MANISTEE Due

MANISTEE, laden with salt from Fairport, is expected in Erie tonight around 1800 for the Mountfort Terminal. This is MANISTEE's second salt load to Erie this season; the first was taken on and delivered yesterday morning.

HERBERT P. BRAKE Arrives

HERBERT P. BRAKE arrived in Erie at 2015 hours on Monday and proceeded into drydock at Donjon Shipbuilding & Repair to attach to newly-built hopper barge HUDSON. BRAKE moved the HUDSON out to the north face of the shipyard. BRAKE then moored at the West Slip in front of McKEE SONS. The tug remains there today.

When BRAKE and HUDSON depart they are bound for the New York State Barge Canal, and the barge is eventually bound for Sterling Equipment in Quincy, MA.

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HERBERT P. BRAKE inbound Erie.


Stern view.


BRAKE moving HUDSON in Erie harbor as darkness falls.


VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER inbound on July 12.


Another view.


Between the piers.


Stern view.


Another stern view of the duo.

BRAKE Update

HERBERT P. BRAKE should arrive Erie around 2000 tonight.

Tug HERBERT P. BRAKE Due

Donjon's tug HERBERT P. BRAKE is upbound in Lock 6 of the Welland Canal at this time and expected in Erie later today for Donjon Shipbuilding & Repair. I will post an updated ETA later today.

UNDAUNTED/PERE MARQUETTE 41 Visit; VICTORY/KUBER in Port, Will Load Sand

UNDAUNTED/PERE MARQUETTE 41 arrived in Erie at 0100 this morning and spent the morning unloading stone at the Mountfort Terminal. The duo departed at 1230 this afternoon. This was UNDAUNTED/PERE MARQUETTE 41's first visit to Erie since 2003.

VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER arrived in Erie at 1730 today and docked at the Old Ore Dock to unload stone from Cedarville. When finished early Saturday morning they will move to the Mountfort Terminal to load sand for the North Pier.

I will post photos Saturday.

KUBER ETA

KUBER's new ETA is 1700. UNDAUNTED/PERE MARQUETTE 41 departed today at 1230.

Two Tug/Barge Units Due Friday

UNDAUNTED/PERE MARQUETTE 41 are expected in Erie at 0100 Friday.

VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER, with stone from Cedarville, are due in at 1430.

UNDAUNTED/PERE MARQUETTE 41 DUE

Tug UNDAUNTED/barge PERE MARQUETTE 41, with stone from Thessalon, Ontario, are expected in Erie Friday at 0100.

JOSEPH H. THOMPSON Arrives

JOSEPH H. THOMPSON arrived in port on June 26 and docked at the Mountfort Terminal to unload at 2045 hours. The THOMPSON spent the evening unloading stone from Calcite and departed upbound at around 0300.

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JOSEPH H. THOMPSON/JOSEPH H. THOMPSON JR inbound Erie.


Another view.


The tug/barge unit passes the North Pierhead Lighthouse.


Close up of the tug.


Stern view.


THOMPSON slows to approach the Mountfort Terminal.

THOMPSON DUE

JOSEPH H. THOMPSON JR. and barge JOSEPH H. THOMPSON, with stone from Calcite, are expected in Erie at 2000 Wednesday.

SAM LAUD Arrives

SAM LAUD arrived in Erie on at 1800 on this foggy June evening and moored at the Old Ore Dock to unload stone.

Staying at Wolverine Marina in Erie on Sunday and Monday was THE MEMORY MOTEL, the former Duluth bumboat MARINE TRADER. The vessel was on its way from Detroit (where it has been laid up for ten years) to New York City via the Erie Canal. The vessel, which used to sell supplies to sailors on Great Lakes ships, is to be used as a bed and breakfast in New York. After a stop in Dunkirk Tuesday the vessel should be in the Erie Canal at this time.

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SAM LAUD emerges out of the fog inbound Erie this evening.


Another view of the LAUD.


Stern view.


LAUD passes the Mountfort Terminal.


Approaching the Old Ore Dock.


Landing a deckhand to handle lines.


THE MEMORY MOTEL at Wolverine Marina on Monday.


Another view of the 1937-built vessel.

SAM LAUD DUE

SAM LAUD, loaded with stone, is expected in Erie tomorrow at 1730.

MANITOWOC Due

MANITOWOC, loaded with stone, is expected in Erie at 0830 on Friday.

VICTORY/KUBER Shuttle Sand

After arriving in Erie at 2300 on Saturday and unloading stone at the Mountfort Terminal and Old Ore Dock, VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER moved over to the Mountfort Terminal, and docked at the east end of that pier at 0840 on Sunday. KUBER began to take on a load of sand, previously dredged from the lake bottom, via portable conveyor.

KUBER loaded until about 0930 this morning before moving over to the North Pier to unload sand for beach replenishment. This is the first dry bulk cargo loaded onto a vessel in the port of Erie in many, many years. In the early 1990s the JOSEPH H. THOMPSON loaded coke here; that is believed to be the last cargo loaded from the port of Erie.

I will update with photos later today.

KUBER LOADS SAND

After unloading last night at the Mountfort Terminal and Old Ore Dock, VICTORY/JAMES L. KUBER moved over to the Mountfort Terminal this morning and began loading sand via portable conveyors.

I will update with a full report and photos on Monday.