By Art Pickering

March 20, 2010:  Welcome back everyone to another year of vessel updates from
Marquette, Michigan.  Anticipation is building as another season draws near 
and it appears that the season will begin this coming week.  According to 
a couple of different reports, at least two ships are now making their way
to Marquette.  The Lee Tregurtha departed lay-up and currently enroute to 
Marquette while the James Barker is currently loading coal and will depart
Superior, Wisconsin late tonight for Marquette.  So the season begins and I
will try to provide regular updates on vessel traffic in and out of Marquette.
As in the past, feel free to e-mail me with your comments and questions.  I 
look forward to hearing from you and provide my regular updates.

               The 2009 - 2010 Shipping Season Just Ended

January 18: Well even though the Soo Locks closed on Friday, shipping continued
in and out of Marquette.  That is until today.  Late Friday evening, the 
Michipicoten arrived at the ore dock and departed by early the next morning
back to the Soo to unload.  About 8 a.m. this morning, the Michipicoten arrived 
back at the ore dock in Marquette for one final load of ore.  Shortly after
noon, the crew tighten down the hatches, lowered the boom, pulled up the tie 
lines, and slowly backed out of the ore dock on the south side for the final
time this season.  The Michipicoten will arrive in the Soo about mid-night
tonight, unload and then most likely head for Thunder Bay.  

With that, this concludes another season of reporting out of Marquette.  I would like to thank everyone who followed my reports all season long and I thank
everyone who sent e-mails.  I will return back in the spring to provide another
season of reporting.  Until, I will prepare for my own cruise in March and I 
hope each of you have a great lay-up season.  Take care!

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