Saginaw River Passages - October 12th

Alpena called on the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville on Saturday to unload.  She was outbound early Sunday morning.  Olive L. Moore - Lewis J, Kuber were inbound Monday morning, traveling up to the Lafarge stone dock in Saginaw to unload.  The pair were expected to be outbound later in the day.

Moore - Kuber inbound on the Saginaw River, nearing Cheboyganing Creek

Saginaw River Passages - October 7th

Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were back again late Tuesday night, delivering a split cargo to the Bay City and Saginaw Wirt Stone docks.  The pair finished their unload and were outbound early Wednesday morning.  Wednesday evening saw the arrival of Algorail, headed upriver to unload at the Sargent dock in Zilwaukee.

Algorail upbound on the Saginaw River just above the Airport Turning Basin

Saginaw river Passages - October 2nd - 4th

Very strong sustained winds out of the Northeast caused delays for vessels trying to deliver product to Saginaw River docks.  American Century arrived on the Saginaw Bay on October 2nd, but went to anchor south of the Charity Islands to wait for more favorable conditions before delivering her cargo of coal to the Consumers energy dock in Essexville.  She was finally able to make the dock on the morning of October 4th.  The Olive L. Moore-Lewis J. Kuber made their 40th commercial delivery to the Saginaw River on October 3rd, passing the anchored American Century and dropping a split cargo at the Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City and the Buena Vista dock in Saginaw.

Saginaw River Traffic Report - September 2015

For the month of September, there were 17 commercial vessel deliveries on the Saginaw River.  This is down one delivery from the same month last year, but one more than the five year average of 16.  For the year to date, there have been 99 commercial deliveries to docks along the Saginaw River.  This represents 21 more than the same period during 2014 and six more than the five year average.

Saginaw River Passages - September 25th-27th

A pair of American Steamship Company vessels and one from Grand
River Navigation/Lower Lakes Transportation called on Saginaw River Docks
in the past three days.  H. Lee White was first in, calling on the
Burroughs North dock in Essexville on the 25th.  American Mariner was
next, stopping across the river from her fleet mate and unloading at the
Bay Aggregates dock in Bay City on the 26th.  Very early on the morning
of the 27th, Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were inbound, traveling all
the way up to the last commercial dock at the Sixth Street Turning Basin,
and unloading at the Lafarge Stone dock in Saginaw.

Saginaw River Passages - September 23rd & 24th

The Saginaw River was busy on Thursday, with three vessels transiting the river.  Algorail was the first, arriving on the 23rd and stopping at the Essexville Wirt Sand and Stone dock. and then the Buena Vista dock in Saginaw.  She was followed by Samuel de Champlain - Innovation, who called on the Lafarge Cement dock in Essexville.  Last in was Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber, who unloaded a split cargo at the Bay City and Saginaw Wirt Stone docks.  All three vessels were outbound on the 24th.

Saginaw River Passages - September 17th

September 17th saw the Olive L. Moore - Lewis J. Kuber were outbound on the Saginaw River after unloading at the Wirt Stone dock in Saginaw earlier in the day.  The pair had earlier dropped a partial cargo at the Bay City Wirt dock before heading up to Saginaw.  On the 16th, the Algoway had unloaded potash at the North Star dock in Essexville.