Saginaw River - 2025 in Review: April

April had a rough start with heavy rains and strong river currents. Sam Laud spent three days anchored out on Saginaw Bay before she was able to enter the river and Samuel de Champlain/Innovation needed an assist from the tug North Dakota with turning off the AmRize Cement Dock in Essexville. For the month there were 8 vessel passages, six fewer than the year before with two going to the upper river. Sam Laud was the first to travel to the upper river on April 10th, passing the almost non-existent Lafayette Bridge. Calling on the river in April were Sam Laud, Samuel de Champlain/Innovation, Robert S. Pierson, Manitowoc, Defiance/Ashtabula, John J. Boland, and Algoma Innovation.