Saginaw River Passage - September 11th

The Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. was inbound on Tuesday, calling on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville, to unload coal.  She completed her unload by early in the evening, backed from the dock, and turned at Light 12, before heading for the lake.

Saginaw River Passages - September 8th & 9th

The tug and barge combo, Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber, were inbound on the Saginaw River Saturday evening, traveling upriver to the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.  The pair completed their unload and were outbound for the lake Sunday morning.  Calumet was inbound Sunday afternoon, stopping at the Wirt Stone dock in Bay City.  She was expected to be outbound Monday morning.

Calumet inbound for the Saginaw River just past Light 12

Stern view at the Lake State Railway Bridge

At the Lake State Railway Bridge

Calumet with the USS Edson in the Background

Saginaw River Passages - August 28th - September 7th

Activity on the Saginaw River has been slow the past few weeks, with only two commercial passages.  The American Century called on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville on September 9th to unload coal.  On September 6th, the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber travelled up the Saginaw River to unload at the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee.

The Michigan DNR Fisheries vessel, Chinook, was also on the Saginaw River on the 6th, stopping at the Essroc dock in Essexville for the evening, then heading back out into the Saginaw Bay on the morning of the 7th.

Saginaw River August Passages

Commercial vessel movements on the Saginaw River for August totalled 15 passages.  This is down 14 passages as compared to the same month in 2011.  For the year to date, there have been 85 vessel passages on the Saginaw River, four ahead of the same period last year.

Updates Coming

Hi Everyone,

I have just returned from a week long camping trip with my family.  Over the next few days, I will be compiling the data from the past week and posting it here.  Thank you for your patience!

Saginaw River Passages - August 26th & 27th

Sunday evening saw the arrival of two commercial vessels on the Saginaw River.  Algoway was first, calling on the North Star dock in Essexville to unload.  She was followed a few minutes behind by American Century, who called on the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville to unload coal.  Both vessels were outbound for the lake Monday morning.  Inbound on Monday was the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber, who called on the Bay City Wirt dock to unload early in the afternoon.

Algoway inbound on the Saginaw Bay, headed for the North Star Dock

American Century on the Saginaw Bay, bound for Consumers Energy

Saginaw River Passages - August 24th

The Stephen B. Roman was inbound the Saginaw River early Friday morning, calling on the Essroc Cement dock in Essexville to unload.  She was expected to be outbound early Saturday morning.  Calumet was on the Saginaw Bay, inbound for the Saginaw River late Friday night.