Saginaw River Passages - June 24th - 27th

Back from vacations and catching up on traffic:

Friday, June 24 saw the arrival of the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber.  The pair called on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City to unload.  On Saturday, June 25th, two vessels entered the Saginaw River to unload cargo.  Dorothy Ann-Pathfinder called on the Essexville Sand and Stone dock in Essexville, and the St. John's registered, Sjard, called on the Port Fisher dock in Bay City to unload wind turbine parts.  On Sunday, June 26th, another two vessels called on the Saginaw River.  This time it was Alpena, unloading at the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville, and a return visit from the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber, with the pair unloading this time at the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.

Alpena unloading at the Lafarge Cement dock

Sjard unloading at the Port Fisher Dock in Bay City

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Saginaw River Passages - June 17th - June 20th

The John J Boland made two visits to the Saginaw River recently, calling on the Burroughs North Stone dock in Essexville, June 17th and on June 19th, across the river, unloading at the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City.  June 19th brought the Dorothy Ann - Pathfinder with a split cargo.  The pair unloaded a partial cargo at the Wirt Stone dock in Bay City, before heading upriver to finish the unload at the Wirt Stone dock in Saginaw.  Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber arrived on the evening of June 20th, calling on the Wirt Stone dock in Bay City.

John J. Boland unloading at the Burroughs North dock on June 17th

Saginaw river Passages - June 14th-16th

The tug Zeus and her tank barge, Robert F. Deegan, called on the Port Fisher Dock Tuesday, to unload. The pair were outbound on Wednesday. Wednesday evening saw the arrival of the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber, with a split cargo. The pair stopped first at the Burroughs North dock in Essexville, dropping a partial cargo there. They then continued upriver, finishing the unload at the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.

Saginaw River Passages - June 7th

There was a flurry of activity on the Saginaw River during the afternoon Tuesday.  Algoway, who had arrived overnight and unloaded at the Bay Aggregates Dock in Bay City, backed out of the slip and tied up across the river at the Lafarge Cement Dock.   There, she waited for the inbound tug, Leonard M and barge, Huron Spirit, to enter the slip that they had just vacated.  Once Leonard M - Huron Spirit were safely in the slip to unload, the Harbour Fashion, assisted by the tug Gregory J. Busch, departed the Port Fisher Fertilizer Dock, where they had finished unloading overnight.  She turned in the Essexville Basin, and departed for the lake.  Once Harbour Fashion was clear of the waiting Algoway, the Gregory J Busch then assisted her off the Lafarge Dock so she could finally make her way out of the river.  

Saginaw River Passage - June 6th

Harbour Fashion made her first ever visit to the Saginaw River, early Monday afternoon.  Assisted by the tug Gregory J. Busch, she called on the Port Fisher Fertilizer Dock in Bay City to unload.  After the assist, the Gregory J. Busch headed back upriver to her home dock in Carrollton.  The Harbour Fashion was expected to be outbound Tuesday morning.

Appledore IV, Tug Gregory J. Busch, and Harbour Fashion inbound at the Essexville Range Lights

Harbour Fashion at the Essexville Range

Tug Gregory J. Busch

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Busch assisting the Harbour Fashion to the Port Fisher dock

Saginaw River Passages - June 2nd

The tug Zeus and barge, Robert F. Deegan, called at the Port Fisher Dock on Thursday, unloading into the Dow/Oxy pipeline.  The pair were outbound on Friday.

For the month of May, there were 13 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River.  This is down from the 17 recorded in in May of 2015.  It is also down from the five-year average for May, which is 16 passages and the ten-year average of 18.  For the year to date, there have been a total of 18 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River.  This is down from the 25 recorded during the same time period in 2015.  This is also down from both the five-year average (22) and the ten-year average (29).