Today, I am excited to begin sharing with you my year-end report for the commercial shipping season on the Saginaw River. For 2025, it is a 15-page document with a lot of data on passages, docks, the vessels and their companies. I am not able to post the entire document in one piece on social media, but I will be breaking it down into smaller pieces over the next week or so to share the information. I hope you find it as interesting as I do.
The 2025 season officially began March 21, 2025. Early this morning, when many people were up at the Soo, waiting for the 8am opening of the locks for the season, the tug Samuel de Champlain and her powdered cement carrying barge, Innovation, quietly eased up the Saginaw River with no fanfare, arriving at the AmRize Cement Dock in Essexville around 4am. For the three AmRize workers and myself, who were there for the arrival, it was a beautiful early morning, with clear skies and a light breeze. This start to the season was three days earlier than the 2024 season.
The 2024 season then ended with the arrival of McAsphalt Advantage on an icy Saginaw River, delivering a liquid asphalt emulsion cargo to Bit-Mat Products of Michigan in the slip at Port Fisher in Bay City on December 23rd. The 2025 season on the Saginaw River lasted a total of 278 days, covering 10 months, which was three more days than in 2024. The season ended on the exact same day as in 2024 – December 23rd.
For the 2025 commercial shipping season, there was a grand total of 190 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River, representing a decrease of five passages compared to the year before. These passages were made by 30 different vessels, two fewer than the previous year, representing 14 different vessel management companies, one less than 2024.
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