bay City, to unload.  The pair were expected to be outbound late Thursday night or early Friday morning.

Saginaw River Passage - November 10th

The Algoway visited the Saginaw River on Saturday, calling on the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.  She finished unloading later in the day, turned in the Sixth Street Basin, and was outbound for the lake during the early evening.

Saginaw River Passage - November 9th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were back on the Saginaw River again on Friday, this time traveling upriver to the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee.  Once finished unloading, the pair turned in the Sixth Street Basin and were outbound for the lake Friday night.

Saginaw River Passage - November 7th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were inbound on the Saginaw River Wednesday morning, calling on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City.  Once unloaded, the pair were expected to depart for the lake late in the evening Wednesday.

Saginaw River - October Report

There were a total of fourteen commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River during the month of October.  This is one fewer than for October 2011, when there were fifteen.  Overall, for the year to date, there have been 110 commercial vessel passages.  This is also down from 2011 when there were 115 passages at the end of October. 

What looked to be a better year for shipping on the Saginaw River in 2012, where the pace was running ahead of 2011, in recent months has dropped off the pace and is looking like the total number of passages will be the lowest yet.

Saginaw River Passage - November 4th

Indiana Harbor was inbound the Saginaw River, bound for the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville, Sunday morning.  Once her unload was complete, she backed from the dock, out to Light 12 in the Saginaw Bay, turned, and headed for the lake during the evening.

Saginaw River Passage - November 3rd

The Stephen B. Roman was inbound early Saturday morning, calling on the Essroc dock in Essexville to unload.  The Roman had finished by late afternoon and was outbound for the lake.  The was the second delivery to Essroc since November 1st, when the G.L.Ostrander - Integrity unloaded there.

Saginaw River Passage - November 1st

Thursday saw the arrival of the tug G.L. Ostrander and her cement barge, Integrity. The pair stopped at the Essroc cement dock in Essexville, rather then their usual trip up to the Lafarge cement dock in Carrollton.  This is an unusual unload, and the first time I have seen a Lafarge vessel unload at the Essroc dock.  The Ostrander/Integrity were both still at Essroc late Thursday night.