There were several vessels that made a delivery on the Saginaw
River in 2024 that did not make a return visit here during the 2025 season. These vessels included Houtmangracht, BBC
Oregon, Happy Ranger, Karen Andrie/Endeavour, and tugs Leonard M. and Meredith
Ashton. There were three first time
visitors to the Saginaw River in 2025:
BBC Ukraine, McAsphalt Advantage, and the tug Treasure Coast with her
barge, Cement Transporter 7700.
Other vessels on the Saginaw River during the 2025 season were our
local workhouse tug, North Dakota, tugs Kimberly Joy, Kathy Lynn, Thomas R.
Morrish, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service vessel Spencer F. Baird, along with the
R/V Wheeler, R/V Tanner, and R/V Channel Cat. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spar
also visited at the beginning and end of the season to work Aids to Navigation.
During 2024, Rand Logistics, Inc. acquired Andrie, Inc., the
company who operates the AmRize Cement vessels G.L Ostrander/Integrity and
Samuel de Champlain/Innovation, as well as the Occidental Chemical tug/tank
barge Spartan/Spartan II, all visitors to the Saginaw River. At the end of the 2025 season, Rand announced
that they were rebranding as Mainstay Maritime with American Steamship Company,
Lower Lakes Towing, Grand River Navigation, and Andrie, Inc. all under their
umbrella with 26 vessels. I will be
logging vessel passages with these changes for the 2026 season.
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