Saginaw River Passage - November 4, 2023 - Part 5

Cuyahoga outbound on the Saginaw River, passing the inbound Algoma Buffalo, who was waiting at the Burroughs Dock in Zilwaukee. Once Cuyahoga was clear, Algoma Buffalo continued upriver to unload at the GM Dock in Saginaw.

Saginaw River Passage - November 4, 2023 - Part 4

Cuyahoga outbound on the Saginaw River at the Wirt Stone Dock in Saginaw, just before meeting the inbound Algoma Buffalo below the I-75/Zilwaukee Bridge.

Saginaw River Passage - November 4, 2023 - Part 3

Algoma Buffalo on the Saginaw River, headed up to the GM Dock in Saginaw to unload on November 4th, 2023. A short time later, Algoma Buffalo and Cuyahoga would be passing off the Burroughs Dock in Zilwaukee. This was my third flight of the day, with two more yet to come!

Saginaw River Passage - November 4, 2023 - Part 2

H. Lee White inbound on the Saginaw River, headed to the Wirt Stone dock in Bay City to unload "sugar stone" on November 4th, 2023. After shooting Cuyahoga unloading up in Saginaw, I headed back to Essexville for these shots. In two of the photos, you can see Defiance/Ashtabula unloading in the slip at Bay Aggregates.

Saginaw River Passage - November 4, 2023 - Part 1

Cuyahoga on the Saginaw River, unloading at the Saginaw Asphalt/Buena Vista dock, just above the I-75/Zilwaukee Bridge at sunrise on November 4th, 2023. In the last photo, you see Cuyahoga moving away from the dock with her boom out, as they move back down the dock to unload on a different pile. This is the first in a series of photos taken that day, with four boats unloading on the Saginaw River this day. 

Saginaw River Report - October 2023

There were a total of 22 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River during the month of October 2023, with 10 different docks receiving 31 separate deliveries of product, accounting for split cargos that are delivered to more than one dock.  This represents one more passage than last year in October 2022, and is more than the 5-year average of 21 passages, the 10-year average of 19, and the 15-year average of 18 vessel passages for the month of October.

For the total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date, there have been 136.  This number is 15 fewer than the total from last year at this point when there were 151 deliveries.  Looking at the averages, it is a decrease compared to the 5-year average of 149 total passages, but it is an increase over the 10-year average of 128 passages, and the 15-year average of 125 vessel passages. 

Saginaw River Passage - October 31, 2023 - Part 2

Olive L. Moore - Menominee, outbound on the Saginaw River at the Lake State Railway Bridge, passing Algoma Intrepid at the Wirt Sand & Stone Dock in Essexville.