Saginaw River Passage - December 11th

The John J. Boland arrived on the Saginaw River, early Tuesday morning, unloading at the Burroughs North Dock in Essexville. 12/11/18.

Saginaw river Passages - November 2018

As the year, and the 2018 commercial shipping season are rapidly coming to an end, Traffic on the Saginaw River continues to be on the positive side. For the month of November, there were a total of 16 commercial vessel passages, up from the 14 logged for November 2017. This also represents increases over the 5-year average of 13 passages and the 10-year average of 15 commercial vessel passages.

For the year to date, there have been 136 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River. This number is ten more than were logged during the same period last year. Looking at the 5 and 10 year averages, 2018 is also running ahead of both, with the 5-year average being 120 and the 10-year average 128 vessel passages.

We are already guaranteed to finish ahead of the total for the entire 2017 season, as traffic on the Saginaw River has already surpassed that number with the November 24th arrival of the Calumet.

Saginaw River Passage - December 1st

Algoma Buffalo was inbound on the Saginaw River this morning, headed up to Zilwaukee to unload. This is her first visit sailing for Algoma Central Marine, under the Canadian Flag. The last time this vessel was on the Saginaw River was May 17, 2015, when she was sailing for the American Steamship Company, under the U.S. Flag. 12/1/18

Algoma Buffalo inbound on the Saginaw River

Algoma Buffalo passing through the Lake Sate Railway Bridge

Saginaw River Passage - November 21st

On a very cold and windy Wednesday morning, Alpena was inbound on the Saginaw River, calling on the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville to unload cement powder.

Saginaw River Passage - November 10th

Mississagi outbound on the Saginaw River after unloading overnight at the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee. 11/10/18

Mississagi outbound at Cass Avenue

Saginaw River Vessel Passages - October 2018

There were a total of 17 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River during the month of October, 2018.  This number represents an increase of two passages over the same time period in 2017, an increase of one over the 5-year average of 16, and an increase of one over the 10-year average, also of 16.

For the shipping season for the year to date, there have been 120 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River.  This represents an increase of eight passages over the same period in 2017, an increase of 14 passages compared to the 5-year average of 106, and an increase of seven passages over the 10-year average of 113 commercial vessel passages.

Saginaw River Passages - September 2018

Commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River totaled 18 for the month of September. This is a slight decrease from the same month last year, when there were 20. This was right on par with the 5-year average of 18 passages however.

For the year to date, there have been 103 commercial vessel passages. This is the highest number at this point of the season since 2009, when there were 119 passages by the end of September. Last season, there were 97 passages at the end of September. For the 5-year, September 2018 was 13 passages above the average of 90.