Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping Online	Return to News Previous Gallery Next Gallery
		News Photo Gallery May 27, 2010

 

Cuyahoga in Alpena - Ben & Chanda McClain
Unloading salt		Salt pile	Bringing in the boom	Backing out of the river
Menominee, Mich. and Marinette, Wisc.  - Dick Lund
Vlistborg turns around in the Menominee River on May 19 before heading to KK Integrated Logistics	Broadside view of the ship, which is here to load pulp	Stern view tied up at the dock	Vlistborg heads through the Ogden Street Bridge as they depart on May 20	The ship is through the bridge and into the inner harbor on their way out to the lake
Spencer F. Baird arrived on May 24 to pick up a load of Lake Trout fingerlings	Note the truck with the long tube at the right of the photo	Later that same day, the Catherine Desgagnes arrived at Marinette Fuel & Dock with more pig iron	BBC Rio Grande arrived at dusk on May 25, and entered port early the next morning with more wind turbine towers
Undaunted and barge PM41 in Ludington
The pair visited their home port early Wednesday morning to deliver a load of agricultural lime to the Carey dock near the Washington Street Bridge.  She unloaded quickly and was outbound before 9 a.m. on a beautiful, calm morning.
Sarnia and Goderich - John McCreery
Federal Miramichi upbound at Sarnia	Another view	Stern view	Metsaborg and pilot boat headed for the river	Metsaborg
Metsaborg  stern view approaching the bridges	Leandra waiting to load at Goderich	View from across the harbour
Manistee in Buffalo - Rob Wolcott Saturday the Manistee arrived in Buffalo to unload sand at the Sand Supply Dock on the City Ship Canal. She unloaded all night and started her departure around 6:30 a.m.
Manistee backing down the City Ship canal and into the Buffalo River.	Wide shot showing Manistee on her way to the lake.	Making the turn in the river past the Naval Park.	Close up of Manistee	Bow shot
Manistee done with the turn, now lining up to finish backing into the turning area.	Passing the Buffalo light house.	Starting to turn around in the North entrance turning basin.	Head on shot as she turns	Working her bow thruster to get her around.
Another shot with the Buffalo light house. Half way around her turn to depart into Lake Erie.	Rudder still turned to port and finally almost around.	Lined up with the North entrance and ready to depart.	Powering up and moving on to her next cargo.	Manistee headed out into the open lake.
Victoria Day holiday at Welland Canal - Bill Bird
Mirror image of JW Shelley as she passes Allanburg	Stern shot	Iryda upbound at Thorold-notice blue unloading buckets on deck	Crew moving cables for starboard side tie-up	Stern shot
Algolake clear of Lock 3	flying flag of Les Habitants	Stern shot heading to the flight locks
Cleveland - Paul Magyar
Walter J. McCarthy Jr. approaching the CBT dock to with a load of taconite.	Manistee departing Cleveland with a load of salt from the Cargill Mine.	Mississagi outbound Cleveland with a load of salt from the Cargill mine.	American Republic heads up the Cuyahoga River to Mittal Steel with another load of taconite from the Cleveland Bulk Terminal.
Sugar Island Ferry - Herm Klein Tuesday morning the the Sugar Islander II experienced a reported electronic failure of the engine and transmission control system. A fix was not readily available, so the Drummond Islander III was dispatched from Detour Village to make the trips between the Soo mainland and Sugar Island. After 2 p.m. the crippled Sugar Islander II made her way up river to MCM Marine to be repaired.
Drummond Islander III up bound in the Little Rapids Cut	Drummond Islander II arrives at the Sugar Island dock	Sugar Islander II heads up river to MCM Marine for repair	Drummond Islander III ready to load at the shore side Dock
Quebecois arrives at Hamilton with iron ore for Dofasco from Port Cartier - Rodney Aitchison
Approaching the piers	Close up of bridge	At the piers	Profile	Lots of pleasure craft were out on the long weekend
Green Bay - Scott Best
Calumet close up at the Georgia Pacific slip.	Wide view unloading coal.
Mariatown and Iroquois Lock - Ron Beaupre
Federal Leda passing Mariatown.	She is headed for Sorel to load.	Quebecois passing Loyalist Park below Iroquois Lock.	She has a load of ore for Hamilton.	Lady of Dover passing Mariatown. Built at Port Dover as John D. by George Gamble. Her second name was Sharilyn II.
She was owned in Quebec but is now heading back into the Lakes.
Mariatown and Iroquois Lock - Ron Beaupre
State of Michigan at the Algonac State Park on Sunday afternoon - Don Detloff
Marquette and Escanaba - Rod Burdick
Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder at the Upper Harbor in Marquette	Loading ore	Spruceglen in Escanaba at the CN ore dock with Joseph L. Block
Federal Weser downbound at Blockhouse Island, Brockville on Saturday - Dave Bessant
Federal Weser approaching Brockville	Bow	Stern	Broadside	Navigating through the Dive boats over one of the wrecks, perhaps the Lillie Parsons
Turning on the power, looking tippy a bit
Maumee at South Chicago on Monday - Lou Gerard
Maumee in Calumet Harbor just before turning around.	Backing under EJ&E bridge	Crew on stern radioing instructions to the pilot house	Backing through 95th st. bridge	About to go through the five bridges
Backing around bend at KCBX

Note: Please be advised that due to the large volume of photos being submitted for inclusion in this gallery and the time constraints involved in handling each submission, only selected photos will be used.  This page will continue to generally be used only for photos related to recent news or port/area reports and will only be released as time permits. Please visit the Public Gallery to upload and share your own photos.