Saginaw River Report : June 2024

There were a total of 18 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River for the month of June 2024, with 11 different docks receiving 26 separate deliveries of product, accounting for split cargos delivered to more than one dock. This represents two more passages compared to June 2023, but it is less than all of the averages for June, with the 5-year average being 22 passages, the 10-year average 21 passages, the 15-year average 20 passages, and the 20-year average, 25 vessel passages for the month of June.

For the total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date, there have been 59. This is six more passages than last year at this point. Looking at the averages, the 59 passages for the year to date is equal to the 5-year average, and more than the 10-year average of 50 passages, the 15-year average of 47, and the 20-year average of 57 vessel passages.

During the month of June, there were 16 deliveries to the docks on the lower half of the Saginaw River and 10 deliveries to upper river docks. Eight vessels carried split loads with cargo unloaded at more than one dock.