Saginaw River Passage - October 27th & 28th

Traffic has been very slow on the Saginaw River the past few weeks.  With the first commercial deliveries since October 20th, the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber and Indiana Harbor were both recent visitors.  The Moore - Kuber arrived with a split cargo on Saturday, unloading at both the Bay Aggregates Dock in Bay City and the Buena Vista Dock in Saginaw.  The pair were outbound early Sunday morning.  Indiana Harbor arrived on Sunday, unloading at the Consumers Energy Dock in Essexville.  She was outbound later in the evening.
The tug/barge combo, Defiance-Ashtabula, called on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City on Monday to unload.  The pair was outbound later in the day.

Saginaw River Passage - October 20th

Fleetmates Calumet and Manitowoc both called on the Saginaw River on Sunday.  Calumet unloaded at the Burroughs North dock in Essexville, while Manitowoc called on the Wirt Stone Dock in Bay City to unload.  Both vessels were outbound later in the day Sunday.

Alpena Photos

Alpena unloading at the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville - October 16, 2013

Alpena on the Saginaw Bay about 7 miles from the mouth of the Saginaw River.  This photo was taken by my good friend, David Jankowiak.  Thanks Dave!

Alpena unloading at the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville - October 16, 2013

Saginaw River Passages - October 15th

After six days of inactivity on the Saginaw River, two vessels called on docks along her banks Tuesday evening.  Alpena was the first to arrive, calling on the Lafarge Cement Dock in Essexville to unload.  She was followed a short time later by the tug Undaunted and her barge, Pere Marquette 41, who called on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City to unload.  Both Alpena and Undaunted/PM 41 were expected to be outbound on Wednesday.

Saginaw River Passage - October 9th

Buffalo called on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City on Wednesday to unload.  She was back outbound for the lake very early Thursday morning.

Saginaw River Passages - September 30th to October 6th

Well, back from over a week of camping.  Here are the updates:

There were a number of vessel passages on the Saginaw River in the past week.  Algoway unloaded at the North Star dock in Essexville on Sept. 30th.  On October 1st, Manitowoc unloaded at an unknown Saginaw River dock.  Indiana Harbor unloaded at the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville on October 5th.  On October 6th, Alpena unloaded at the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville and the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber delivered a split cargo to the Burroughs North dock in Essexville and the GM dock in Saginaw.

Commercial vessel deliveries to the Saginaw River totaled 16 during the month of September.  This is five more deliveries then during the same period in 2012 and just one less than the five year average of 17.  Looking at year to date numbers, through the end of September 2013, there were 100 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River.  Four more than the same period in 2012 and just three below the five year average of 103.

Thank you for your patience!