Noteworthy Passages

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Lake Erie Ports – August 13

Aug 14, 2026

Toledo, OH:  Arrivals were Albert/Margaret to George Gradel, Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader to Ironville and Wilf Seymour/Alouette Spirit to Midwest Terminals.  In port are Algoma Niagara, Federal Dart and Polsteam Koprowo. Departing were Lyulin  with a destination of Finland and Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader for Silver Bay.
Marblehead, OH:  Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader arrived at Amrize to load limestone. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder  is anchored in Lake Erie.
Sandusky, OH:  Herbert C. Jackson arrived at Norfolk Southern to load coal and Defiance/Ashtabula  is anchored in Lake Erie.
Cleveland, OH:  Victory II departed for Detroit. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder unloaded at RiverDock then left for Marblehead.  Arrivals were Viking Octantis to Dock 28W and Polsteam Dabie to Dock 24E, both at the Port. Heemskergracht is at Dock 22 and Federal Oshima is at Dock 24W. American Courage is on the shuttles.
Fairport Harbor, OH:  Defiance/Ashtabula departed for Sandusky. Manitowoc departed for Ashtabula assisted by tugs Pennsylvania and Donald. J. Sarter.
Ashtabula, OH:  Federal Satsuki is still unloading at Pinney Dock #4. Manitowoc arrived under tow for Conneaut Creek Ship Repair.
Conneaut, OH:  American Integrity arrived with ore for the P&C Dock.
Buffalo, NY:  New York Double Skin 509A departed for Detroit. Shipka is unloading at Sucro Sourcing.
Port Colborne, ON: Cruise ships Le Bellot and Victory I arrived at Snider Marine Terminals. McAsphalt Advantage is at the anchorage. Departures were Le Bellot for Parry Sound and Victory I for Cleveland.
Nanticoke, ON:  Baie St. Paul and CSL Assiniboine are both at Stelco.  Baie Comeau and Zea Lillian are at the Port Dover anchorage. Algonova and Algoterra are loading at Imperial Oil. CSL Assiniboine departed for Two Harbors and Baie moved to Stelco.
Bill Kloss

Lake Erie Ports – August 12

Aug 13, 2026

Toledo, OH:  Baie Comeau departed for Nanticoke. In port are Algoma Niagara at The Andersons, Federal Dart at Kuhlmans and Polsteam Koprowo and Lyulin at Midwest Terminals.
Marblehead, OH:  Sam Laud departed for Marine City and Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder arrived to load at Amrize. Once loaded the ATB left for Cleveland.
Cleveland, OH:  Arrivals were Victory II to Dock 28W at the Port and Heemskergracht to Dock 22 at the Port.
Fairport Harbor, OH:  CSL Tadoussac departed for Bowmanville. Arrivals were Defiance/Ashtabula to Osborne and  Herbert C. Jackson to Carmeuse. Manitowoc is at Osborne. Herbert C. Jackson left for Sandusky once empty.
Ashtabula, OH:  Federal Satsuki is unloading at Pinney Dock #4.
Conneaut, OH: Edwin H. Gott unloaded at the P&C Dock then departed for Two Harbors once empty.
Buffalo, NY:   New York Double Skin 509A arrived with liquid asphalt for Suit-Kote in Tonawanda. Joyce L. VanEnkevort/Great Lakes Trader unloaded at CSI Sands then left for Marblehead. Shipka is at Sucro Sourcing and Algoma Innovator departed for Goderich.
Port Colborne, ON:  Departing were Victory I for Toronto and Viking Octantis for Cleveland. McAsphalt Advantage is at the anchorage.
Nanticoke, ON:  Algonova and Zea Lillian are at Imperial Oil. Algoterra is at the anchorage.
Bill Kloss

Lake Erie Ports – August 11

Aug 12, 2026

Toledo, OH:  Arrivals were Polsteam Koprowo to Midwest Terminals, Baie Comeau to CSX and Algoma Niagara. Departures were American Mariner for Calcite and John G. Munson for Stoneport. Federal Dart is at Kuhlmans.
Marblehead, OH:  Sam Laud arrived for limestone at Amrize. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder is anchored in Lake Erie.
Cleveland, OH:  Departures were Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. for Two Harbors, Sam Laud to Marblehead and Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement for Hamilton. Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder unloaded at the Cliffs stone dock then left for Marblehead. In port are Federal Oshima and American Courage.
Fairport Harbor, OH:  CSL Tadoussac arrived at Morton Salt. Manitowoc is at Osborne and Defiance/Ashtabula is anchored in Lake Erie.
Ashtabula, OH:  Federal Satsuki is unloading at Pinney Dock #4.
Buffalo, NY:  Algoma Innovator arrived with grain for the Standard Elevator. Saltie Lyulin departed for Toledo and Shipka arrived at Sucro Sourcing to unload sugar.
Port Colborne, ON:  Victory I, Victory II and Viking Octantis all arrived at Snider Marine Terminal. Zea Lillian departed for Nanticoke. Victory II departed for Cleveland and Shipka sailed to Buffalo.
Nanticoke, ON:   Algosolis departed for Sarnia. Tanker Zea Lillian joined Algonova at Imperial Oil.
Bill Kloss

Lake Erie Ports – August 10

Aug 11, 2026

Toledo, OH:  Arrivals were American Mariner with ore for Torco, John G. Munson with ore for Ironville. Polsteam Koprowo and Stenheim departed. Federal Dart is at Kuhlmans.
Cleveland, OH:   Arrivals were Federal Oshima with skids and steel coils to Dock 24W, Victory I to Dock 28W, both at the Port and Walter J. McCarthy, Jr. with ore for the Bulk Terminal. Departures were Samuel deChamplain/Innovation for Alpena, Mark W. Barker with salt for Green Bay and Victory I for Port Colborne. In port are Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement and American Courage.
Fairport Harbor, OH:  Manitowoc arrived with limestone for Osborne.
Ashtabula, OH:  Federal Montreal departed for Thunder Bay and Federal Satsuki arrived to unload at Pinney Dock #4.
Buffalo, NY:  Lyulin is still unloading at Sucro Sourcing.
Port Colborne, ON: Federal Satsuki sailed for Ashtabula. At the anchorage are Shipka and tanker Zea Lillian.
Nanticoke, ON:  Algosolis and Algonova are loading at Imperial Oil.
Bill Kloss

Saginaw River

Aug 10, 2026

In what has been a slow start to the month of August, with only two vessel passages, Robert S. Pierson made it three, arriving on the Saginaw River on Saturday evening at sunset.  She traveled upriver to the Sargent Docks & Terminal in Zilwaukee to unload salt taken on in Goderich, ON.  Once finished Sunday morning, Robert S. Pierson headed up to the Sixth Street Turning Basin, winding around, before heading outbound for the lake.

Todd Shorkey

Robert S. Pierson on the Saginaw River. [Todd Shorkey]

Lake Erie Ports – August 9

Aug 10, 2026

Monroe, MI:  After unloading coal at DTE, Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader departed for Calcite.
Toledo, OH:  CSL Assiniboine departed for Stoneport. In port are Federal Dart at Kuhlamns and Stenheim at George Gradel.
Cleveland, OH:  Arriving were Samuel deChamplain/Innovation with cement for Amrize, Mark W. Barker with limestone for Osborne and Petite Forte/St. Marys Cement to SMC Jefferson St. Mark W. Barker moved to Cargill for salt once empty at Osborne.
Ashtabula, OH:  Federal Montreal is at the Pinney Dock.
Conneaut, OH:  American Century arrived with ore for the P&C Dock. Once empty the footer left for Two Harbors.
Buffalo, NY:  Lyulin is unloading sugar at Sucro Sourcing.
Port Colborne, ON:  Viking Octantis departed for Toronto. Victory II arrived at Snider Marine Terminals and passengers could visit the Niagara Falls area. Shipka and Federal Satsuki are at the anchorage. Victory II departed for Toronto.
Nanticoke, ON:   Algocanada departed with petroleum products for Sault Ste. Marie.  Algonova moved back to Imperial Oil .
Bill Kloss

Lake Erie Ports – August 8

Aug 9, 2026

Monroe, MI:  Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader arrived with coal for DTE.
Toledo, OH:  Arrivals were CSL Assiniboine to Midwest Terminals, Samuel deChamplain/Innovation to Amrize and Stenheim to George Gradel. In port are CSL Assiniboine and Federal Dart. Departures were Baie Comeau for Hamilton, Albert/Margaret for Calcite Samuel deChamplain/Innovation for Cleveland.
Sandusky, OH:  Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader loaded coal at Norfolk Southern then left for Monroe.
Lorain, OH:  H. Lee White departed for Drummond Island.
Cleveland, OH:  Victory II arrived at Dock 28W at the Port. Departures were Mesabi Miner for Two Harbors,New York/Double Skin 509A to Detroit and Victory II for Port Colborne. American Courage is on the shuttles.
Ashtabula, OH:   Federal Montreal is at the Pinney Dock.
Conneaut, OH:  American Century arrived with ore for the P&C Dock.
Buffalo, NY:  Lyulin is unloading sugar at Sucro Sourcing.
Port Colborne, ON:  Viking Octantis arrived at Snider Marine Terminals. Passengers visited the Niagara Falls area before returning to the ship. Stenheim departed for Toledo. Saltie Shipka is at the anchorage.
Nanticoke, ON:  Algoberta departed for Sainte Victoir, PQ. Algocanada is  loading at Imperial Oil and Algonova moved to the anchorage. {Algosolis Zea Lillian}
Bill Kloss

Lake Erie Ports – August 7

Aug 8, 2026

Toledo, OH:  Departing were Defiance/Ashtabula for Alpena and Ontario Venture for Calcite. Arrivals were Federal Dart to Kuhlmans.  In port are Baie Comeau at CSX, Albert/Margaret at George Gradel and Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader at Ironville.
Kingsville, ON:  Manitoulin arrived with limestone from Marblehead for Southwestern Sales Co. Once empty she departed with no updated destination.
Lorain, OH:  H. Lee White arrived with limestone for Carmeuse.
Cleveland, OH:  Arrivals were Viking Octantis to the Port Dock 28W, Algoma Buffalo to Cargill and Mesabi Miner to the Bulk Terminal. In port are New York/Double Skin 509A and American Courage. Departures were Algoma Buffalo with salt for Johnstown and Viking Octantis for Port Colborne.
Ashtabula, OH:  Federal Montreal is at the Pinney Dock.
Buffalo, NY:  Saltie Lyulin is unloading sugar at Sucro Sourcing.
Port Colborne, ON:  Stenheim remains anchored.  McAsphalt Advantage departed for Tracy-Kildair.
Nanticoke, ON:  Algonova and Algoberta are loading at Imperial Oil. Algocanada arrived at the Port Dover anchorage.
Bill Kloss

Stewart J. Cort at Sturgeon Bay for Repairs

Aug 7, 2026

Stewart J. Cort arrived at Bay Shipbuilding Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI, from Burns Harbor on Thursday for propulsion repairs. She had undergone temporary repairs at the idle SMET dock in Superior, WI, recently.

Cort arriving at Sturgeon Bay with tug Nickalena on the stern. [Rosann Hollinger]

Lake Erie Ports – August 6

Aug 7, 2026

Kingsville, ON:  Manitoulin arrived with limestone for Southwestern Sales Co. Once empty she departed for Marblehead.
Toledo, OH:  Arriving were Robert S. Pierson to the ADM salt dock, Defiance/Ashtabula to Midwest Terminals, Baie Comeau to CSX, Clyde S. VanEnkevort/Erie Trader to Ironville and Albert/Margaret to George Gradel. Ontario Venture is at The Andersons. Departing were Dirk S. VanEnkevort/Michigan Trader for Silver Bay and Robert S. Pierson for Goderich.
Marblehead, OH:  Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder loaded limestone at Amrize then left for Marysville. Manitoulin made the dock once the ATB cleared.
Sandusky, OH:  Herbert C. Jackson departed with coal for Zug Island.
Cleveland, OH:  Arrivals were Sam Laud to Ontario Stone, New York/Double Skin 509A with liquid asphalt for Marathon and GLT tug Handy One to the Great Lakes Shipyard. Departures were Manitowoc for Stoneport, Victory/Maumee for Calcite and Sam Laud for Detroit.
Fairport Harbor, OH:  Frontenac departed with salt for Bowmanville.
Ashtabula, OH:  Federal Montreal arrived at Pinney Dock #4.
Port Colborne, ON:  Stenheim and McAsphalt Advantage are at the anchorage.
Nanticoke, ON:  Baie Comeau departed for Toledo. Algonova and Algoberta are loading at Imperial Oil.
Bill Kloss
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