VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER in Port

VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER arrived in Erie at 1430 on Saturday, and docked at the Old Ore Dock to unload stone from Cedarville. KUBER unloaded and departed around 2300 bound for Toledo, Ohio to load coal for Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario.

Tug VICTORY has been painted black, and received Lower Lakes Towing colors on her cabins, since her last visit to Erie last year.

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VICTORY/KUBER inbound.


Between the piers.


Tug VICTORY.


Stern view.


The duo moves into Presque Isle Bay.


Docking.


Swinging the boom out to begin unloading.

VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER DUE

VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER, with stone from Cedarville, is expected in Erie at 1530 on Saturday afternoon.

FEDERAL YUKON Has Quick Turnaround

FEDERAL YUKON lifted anchor on Saturday at 0700 and slowly proceeded inbound to Erie. YUKON turned in Erie harbor, docked at the Mountfort Terminal, and after discharging one transformer that was placed on a railcar, departed at 1130 bound for Milwaukee and Burns Harbor to finish discharging cargo.

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INVINCIBLE/McKEE SONS inbound on August 27. All photos in this, and all other posts, are copyright Jeff Thoreson and are not to be reposted online without my written permission. Unfortunately that was a problem with photos of the PAUL R. TREGURTHA.


Another view.


Tug INVINCIBLE.


Stern view.


Turning to back into the Old Ore Dock.


Unloading.


Outbound.


Stern view.


FEDERAL YUKON turning after lifting anchor on Saturday.


Turning in the channel.


Another view of the YUKON.


Stern view.


Headed for Erie harbor.


Inbound. YUKON was built in 2000 and has traded into the Great Lakes ever since. FEDERAL YUKON has ten sisterships in the Fednav fleet, all built at Oshima Shipbuilding in Japan.


The transformer on a railcar at the Mountfort Terminal on Saturday afternoon.

FEDERAL YUKON Waits

FEDERAL YUKON arrived off Erie and anchored east of the Lawrence Park Golf Course this afternoon at 1600. The vessel anchored due to high winds, and is expected to arrive during the morning of September 1.