Saginaw River Passage - October 30th

John J. Boland unloading at the Wirt Stone Dock in Bay City

Saginaw River Passage - October 29th

Michipicoten was inbound on the Saginaw River, calling on the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates Dock in Bay City.

Saginaw River Passage - October 28th

Sam Laud was outbound on the Saginaw River, after unloading at the Lafarge Stone Dock in Saginaw.

Saginaw River Passage - October 22nd

Calumet upbound on the Saginaw River Friday morning, headed for the ACE/Saginaw Paving - Buena Vista Dock, just above the I-75/Zilwaukee Bridge.

Saginaw River Passage - October 21st - Calumet Grounding

Rand Logistics/Grand River Navigation's vessel Calumet was inbound on the Saginaw River, Thursday evening, headed upriver to unload at a Saginaw Area dock.  Approaching the Lake State Railway Bridge in Essexville around 7:30pm, Calumet encountered some difficulty, becoming crossways in the shipping channel, with her port side resting against the Dolphin that protects the downriver side of the center swing span of the bridge and her stern out of the channel, near the east side of the river.  U. S. Coast Guard Sector Detroit put out a Notice to Mariners at 9:45 pm, advising that the M/V Calumet was aground in the Saginaw River shipping channel near the Lake State Railway Bridge.  U.S Coast Guard Station Saginaw River had assets on scene. The dock off the Calumet stern is the old Blue Knight Energy Partners Fuel Dock in Essexville.

With the assistance of the tug Kurt Luedtke, Calumet was freed Friday morning and continued on her way up the Saginaw River to unload at the ACE/Saginaw Paving - Buena Vista Dock, just above the I-75/Zilwaukee Bridge.

Saginaw River Report - September 2021

There were a total of 17 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River for the month of September, with 10 different docks receiving 23 separate deliveries of product, accounting for split cargos delivered to multiple docks.  This represents eleven fewer passages than in September 2020, and is less than all of the long term averages, being the 5-year average of 22 passages, 10-year average of 19, and 15-year average of 20 passages.

For the total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date, the number is 117.  This number represents a decrease of 33 passages over the total from last year at this point.  Looking at the averages, it is a decrease as well, compared to the 5-year average of 119 passages, 10-year average of 104, and the 15-year average of 113 passages.

Saginaw River Passage - October 18th

John J. Boland, on the Saginaw River, backed into the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates slip in Bay City. October 18, 2021

Saginaw River Passage - October 16th

John J. Boland, backing down the Saginaw River from the Wirt Stone Dock in Bay City to the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates slip, to turn around and head for the lake. October 16, 2021

Saginaw River Passage - October 11th

Herbert C. Jackson inbound on the Saginaw River, headed up to the General Motors Coal Dock in Saginaw. October 11, 2021

Just missed on this one!  A faster shutter speed or my tripod and this would have been a good image

Saginaw River Passages - October 7th

Algoma Intrepid inbound on the Saginaw River for the Wirt Sand and Stone Fertilizer Dock in Essexville and the Spencer F. Baird tied up at the Port Fisher Terminals Dock in Bay City.