Saginaw River Images: Saginaw River Report

Wednesday, April 2, 2025

Saginaw River Report - March 2025

There was only one commercial vessel passage on the Saginaw River for the month of March 2025, starting the 2025 shipping season on the 21^st. It was tug Samuel de Champlain and the cement barge Innovation calling on the Holcim Cement Dock in Essexville that got things started 3 days earlier than last year with this first delivery.

For the total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date, the number is again one. This is one less than 2024 at this point, when we had two deliveries in March.

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Following the boats of the Saginaw River and Great Lakes

Here is a little background on my history with the boats: I have been an avid photographer and follower of the big lake freighters that carry their cargoes between the ports of the Great Lakes. During that time, a number of my photos have been used by various shipping companies and in publications from the U.S. Coast Guard, Lake Carriers Association, the Marine Legal Review, and in the annual boatwatchers bible, "Know Your Ships". I also report news and vessel passage information from the Saginaw River to both Boatnerd.com and to the local newspaper, The Bay City Times, and have been fortunate enough to have had the honor of being aboard and taking a trip on a Great Lakes Freighter. I am also a licensed U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner, Captain and deckhand for the Bay City Boat Lines, and a Deckhand for Malcom Marine, Inc.

In this blog, you will see information on the vessels that ply the waters of the Saginaw River, photos, and vessel passage information. I hope that you will enjoy what is posted here.