Saginaw River Passage - April 30th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber closed out the month of April on the Saginaw River this afternoon, calling on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City to unload.  The pair was outbound for the lake later in the day.  The month ended with eight commercial vessel deliveries, six more than April of 2014, when there were two.  You could blame the extreme ice conditions last year for the slow start, but looking back a year earlier, there were only three vessel passages in April of 2013, so however you look at it,  2015 looks to be off to a fairly encouraging start.

Olive L. Moore waiting up at the bow of the Kuber

The business end of the Lewis J. Kuber

In the slip at Bay Aggregates

Saginaw River Passages - April 27th and 28th

The Olive L. Moore-Lewis J. Kuber called on the Saginaw River on April 27th, traveling all the way to the end of the shipping channel, to unload at the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.  The pair were outbound for the lake early in the morning on the 28th.  Inbound late in the evening on the 27th was the G.L. Ostrander - Integrity, calling on the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville.  They were expected to be outbound later in the day on the 28th.

Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber upbound on the Saginaw River just below Lafayette Bridge

G.L. Ostrander - Integrity unloading at the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville

Saginaw River Passages - April 19th

Algoway called on the Saginaw River on Sunday, traveling upriver to unload at the Buena Vista dock in Saginaw.  She completed her unload and was back outbound for the lake during the early evening hours.  The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber made their first visit to the Saginaw River on Sunday calling on the Wirt Stone dock in Bay City.  There pair were unloading there Sunday night.

Saginaw River Passage - April 15th

The tug G.L. Ostrander and cement barge Integrity arrived at the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville, Wednesday morning.  After unloading, the pair were expected to be outbound early Thursday morning.

Saginaw River: Spartan - Spartan II

Spartan - Spartan II at the Port Fisher - Oxy dock in Bay City

Tug Spartan

Saginaw River Passages - April 11th

Saturday morning saw the Samuel de Champlain - Innivation outbound from the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville after unloading.  Inbound during the late afternoon was the tug Spartan and tank barge Spartan II, calling on the Port Fisher dock in Bay City.  The pair are expected to be be outbound during the day Sunday.

Saginaw River Passage - April 9th

The tug Samuel de Champlain, pushing the cement barge, Innovation, delivered the first commercial cargo to the Saginaw River, starting the 2015 season.  The pair called on the Lafarge Cement Dock in Essexville, late Thursday morning., to unload.  They are expected to be outbound on Friday.