Saginaw River Passage - September 4, 2024: Algoma Intrepid & North Dakota

Algoma Intrepid was inbound on the Saginaw River with a split cargo for the Wirt Stone Docks in Bay City and Saginaw.  She was assisted by the tug North Dakota both inbound and outbound.

Saginaw River Report - August 2024

There were a total of 25 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River during the month of August 2024, with 12 different docks receiving 36 separate deliveries of product, accounting for split cargos delivered to more than one dock.  This represents seven more passages compared to August 2023, and it is more than all of the long term averages, with the 5-year average being 24 passages for August, the 10-year average of 22 passages, the 15-year average of 22 passages, and the 20-year average being 24 vessel passages for the month of August.

For the total number of commercial vessel passages for the year-to-date, there have been 111.  This is 15 more passages than last year at this point.  Looking at the averages, the 111 passages for the year to date is more than the 5-year average of 107, the 10-year average of 94 passages, the 15-year average of 89 passages, and the 20-year average of 105 vessel passages.

During the month of August, there were 21 deliveries to the docks on the lower half of the Saginaw River, located in Essexville and Bay City, and 15 deliveries to upper river docks, located in Zilwaukee, Carrollton, and Saginaw.  Ten vessels carried split loads with cargo unloaded at more than one dock. 

The number of deliveries and docks receiving cargo were:

7 – Wirt Stone Dock – Bay City

7 – Wirt Stone Dock – Saginaw

4 – Port Fisher/Bay Aggregates Dock – Bay City

4 – Holcim Cement Dock – Essexville

2 – Burroughs North/1^st Street Dock - Saginaw

2 – ACE/Saginaw Asphalt – Crow Island Dock

2 – Burroughs North/Zilwaukee Dock – Zilwaukee

2 – Port Fisher Terminals Dock – Bay City

2 – Wirt Sand & Stone Dock – Essexville

2 – Burroughs North/GM Dock – Saginaw

1 – Burroughs North/Essexville Dock – Essexville

1 – Port Fisher/Occidental Chemical Dock – Bay City

Saginaw River Passage - September 3, 2024: Spartan/Spartan II

Tug Spartan and her tank barge, Spartan II, called on the Port Fisher Terminals Dock in Bay City to unload liquid Calcium Chloride for Occidental Chemical. This was the first visit of the season for the pair to the Saginaw River.

Saginaw River Passage - August 31, 2024: Robert S. Pierson & Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder

Robert S. Pierson upbound on the Saginaw River, headed for the Burroughs North-GM Dock, passing Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder unloading at the Wirt Stone dock in Saginaw on a beautiful end of August morning.

Saginaw River Passage - August 31, 2024: Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder

Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder on the Saginaw River, unloading at the Wirt Stone Dock in Saginaw. This was the second half of a split cargo unload, with the first half being unloaded at the Wirt Stone dock in Bay City. After unloading, the pair backed down the Saginaw River to the Airport Turning Basin in Bay City, turning around and headed for the lake around 1:30pm.

Saginaw River Passage - August 31, 2024: Robert S. Pierson

Robert S. Pierson on the Saginaw River, departing the ACE/Saginaw Asphalt - Crow Island dock, headed upriver to finish unloading at the Burroughs North/GM Dock in Saginaw.

Saginaw River Passage - August 30, 2024: Houtmangracht

Houtmangracht made her first ever trip to the Saginaw River, calling on the Port Fisher Terminals Dock in Bay City to unload an industrial pressure cylinder for Hemlock Semiconductor.  She was assisted to and from the dock by the tug North Dakota.