Bonus Coverage! August 15th - Vessels on the St. Clair River

At trip to the Port Huron/Marysville area allowed me to shoot a different river and a few vessel not seen on the Saginaw River.  For only a few hours of shooting, it was a pretty good day, catching the Algoma Guardian, tug Michigan and her tank barge Great Lakes, Algoma Hansa, CSL Assiniboine, tug Victory and her self-unloading barge Maumee, Great Republic, and finally the Algoma Enterprise as darkness set in...

Saginaw River Passage - August 14th - Part II

Herbert C. Jackson, inbound on the Saginaw River, carrying a split cargo for the Wirt Stone Docks in Bay City and Saginaw.

Saginaw River Passage - August 14th

Azoresborg departing the Port Fisher Dock in Bay City after unloading turbine blades.  She is assisted off the dock and turned on the Saginaw River by the tug Manitou.

Saginaw River Passage - August 13th

Azoresborg unloading wind turbine blades at the Port Fisher Dock in Bay City.  This is the first Wagenborg vessel to ever visit the Saginaw River.

Saginaw River Passage - August 12th - Part II

The tug Zeus and her tank barge, Robert F. Deegan, unloading liquid Calcium Chloride at the Dow Chemical/Oxy Dock in Bay City.

Saginaw River Passage - August 12th

The "Queen of the Lakes", the longest Great Lakes freighter at just over 1,013 feet long, made her first ever visit to the Saginaw River this morning.  Paul R. Tregurtha was inbound for the Consumers Energy Dock in Essexville to unload a partial cargo of coal.

Saginaw River Passage - August 10th

The BBC Rushmore unloaded overnight and was outbound for the lake, after being assisted from the Port Fisher dock and turned in the Saginaw River by the tug Manitou.  A few hours later, BBC Switzerland was inbound to replace the BBC Rushmore at the Port Fisher Dock, again to unload wind turbine blades.  She was also assisted by the tug Manitou.