Port Reports - April 23

Duluth-Superior – Daniel Lindner

Paul R. Tregurtha arrived in Duluth early Saturday afternoon to load coal at Midwest Energy, and Oakglen departed from CN with ore. Burns Harbor was loading iron ore pellets at Burlington Northern in Superior, and was expected to depart late Saturday night.

Drummond Island, Mich. – Denny Dushane

Michipicoten became the first vessel for the 2017 season to load at the limestone dock. It arrived Thursday afternoon and departed on Friday morning. Cuyahoga was expected to load Saturday.

Port Inland, Mich. – Denny Dushane

The barge Great Lakes Trader / tug Joyce L. VanEnkevort are expected Sunday in the late morning. Wilfred Sykes is due Monday in the morning, followed by Great Republic in the late evening.

Cedarville, Mich. – Denny Dushane

Wilfred Sykes is expected Sunday at noon. Also due are the barge Pere Marquette 41 / tug Undaunted on Monday in the evening. John J. Boland is due on April 26 at noon.

Calcite, Mich. – Denny Dushane

John J. Boland loaded at the North Dock on Saturday and was due to depart around 3 p.m. There are no vessels scheduled Sunday. Due in Monday are two early morning arrivals, Philip R. Clarke and Lee A. Tregurtha for the North Dock. There are no vessels scheduled Tuesday. Due Wednesday is the H. Lee White in the early morning for the North Dock. Two vessels are due Thursday, with American Mariner arriving in the morning for the South Dock and the H. Lee White due for the South Dock in the late evening.

Stoneport, Mich. – Denny Dushane

Cason J. Callaway loaded Saturday and was expected to depart around 3 p.m. There are no vessels scheduled for Sunday or Monday.

Bay City, Mich. – Denny Dushane

The American Steamship Co. 1,000-footer Indiana Harbor arrived in the late morning Saturday to deliver the first coal cargo for the 2017 season to the Consumers Energy/Karn Weadock power plant in Essexville. They delivered the first half of the coal cargo to the St. Clair power plant on Friday.

St. Clair, Mich. – Denny Dushane

Indiana Harbor arrived on Friday in the late morning with a split cargo of coal for the St. Clair power plant and the Consumers Energy/Karn Weadock power plant in Essexville near Bay City. It was their first visit of the 2017/18 season at the facility. They departed Friday in the evening and arrived at Karn Weadock late on Saturday morning to continue unloading. The first vessel to deliver coal to the St. Clair power plant for the 2017/18 season was March 29, when Paul R. Tregurtha arrived to unload a split cargo for the St. Clair and Monroe power plants. Paul R. Tregurtha also became the first vessel for the 2017/18 season to deliver coal to Monroe.

Goderich, Ont. – Bruce Douglas

Capt. Henry Jackman was loading road salt Saturday. She was downbound at Sarnia around 10 p.m.

Sarnia, Ont. – Denny Dushane

Federal Champlain, built in 2016, became the first foreign-flagged ship to load at the Cargill grain elevator for the 2017 season. They arrived late on April 17 and departed in the late morning April 21 enroute to Montreal to take on bunker fuel before continuing on to Tuxpan, Mexico, to unload.

Toledo, Ohio – Denny Dushane

Mississagi was at the CSX Coal Dock on Saturday waiting to load coal. Also due at CSX is the Kaye E. Barker on Monday in the morning, followed by the barge James L. Kuber / tug Victory on April 26 in the early evening. Algoma Enterprise is due at CSX on April 27 in the late evening, and the barge Ashtabula / tug Defiance are due at CSX on April 29 during the morning. There is nothing due at the Midwest Terminal Stone Dock. Due at the Torco Dock are the barge Joseph H. Thompson / tug on Sunday in the early evening. Kaye E. Barker is also due at Torco on Sunday in the evening. The barge James L. Kuber / tug Victory are due at Torco on April 26 in the late afternoon, and the Joseph H. Thompson returns to Torco on April 27 in the late evening. Vessels in port Saturday included the saltwater vessel Federal Barents and the tug Wilf Seymour / barge Alouette Spirit.

Nanticoke, Ont. – Barry Andersen

Algoma Hansa and Algonova remained at docks on Saturday.

Welland Canal – Barry Andersen

Transits for April 22. Upbound: CCG Constable Carrière eta 1120, Algoma Discovery eta 1521, Marsgracht (Nld) eta 1612, Sten Baltic (Nor) eta 1955 and Thunder Bay eta 2100. Downbound: Algolake, Algoma Enterprise, BBC Weser (Atg) eta 0450, CSL Niagara eta 0615, Federal Champlain (Mhl) eta 0900, Kaministiqua eta 1531, Tecumseh eta 1535, Frontenac eta 2009. Port Weller anchorage: Tundra (Cyp) was awaiting her turn at the Redpath dock.

Hamilton, Ont. – Barry Andersen

Redhead (Hkg) departed anchorage Friday and docked at 2100. Arrivals: Robert S. Pierson Friday at 2325, Havelstern (Mhl) at 1245, Algoma Enterprise at 1415, Arneborg (Nld) at 1520 and BBC Weser (Atg), anchored Burlington Bay at 1558.

Clarkson, Ont. – Barry Andersen

Arrivals: Adfines Sea (Mlt) at 0151 Saturday, Algolake at 1231 and Jana Desgagnes at 1900.

Toronto, Ont. – Barry Andersen

Drawsko (Bhs) was at Redpath unloading on Saturday. English River departed at 2330 for Bath. Stephen B. Roman arrived at 0205.

Seaway – Ron Beaupre′

The scrap tow of the former Quebec ferry Camille-Marcoux (her name shortened to Le-Marc) got underway westbound Saturday. The vessel is bound for Port Colborne, Ont., and the yard of the Marine Recycling Corp. Tugs are Lois M. and Jarrett M.

Source: boatnerd.com