Saginaw River Passage - November 10th

The Algoway visited the Saginaw River on Saturday, calling on the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.  She finished unloading later in the day, turned in the Sixth Street Basin, and was outbound for the lake during the early evening.

Saginaw River Passage - November 9th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were back on the Saginaw River again on Friday, this time traveling upriver to the Burroughs dock in Zilwaukee.  Once finished unloading, the pair turned in the Sixth Street Basin and were outbound for the lake Friday night.

Saginaw River Passage - November 7th

The Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were inbound on the Saginaw River Wednesday morning, calling on the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City.  Once unloaded, the pair were expected to depart for the lake late in the evening Wednesday.

Saginaw River - October Report

There were a total of fourteen commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River during the month of October.  This is one fewer than for October 2011, when there were fifteen.  Overall, for the year to date, there have been 110 commercial vessel passages.  This is also down from 2011 when there were 115 passages at the end of October. 

What looked to be a better year for shipping on the Saginaw River in 2012, where the pace was running ahead of 2011, in recent months has dropped off the pace and is looking like the total number of passages will be the lowest yet.

Saginaw River Passage - November 4th

Indiana Harbor was inbound the Saginaw River, bound for the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville, Sunday morning.  Once her unload was complete, she backed from the dock, out to Light 12 in the Saginaw Bay, turned, and headed for the lake during the evening.

Saginaw River Passage - November 3rd

The Stephen B. Roman was inbound early Saturday morning, calling on the Essroc dock in Essexville to unload.  The Roman had finished by late afternoon and was outbound for the lake.  The was the second delivery to Essroc since November 1st, when the G.L.Ostrander - Integrity unloaded there.

Saginaw River Passage - November 1st

Thursday saw the arrival of the tug G.L. Ostrander and her cement barge, Integrity. The pair stopped at the Essroc cement dock in Essexville, rather then their usual trip up to the Lafarge cement dock in Carrollton.  This is an unusual unload, and the first time I have seen a Lafarge vessel unload at the Essroc dock.  The Ostrander/Integrity were both still at Essroc late Thursday night.