Saginaw River Passage - May 12, 2022

Thursday morning saw first time Saginaw River visitor, Charlie, inbound on the Saginaw River for the Port Fisher Terminals Dock in Bay City. Charlie is a newly built vessel for dShip Carriers. She was assisted by the Malcolm Marine Tug, Manitou.

Saginaw River Passages - May 7, 2022

Algoma Intrepid and Alpena both arrived on the Saginaw River less than an hour apart on Saturday. Algoma Intrepid made her second visit of the season to the Wirt Essexville Fertilizer Terminal and Alpena made her first visit of the year to the Holcim Cement Dock in Essexville.

Saginaw River Passage - May 6, 2022

Friday saw Paul R. Tregurtha arriving on the Saginaw River to unload coal at Consumers Energy in Essexville. PRT remained at Consumers as of Saturday morning, presumably due to strong northerly winds overnight, as well as Algoma Intrepid and Alpena both inbound late Saturday morning.

Saginaw River Passage - May 5, 2022

H. Lee White was inbound Thursday afternoon, heading up the Saginaw River to unload at the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates Dock in Bay City.  This is the first visit of the season to the Saginaw River for H. Lee White.

Saginaw River Passages - May 3rd & 4th

There were a number of vessel passages on the Saginaw River Tuesday.  Laura L. VanEnkevort/Joseph H. Thompson were inbound early in the morning, calling on the GM Dock in Saginaw to unload.  The pair were followed a few hours later by Olive L. Moore/Menominee who stopped at the Burroughs/Levy Dock in Zilwuakee, then traveled up to the Saginaw Rock Products/Burroughs Saginaw Dock to finish unloading.  Saginaw was inbound on her namesake river Tuesday afternoon, bringing in a split cargo for the Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates Dock in Bay City and the GM Dock in Saginaw.  The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock arrived on Saginaw Bay Tuesday morning and began working aids to navigation in the Saginaw River Entrance channel.

Saginaw River Report - April 2022

There were a total of 12 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River for the month of April 2022, with 12 different docks receiving 16 separate deliveries of product, accounting for split cargos delivered to multiple docks.  This represents two more passages than in April 2021, and is greater than all of the long term averages with the 5-year average of 9 passages, the 10-year average of 7, and the 15-year average of 8 passages.

For the total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date, the number is again 12.  This number represents an increase of two passages based on the total from last year at this point.  Looking at the averages, it is again an increase compared to the 5-year average of 10 passages, 10-year average of 7 passages, and the 15-year average of 9 passages. 

Boatnerding on the St. Clair River - May 1, 2022

While it is not the Saginaw River, I spent May 1st chasing freighters up and down the St. Clair River, between Port Huron and Algonac.  Here are some of the photos from the trip: