Saginaw River Passage - December 23rd

Mississagi inbound on the Saginaw River, passing through Downtown Bay City, on her way to Saginaw. 12/23/15

Mississagi passing through Bay City, approaching Veteran's Memorial Bridge

Alpena Fire Update

Here is a link to update the fire damage on the Steamer Alpena:

http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/news/2015/12/12/cause-alpena-fire-remains-unknown/77209568/

Fire Breaks Out on the Steamer Alpena

There was a fire on board the Steamer Alpena last night as she sat on the blocks in the drydock at Bay Shipbuilding in Wisconsin.  Damage sounds extensive in the area of the crew accommodations at the stern of the vessel.

The following is a link to a news story on the incident:

News footage of the Alpena Fire

Saginaw River Passages - December 2nd - 8th

December 2nd saw the arrival of two vessels:  Algorail traveled upriver to unload a split cargo at two Saginaw docks - the Buena Vista Dock and the Sargent Stone Dock.  American Integrity unloaded coal at the Consumers Energy Dock in Essexville.

On December 7th, the G.L. Ostrander - Integrity departed the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville headed for Alpena to load.  The pair had arrived at the Essexville Lafarge dock on November 29th and remained there until the 7th.  They were right back after loading and were back at the Essexville dock late on the evening of the 8th.

Saginaw River Report - November 2015

Commercial shipping on the Saginaw River totaled 16 vessel passages for the month of November 2015.  This is three more passages than for the same month in 2014, and it is equal to the five year average for November.  For the year to date, there have been 128 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River.  This is 23 more passages than last year for this time period, and four more than the five year average.