Saginaw River Passage - August 10th

Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber called on the Saginaw River early Friday morning, traveling upriver to unload at the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw. When finished, the pair turned at Sixth Street and proceeded outbound, stopping at the Wirt Stone Dock n Bay City to wait for weather. Moore - Kuber departed for the lake later in the evening when the winds subsided. At the peak of the blow, sustained winds of 39 knots and gusts of 44.1 knots out of the northeast were recorded.

Saginaw River Passages - August 8th

Calumet completed her unload at the Lafarge Stone Dock in Essexville, late Wednesday morning, backed from the dock and into the Bay Aggregates slip, then turned for the lake. The Dann Marine tug, Colonel, departed the Saginaw River on Tuesday, after safely delivering the USS Edson from the Navy yard in Philidelphia to her new home in Bay City, a long journey and a job extremely well done.

Caulmet unloading at Lafarge Essexville, behind the USS Edson & Colonel

Calumet unloading at Lafarge Stone in Essexville

Calumet outbound for the lake at the Essexville Range

Causley Marine Contracting tugs

Outbound on the Saginaw River

USS Edson Arrival - August 7th

The USS Edson, with the tugs Colonel & Manitou, arrived on the Saginaw River on Tuesday, arriving at the Essexville Wirt Sand and Stone dock around 8:45am.  The Edson will be moored here temporarily until her permanent moorings near the Independence Bridge are complete.



Led by the tug Colonel and trailed by the tug Manitou, the USS Edson
makes her way to her new home in Bay City, MI



Making the bend at the Essexville Range Lights

Tug Manitou on the stern of the Edson

Nearing the Wirt Sand and Stone dock in Essexville

Manitou pouring on the power

Pushing the USS Edson to the Shore

Tug Colonel pushing the Edson up to her temporary moorings

Saginaw River Passage - August 5th

The G-Tug Ohio called on the Saginaw River, early Sunday morning, with two barges bound for the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville. The barges are carrying lime slurry tanks and storage silos, constructed by the Pittsburgh Tank Corporation.

Tug Ohio at the Consumers Energy dock

Wide view showing the barges

Saginaw River Passages - August 3rd

The tug Dorothy Ann and barge Pathfinder called on the Saginaw River on Friday, traveling up to the Bay Aggregates Dock to unload. The pair completed their unload and were outbound for the lake later in the afternoon.

For the month of July, there were 19 commercial vessel passages on the Saginaw River. This is up by three, from the sixteen recorded in July of last year. For the season to date, there have been 70 vessel passages, also up for the same period last year by eighteen passages.

Tug Edwin Busch outbound nearing the Lafayette Bridge in Bay City

Doroty Ann - Pathfinder unloading at the Bay Aggregates Slip in Bay City

Saginaw River Passages - July 31st

The tug Nickelena departed the Consumers Energy dock in Essexville, Tuesday afternoon,  with the two deck barges she had brought over the past week.  The tug Karen Andrie and her tank barge, Endeavour, arrived on the Saginaw River Tuesday evening.  The pair called on the Bit-Mat dock in Bay City.

Saginaw River Passages - July 29th

Tug Nickelena at the Consumers Energy Dock alongside barge BMI 192

 The Stephen B. Roman departed the Essroc Dock in Essexville on Sunday afternoon, after unloading there overnight.  The tug Nickelena and barge BMI 192 arrived at the Consumers Energy dock shortly after the Roman departed the river.  Earlier in the week, the Nickelena had arrived with the barge BMI 209.

Stern view of the pair

Nickelena and barges BMI 192 and BMI 209 at Consumers Energy