Saginaw River Passage - December 28, 2022 - Part 1

Tug Manitou on the Saginaw River, opening a track for the inbound Alpena, headed to the Holcim Cement Dock in Essexville

Saginaw River Passage - December 21, 2022

Sam Laud outbound on the Saginaw River, breaking skim ice along the way. You can see her track in the ice from earlier in the morning when she made the trip from the Wirt dock in Bay City up to the Wirt dock in Saginaw. 

Saginaw River Passage - December 18, 2022

Sunday afternoon saw Happy River inbound on the Saginaw River, making her third visit of the season to the Port Fisher Terminals Dock in Bay City. She was assisted by the Great Lakes Towing tug, Pennsylvania.

Saginaw River Passage - December 13, 2022

Alpena and Manitou on the Saginaw River, at the Holcim Cement Dock in Essexville. December 13, 2022

Saginaw River Passage - December 7, 2022

Iver Bright inbound on the Saginaw River, headed for the Port Fisher slip to unload for Bit-Mat Products. She was assisted to the dock by the tug Manitou.

Saginaw River Report - November 2022

There were a total of 22 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River for the month of November 2022, with 9 different docks receiving 24 separate deliveries of product, accounting for split cargos delivered to multiple docks.  This represents 5 more passages than in November 2021, and is higher than the 5-year average of 19, the 10-year average of 16 and the 15-year average for November at 17 passages.

For the total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date, the number is 173.  This number represents an increase of 20 passages based on the total from last year at this point, and more vessel passages than 2021 for the entire season.  Looking at the long term averages, it is also an increase compared to the 5-year average of 164 passages, 10-year average of 143 passages, and the 15-year average of 145 passages.

Saginaw River Passage - December 1, 2022

Algoma Intrepid inbound on the Saginaw River, headed for the Wirt Sand and Stone Fertilizer Dock in Essexville to unload Potash.