PRESQUE ISLE DUE

PRESQUE ISLE will be arriving in Erie around 0100 tonight to drop her barge off before the tug heads to drydock at Port Weller, Ontario. If they begin the disconnection process right away, the tug will be outbound by itself sometime in the early to mid-morning hours after sunrise.

JOSEPH H. THOMPSON Due; FARRELL 256, ATLANTIC ENTERPRISE to Depart

JOSEPH H. THOMPSON will arrive in Erie with a load of stone at 1600 this afternoon. This morning, ATLANTIC ENTERPRISE will depart with FARRELL 256 in tow, bound for Port Newark, New Jersey. This will mark the end of a 5.5 year stay in Erie for the FARRELL, which originally arrived in Erie in October, 2011, under tow of ATLANTIC SALVOR. INDIANA HARBOR was moved into drydock on Monday for repairs from a collision with the Conneaut breakwall last week.

DOROTHY ANN/PATHFINDER TO DEPART

DOROTHY ANN and PATHFINDER are expected to depart today around noon for Cleveland to begin her season.

CSL NIAGARA DUE FOR LAYUP

CSL NIAGARA is currently anchored two miles north of Presque Isle and will be inbound at daylight, headed for Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair for winter layup.

This is the first time CSL NIAGARA has laid up in Erie under this name. The last time the vessel spent a winter in Erie was 1994-95, when she was known as J.W. McGIFFIN.

BOOTHE/LAKES CONTENDER DUE FOR LAYUP

KEN BOOTHE SR./LAKES CONTENDER will be docking in Erie at around 0700 Saturday for layup.

DOROTHY ANN/PATHFINDER DUE

DOROTHY ANN/PATHFINDER are due around 2000 tonight for winter layup at Donjon Shipbuilding.

Three tug/barge combinations and one classic laker will comprise Erie's layup fleet this year: PRESQUE ISLE, KEN BOOTHE SR./LAKES CONTENDER and CASON J. CALLAWAY are expected to be the other winter layups.

SEA CHEM-1 TO UNDERGO SEA TRIALS

SEA POWER and SEA CHEM-1 will be departing Donjon at 0730 this morning on sea trials.

SEA POWER, SEA CHEM-1 TO DEPART

Tug SEA POWER and barge SEA CHEM-1 are scheduled to depart Erie for the east coast sometime on Saturday.

SEA CHEM-1 TO FLOAT TUESDAY

Barge SEA CHEM-1 will be removed from drydock by ATLANTIC ENTERPRISE and ELIZABETH ANNA on Tuesday morning. Reportedly, Seabulk will take delivery of the unit on Friday and sometime after that SEA CHEM-1 and SEA POWER will be departing for the East Coast to begin work.

SEA POWER Stops

SEA POWER stopped at Wharf 2 of the Welland Canal last night and remains there today. Her estimated time of departure, and thus her ETA to Erie, remains unclear at this time.

SEA POWER Due

Tug SEA POWER is approaching the Welland Canal right now and should arrive in Erie at around noon tomorrow for Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair to pick up her new barge.

New Tug SEA POWER Expected

SEA POWER, fresh from the builder's yard in Jacksonville, Florida, is expected in Montreal tomorrow at 1100 for Seaway inspection. The tug will then start up the Seaway for Erie to pick up barge SEA CHEM-1 at Donjon Shipbuilding and Repair.

CALUMET DUE

CALUMET should arrive in Erie around 0100 with stone.

DENIS SULLIVAN DUE

DENIS SULLIVAN is downbound in Lake Huron off of Goderich and should arrive in Erie for Tall Ships Erie on Wednesday. The 2016 festival kicks off on Thursday with a parade of sails through the channel and Presque Isle Bay.

ATLANTIC ENTERPRISE UPDATE

ATLANTIC ENTEPRISE is now due in Erie around 1930 this evening.