SAM LAUD in port; Sand load due over weekend

The SAM LAUD arrived in port at 0200 this morning with stone from Cedarville. The vessel unloaded throughout the early morning hours and departed at 0800 for the NS Coal Dock in Ashtabula to load coal for Alpena.

Unloading continues on the McALLISTER 132; however, as of this afternoon they have yet to finish unloading the paper part of the cargo.


Unloading resumes on the McALLISTER 132.


LAUD unloading this morning.


Overhead view.


Ninety seconds after I took the last photo, unloading is complete.


Backing fron the Old Ore Dock. Thanks to the kind staff at O-N Minerals for allowing me to take this photograph.


Rounding the Mountfort Terminal.


Passing the TWOLAN and McALLISTER 132 at the Mountfort Terminal.


Close up of the LAUD.


In the channel.


Stern view.


Outbound for Ashtabula.


Another view of the McALLISTER 132 at dock.

According to the Erie Times-News today, the first shipment of sand will be arriving from Thessalon on Sunday or Monday. Traffic is extremely busy this year and is expected to get busier; the lumber being brought in by the McALLISTER 132 is being shipped to Florida and the Carolinas via CSX and with sand, and possibly biodiesel being shipped through the port this year, Erie could handle six different commodities this year. This is two more than last year, when the port handled stone, sand, salt and a single load of locomotives.