Saginaw River Passages - July 29th & 30th

The tug Mary E. Hannah and her tank barge were outbound from the Bit-Mat dock in Bay City, Monday morning, after unloading there overnight.  The tug Champion arrived around the same time at the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville with a barge load of equipment for the power plant.  Champion was outbound on Tuesday.  The tug Olive L. Moore and her barge, Lewis J. Kuber were inbound Tuesday morning, calling on the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.  The pair backed down river Tuesday evening, turned in the Airport Basin and was outbound for the lake.

Saginaw River Passages - July 27th & 28th

Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were inbound on the Saginaw River, early Saturday morning, calling on the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.  The pair were outbound later in the day.  Sunday saw the arrival of the tug Mary E. Hannah and a tank barge, with the pair calling on the Bit-Mat dock in Bay City.  The pair were still there late Sunday night.

Saginaw River Passages - July 18th through July 24th

I apologize for the lack of postings lately.  It has been a very busy week.  To get everyone back up to speed:

Calumet delivered to the Bay City Wirt dock on July 18.  She was followed by the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber who unloaded at both the Bay City and Saginaw Wirt docks.  On July 21, Mississagi called on the Buena vista dock to unload, and the Moore-Kuber were back again on July 24 to again unload at both the Bay City and Saginaw Wirt Stone docks.

View of the inbound Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber, passing Channel Island, taken from the Princess Wenonah

Moore-Kuber inbound on the Saginaw Bay

Stern View

Moore-Kuber unloading at the Bay City Wirt dock  - July 24, 2013

Off the stern of the Princess Wenonah

Freshly painted Floyd Sr at the Stender Marine dock in Bay City

Jill Marie pushing a spud barge on the Saginaw River, near the airport

Tug Jill Marie

Saginaw River Passage - July 17th

American Century was inbound on the Saginaw Bay Wednesday afternoon, stopping at the Consumers Energy dock to unload coal.  She backed from the dock Wednesday evening, turning at Light 12 and heading for the lake.

Saginaw River Passage - July 16th

Michipicoten called on the Saginaw River early on Tuesday, unloading a cargo at the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City.  She was followed a short time later by her fleet mate, Calumet, who traveled up the the GM dock in Saginaw to unload.  Both vessels were outbound later in the day, Tuesday.

Tall Ship Festival Bay City - 2013

A number of Tall Ships were in Bay City this past week for the Tall Ship Festival.  Below are some of my favorite images from the event:

Niagara

Lynx

Sorlendet

Peacemaker

Pathfinder, Playfair, Madeline

Pride of Baltimore II

Saginaw River Passage - July 11th & 12th

Algorail was inbound late Thursday night, headed up the Saginaw River for the Sargent salt dock in Zilwaukee.  She finished unloading by Friday morning, backed down to the airport turning basin, turned and was outbound for the lake.  The tug Dorothy Ann and her barge, Pathfinder, were inbound Friday afternoon, calling on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City.  The pair finished unloading and were outbound for the lake Friday evening.

Saginaw River Passage - July 9th

The tug Zeus and tank barge Robert F. Deegan called on the Saginaw River, Tuesday, stopping at the Dow Chemical dock in Bay City, to unload.  The pair were outbound for the lake early Wednesday morning.

Saginaw River Passage - July 8th

The tug Defiance and her barge, Ashtabula, called on the Saginaw River on Monday.  The pair stopped at the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City to unload.  They were expected to be outbound late Monday or early Tuesday.

Defiance - Ashtabula inbound at the Essexville Range Lights, headed to Bay Aggregates

Saginaw River Passages - July 5th

American Integrity called on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville early Friday morning.  She finished unloading her cargo of coal and was back outbound for the lake early in the afternoon.  The tug Krista S. was busy running mud barges back and forth  between the dredge site in the Downtown Bay City area and the confined disposal facility near Cheboyganing Creek.

American Integrity unloading at Consumers in Essexville

Krista S. outbound on the Saginaw River at the Veteran's Memorial Bridge

Saginaw River Passage - July 3rd

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber called on the Saginaw River, Wednesday, with a split load.  The pair stopped briefly at the Burroughs North dock in Essexville to unload a partial cargo, then continued upriver to finish unloading at the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.  They then backed down the river to the Airport Turning Basin, turned and were outbound, Wednesday evening.

This was the 15th visit of the season for the Moore-Kuber to the Saginaw River

Saginaw River Passages - June 29th & 30th

Manitowoc was inbound on the Saginaw River, late Saturday night, carrying a split load for the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City and the Bay City Wirt Stone dock.  Once she was finished unloading, she turned in the Wirt Basin and was outbound from the river on Sunday morning.  Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber was inbound on Sunday, also carrying a split cargo.  The pair unloaded a partial cargo at the Burroughs North dock in Essexville, then continued upriver to finish unloading at the Lafarge Stone Dock in Saginaw.  The Moore-Kuber were outbound for the lake Monday morning.  Dredging operations are underway in the area where Algorail was stuck between the Liberty and Vet's Memorial bridges in Bay City

For the month of June, there were 24 commercial vessel passages/deliveries.  The was up by eight passages from the same time period in 2012, and four more than the five year average of 20 vessel passages.  For the year to date, there have been 45 commercial vessel passages/deliveries.  This is down six from the same time period last year.

Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber outbound at wheeler's Landing

Stern view at Bay City Wirt

Luedtke crew dredging on the Saginaw River near downtown Bay City.
This is where the Algorail was stuck last week