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The Nina and Pinta, replicas of two of Christopher Columbus's ships, arrived at NestEgg Marine on July 21. Click Here to go to the photos and other information on their tour ... and departure on July 26.

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The MV Amalia became Menominee's first saltie (salt-water, foreign) of the 2009 - 2010 shipping season when it arrived at KK Integrated Logistics on Sept. 15 to pick up a load of pulp.


New "Warning To Boaters" sign - On April 27, in an attempt to bring safety awareness to fishing boats which, too many times, fail to move out of the way of a moving ship in a timely fashion, the Menominee County Sheriff Dept. Marine Patrol put out these signs at all local area boat launches on the Lower Menominee River. Too many times I have watched boaters wait until the last possible moment to move out of the way of a ship entering or departing our port. Last year, as a ship was backing out of the Menominee River, I was at the west end of the lighthouse pier when a ship was backing out of port and the captain asked if I could run out ahead of him and shoo the fishing boats out of his way! Unfortunately, his ship was moving faster than I could; I told him that I would like to help, but that he would have to use his horn. Hopefully these signs will raise awareness of the dangers of such actions. Click Here for a clearer view of the warning.



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This photo gallery will be presented in chronological order (rather than alphabetical order by ship name)

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Chronological List of ships that have visited Menominee & Marinette this year:
(Photos below)

Jan. 9 - Algosteel (assisted by tug, Erika Kobasic)
Jan. 12 - Algowood (assisted by tug, Erika Kobasic)

Apr. 10 - Amelia Desgagnes (Officially opens the 2009-2010 shipping season)
Apr. 12 - Capt. Henry Jackman
Apr. 14 - Melissa Desgagnes
Apr. 15 - James L. Kuber/Victory (tug & barge) depart winter lay-up from KK Integrated Logistics dock
Apr. 17 - Roen Salvage returns to finish dredging the Menominee River which began last September
Apr. 18 - Lewis J. Kuber/Olive L. Moore (tug & barge) depart winter lay-up from KK Integrated Logistics dock
Apr. 19 - Capt. Henry Jackman
Apr. 30 - Agawa Canyon

May 13 - Catherine Desgagnes
May 14 - Great Lakes Trader/Joyce L. VanEnkevort (tug & barge)
May 22 - James L. Kuber/Victory (tug & barge)
May 23 - Pathfinder/Dorothy Ann (tug & barge)
May 27 - Erika Kobasic and Nickelena (Basic Towing Tugs)
May 28 - Nickelena and Erika Kobasic depart with INLS craft in tow
May 30 - Rosaire A. Desgagnes
May 30 - Erika Kobasic and Nickelena (Basic Towing Tugs - in and out in 2-1/2 hrs. with INLS craft in tow)

June 1 - Nickelena (Basic Towing tug - in and out with a string of INLS craft)
June 22 - Catherine Desgagnes
July 21 - Nina and Pinta (Replica ships on display at NestEgg Marine - Departed on July 26)
Aug. 3 - Krystal & Greenstone (tug & barge for fireworks at Waterfront Festival)
Aug. 16 - Canadian Transport
Aug. 18 - Erika Kobasic & Nickelena (tugs arrive & depart with INLS craft in tow from Marinette Marine)
Aug. 20 - Erika Kobasic & Nickelena (tugs arrive and tie up)
Aug. 22 - Erika Kobasic & Nickelena (tugs depart with tows of INLS craft)
Aug. 28 - Dublin Sea (new Marinette Marine-built tug) out on Sea Trials
Aug. 31 - Calumet {3}

Sept. 15 - MV Amalia (departed on the 16th to drop ballast water in the lake before returning on the 17th to resume loading - departed fully loaded on the 18th)
Oct. 15 - Catherine Desgagnes
Oct. 20 - USCG Mobile Bay & CBG 12002 (changing buoys for winter at the mouth of the river>
Oct. 26 - Tugs, Nickelena and Erika Kobasic, to pick up INLS craft from Marinette Marine
Oct. 28 - Tugs, Nickelena and Erika Kobasic, to pick up INLS craft from Marinette Marine

Nov. 3 - Marinette Marine's new-build tug, Dublin Sea departs on its delivery run to its new owners, K-Sea Transportation
Nov. 9 - Pere Marquette 41/Undaunted along with the tug, Nickelena
Nov. 11 - McKee Sons/Invincible
Nov. 14 - Canadian Transfer
Nov. 16 - Catherine Desgagnes
Nov. 16 - Pere Marquette 41/Undaunted
Nov. 19 - Canadian Transfer


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Photos:

Erika Kobasic - The lights of the icebreaking tug breaking ice over a mile offshore for the Algosteel around 10 PM on Jan. 9 - they needed to break open about an 800-ft. turning basin so the 730-ft.-long ship could turn around out in the bay, as this ship has a stern-mounted unloading boom and needs to come in stern-first. Great job, guys!
Algosteel - Marinette Fuel & Dock's first ship of 2009 backs upriver past Menominee North Pier Lighthouse around 11:30 PM
Algosteel - Bow view backing toward Marinette Fuel & Dock with another load of salt (1st this year, but the 7th shipload of the 2008 - 2009 season!)
Algosteel - Stern view from the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge shortly after midnight

Algosteel - Dockside view at 2 a.m. shows a problem - ice is keeping the ship from getting close enough to the dock to begin unloading
Algosteel - Stern view from the Ogden Street Bridge showing the boom swung out, but not unloading
Algosteel - Dockside view unloading later in the morning of Dec. 10 shows that they didn't get in any closer to the dock before deciding to drop their load right there
Algosteel - Stern view from the bridge as they unload

Algosteel - Wide bow-view from the lighthouse pier as the unloading continues
Algosteel - Bow view close-up
Algosteel - After repeated attempts to leave port this morning, the ship was repeatedly stopped by ice
Erika Kobasic - The Erika Kobasic was called to free the ship
Algosteel - The Erika Kobasic breaks up the ice alongside the ship

Algosteel - Bow-view close-up as the Erika Kobasic cuts in front of the ship
Algosteel - The tug tries to push the bow of the ship into the track in the ice which it just cut, but there is too much ice on the bow of the ship and the tug can't get a purchase
Algosteel - Finally freed and underway!
Algosteel - The tug stands by in case the ship needs assistance
Algosteel - Close-up of the ice being pushed forward by the bow of the ship

Erika Kobasic - Bow view of the tug after a job well done
Algosteel - The ship heads toward Menominee North Pier Lighthouse
Algosteel - The ship passes the lighthouse with the tug trailing
Algosteel - The ship and tug are past the lighthouse and on their way to their next ports of call


Jan. 12: The Algowood arrived at Marinette Fuel & Dock Co. on Monday around 9 a.m. with the dock's eighth load of salt for the 2008 - 2009 shipping season.

Click Here to view a slide slide show of the arrival, unloading, and departure of the Algowood. To return to this page from within the slide show - hit the UP-facing arrow (when viewing any individual photo) to go back to the thumbnails page and then click on "Return to 2009 Menominee & Marinette Ships".


Amelia Desgagnes opens 2009-2010 Menominee/Marinette Shipping Season on April 10:

Amelia Desgagnes - Stern view around 11 a.m. as they pull alongside the craneship, William H. Donner where they will tie up and unload
Amelia Desgagnes - Stern view close-up
Amelia Desgagnes - Bow view as they tie up in the morning sun
Amelia Desgagnes - Bow view close-up
Amelia Desgagnes - Another angle

Amelia Desgagnes - A view between the Amelia Desgagnes and the William H. Donner
Amelia Desgagnes - Wide view unloading in the afternoon
Amelia Desgagnes - Close-up
Amelia Desgagnes - A crane aboard the William H. Donner lifts a load of pig iron from the holds ...
Amelia Desgagnes - ... and drops it to the dock

Amelia Desgagnes - Unloading early in the evening (best time for photos from the Ogden Street Bridge)
Amelia Desgagnes - Close-up of the starboard anchor resting just above the waterline
Amelia Desgagnes - Night photo still unloading

April 11: The Amelia Desgagnes finished unloading about 11 a.m. this morning. However, it would be 3 hours before they got turned around and set sail for their next port of call.

Click Here to view the story and photos of the problems the ship faced this morning. To return to this page from within the slide show - hit the UP-facing arrow (when viewing any individual photo) to go back to the thumbnails page and then click on "Return to 2009 Menominee & Marinette Ships".


Capt. Henry Jackman - The 730-ft.-long Algoma Central Marine ship turns around out in the bay on April 12
Capt. Henry Jackman - Close-up as they back into the Menominee River loaded with salt (shot from Government Pier)
Capt. Henry Jackman - Centered between Government Pier (Marinette) and Menominee North Pier Lighthouse
Capt. Henry Jackman - A workboat is dropped over the side for line handlers to go ashore to tie up the ship
Capt. Henry Jackman - Starboard bow view backing up the river toward Marinette Fuel & Dock

Capt. Henry Jackman - The workboat passes the stern of the ship with 3 crewmembers aboard to handle the lines
Capt. Henry Jackman - Port bow view as they make the turn into the inner harbor
Capt. Henry Jackman - A line is tossed down to the workboat which will bring it to shore
Capt. Henry Jackman - Crewmembers tie up the ship at the dock
Capt. Henry Jackman - This is as close as the ship can get to the dock when fully loaded; that is why the line handlers went ashore - note that the unloading boom is being swung out from the ship

Capt. Henry Jackman - Wide view as the unloading begins
Capt. Henry Jackman - Close-up of the salt coming off the end of the unloading boom
Carolyn - One of the port's fishing tugs returns to port
Menominee North Pier Lighthouse - (as seen from Government Pier in Marinette on a gorgeous blue-sky day)
Lake Sturgeon - This good-sized fish was seen swimming along Government Pier, it is unusual to see this fish this close to the surface, as this is a bottom-feeder

Capt. Henry Jackman - View from Menominee North Pier Lighthouse pier early in the afternoon as unloading continues
Capt. Henry Jackman - Dockside view as the unloading continues later in the afternoon
Capt. Henry Jackman - A view from across the small harbor near Harbor Town Marina in Marinette
Capt. Henry Jackman - Unloading is finished and the unloading boom is swung back aboard
Capt. Henry Jackman - Kicking the stern away from the dock prior to departure

Capt. Henry Jackman - Heading out of the inner harbor
Capt. Henry Jackman - Midway between the range light and Menominee North Pier Lighthouse
Capt. Henry Jackman - Alongside Menominee North Pier Lighthouse
Capt. Henry Jackman - Past the lighthouse heading for their next port of call
Capt. Henry Jackman - Approx. 20,000 tons of salt unloaded in about 6 hours = over 3000 tons unloaded per hour!

Melissa Desgagnes - The ship arrived at Marinette Fuel & Dock shortly after 1:30 p.m. on April 14 with more pig iron
Melissa Desgagnes - Close-up (it is nice to see these 2 Desgagnes ships in here at this time of year, as usually the Catherine Desgagnes handles these loads)
Melissa Desgagnes - Wide view as they tie up alongside the craneship, William H. Donner
Melissa Desgagnes - Another close-up

Melissa Desgagnes - A crane aboard the William H. Donner lifts a load of pig iron from the ship's hold later that afternoon
Melissa Desgagnes - ... and drops it to the dock below
Melissa Desgagnes - Close-up with the deck cranes aboard in the raised position
Melissa Desgagnes - Wide view as another load of pig iron is dropped to the dock
Melissa Desgagnes - Stern view in the evening

Lewis J. Kuber - The barge is ballasted down on April 14 prior to an up-coming departure
Lewis J. Kuber - Dockside stern view of the barge with the tug out of the "notch"
Olive L. Moore - Stern view of the tug out of the "notch" of the barge, Lewis J. Kuber, with which it will be paired
Olive L. Moore - Broadside view at the dock
James L. Kuber - Also ballasted down on April 14 is the other KK Integrated Shipping barge ("sailing" times are not yet known)
James L. Kuber/Victory - Stern dockside view of the tug/barge unit with smoke rising from the tug, Victory (generator motor?)


April 15: The Melissa Desgagnes ran into wind problems while attempting to depart, much as her fleetmate, Amelia Desgagnes, did 4 days ago. Today, the wind was much stronger, and they tried just once (unsuccessfully) to turn into it. Unlike the Amelia, who stayed with it for 3-1/2 hours and finally got turned around; the Melissa promptly tied back up alongside the craneship, William H. Donner, and called for a tug.

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April 15: The barge, James L. Kuber, pushed by its tug, Victory, departed Winter Lay-Up today. They departed their lay-up dock shortly before 6 p.m. (CDT) and cleared Menominee North Pier Lighthouse about a half hour later.

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Dredge - Apr. 17 - Roen Salvage Co. (Sturgeon Bay, WI) is back to finish the dredging project begun last September
Dredge - Close-up of the tug and a spoils barge out on the bay of Green Bay off the lighthouse
Dredge - Tug, Stephan M. Asher, 2 spoils barges and the dredge platform barge for the crane
Dredge Equipment & Barges - Docked in front of Menominee Paper Co. later that afternoon
Stephan M. Asher - Close-up of the main tug on the job docked for the evening alongside its barges


April 18: The barge, Lewis J. Kuber, pushed by its tug, Olive L. Moore, departed Winter Lay-Up today. They departed their lay-up dock around 1:45 p.m. (CDT) and cleared Menominee North Pier Lighthouse about a half hour later.

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Capt. Henry Jackman - Arrived at Marinette Fuel & Dock on April 19 with another load of salt
Capt. Henry Jackman - Dockside view
Capt. Henry Jackman - Wide stern view from the Ogden Street Bridge
Capt. Henry Jackman - Stern view close-up
Salt Pile - The pile is growing at over 3000 tons per hour!

Stephan M. Asher - The tug that will run the dredging operations at dock on April 19
Stephan M. Asher - Side view

Capt. Henry Jackman - After about 6 hours unloading, the boom is brought back aboard shortly after 5:30 p.m.
Capt. Henry Jackman - Heading out of the inner harbor about 15 minutes later
Capt. Henry Jackman - Bow view close-up with a part of the salt pile in the background
Capt. Henry Jackman - There was a very strong onshore wind as the ship departed (a lot stronger than these waves would indicate)
Capt. Henry Jackman - Approaching the lighthouse with the pierhead light on Marinette's Government Pier completing the "frame"

Salt Pile - This is what about 40,000 tons of salt looks like, which is about 100,000 tons less than Marinette Fuel & Dock had shipped in during the 2008-2009 shipping season!
Roen Salvage - Dredging continues at the lighthouse on a dreary, rainy (sometimes snowy) April 20 day
USCG Mobile Bay - Working on Menekaunee Shoal buoy #6 off Seagull Bar (southeast of Red Arrow Park in Marinette)
Dredge - The dredging operation has moved in closer to the lighthouse this year (as shown in this April 24 photo from Red Arrow Beach in Marinette, WI). The dredging operation began in September last year out in the bay of Green Bay beyond the marker buoys, and has been inching further up-river since then. As I understand it, the "Federal Channel" in the Menominee River ends approximately 400-ft. inside the lighthouse pier; and this is as far as the dredging will go. The "spoils" from the dredging project are towed out into deep water and dumped there.


April 30: The Agawa Canyon arrived around 2 a.m. with another load of salt for Marinette Fuel & Dock. Unloading commenced around 3 a.m. and was finished by 8:30 a.m. By 9:30 a.m., the ship had backed down the Menominee River, turned around out in the bay of Green Bay, and was headed for its next port of call.

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Salt pile - The pile on the left is from two loads of salt delivered earlier in April by the Capt. Henry Jackman; the pile on the right is the load dropped off on April 30 by the Agawa Canyon.


New Tug - Marinette Marine moved their new tug out of the large building on May 1 (shown here with numerous INLS craft in the foreground)
New Tug - Close-up of the new tug, Dublin Sea
New Tug - Stern view
Marinette Marine - May 2: The new tug has been moved back into the building (yesterday, the tug was outside the building on the right)
Marinette Marine - Numerous INLS craft line the dock on May 2

Dredge - On May 3 the dredging operation is well inside the lighthouse pier
Dredge - The tug, Stephan M. Asher, returns to the river after dumping a load of "spoils" (muck) far out in the bay (the front-end loader on the barge is what is used to dump the "spoils" overboard)
Dredge - Close-up of the tug passing the channel marker on Government Pier in Marinette, WI
Dredge - A crane brings up a load of muck from the river bottom
Dredge - Close-up of the stern of the main dredge barge

Dredge - A view from "Menekaunee" shows the dredge fairly close to to Government Pier ... NOTE - the dredging operation in the Menominee River concluded Monday over the weekend of May 2 & 3; the dredging equipment was gone on Monday, May 4. The project began last September.

Salt pile - This is what the salt pile looked like on May 10 before they began leveling it off for tarping (actual photo - May 1)
Salt pile - On May 11 or 12, they began leveling off the salt pile by running a bulldozer up to the top of the pile! (How would you like to run a bulldozer up the side of the salt pile in the last photo?)
Salt pile - The bulldozer sits atop the salt next to the place where it was driven up the side of the pile
Salt pile - Close-up of the dozer and the track it made heading up to the top
Salt pile - A view from Harbor Town Marina in the "Menekaunee" section of Marinette, WI
Salt pile - Close-up as the bulldozer pushes a pile of salt in front of it. Later, a huge tarp will cover the entire pile.
Salt Pile - The pile is just about fully tarped on May 20.


Catherine Desgagnes - Arrived Marinette Fuel & Dock with a load of pig iron late evening on May 13 after waiting out in the bay for several hours due to weather (no photo)
Catherine Desgagnes - Stern view unloading mid-morning on May 14
Catherine Desgagnes - Bow view unloading

Great Lakes Trader/Joyce L. VanEnvevort - Close-up of the tug (with its barge) backing up-river on the morning of May 14
Great Lakes Trader - Bow view of the tug & barge unit backing past the lighthouse pier
Great Lakes Trader - Wide view making the turn into the inner harbor
Great Lakes Trader - Approaching the Catherine Desgagnes, which arrived last night
Three side by side by side - Great Lakes Trader backs past the Catherine Desgagnes, which is being unloaded by the craneship, William H. Donner's cranes

Great Lakes Trader - Approaching the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge
Great Lakes Trader - Tug is safely through the bridge on an extremely windy day!
Great Lakes Trader - The tug and barge are both through the bridge
Great Lakes Trader - passes the Viking I with the Catherine Desgagnes and William H. Donner in the background
Great Lakes Trader - Close-up of the unit heading for KK Integrated Logistics dock for repairs

Great Lakes Trader - The tug kicks up a huge prop wash as it backs up-river
Great Lakes Trader - Close-up of the tug, Joyce L. VanEnkevort
Great Lakes Trader - Bow view of the nearly 845-ft.-long tug&barge unit heading for the dock
Great Lakes Trader - Stern view approaching the dock with the old carferry, Viking I in the background
Great Lakes Trader - Another stern view heading in to the dock

Great Lakes Trader - Bow view as dock workers tie up the vessel
Great Lakes Trader - View from the Ogden Street Bridge all secured to the dock
Catherine Desgagnes - Still unloading in the early evening on Thursday
Great Lakes Trader - Early evening stern view on Thursday with the Joyce L. VanEnkevort in the notch of the the barge

Small tug & barge - Shown loading bridge girders at KK Integrated logistics on May 19
Small tug & barge - Workers strain to move a girder into place on the barge
Kimberly Selvick - Close-up of the tug that pushes the barge
Kimberly Selvick - Side view of the low-profile tug
Kimberly Selvick - Stern view of the tug
INLS Craft - Marinette Marine is loaded with INLS (Integrated Navy Lighterage System) vessels on May 20 that are ready to be sent on their way.


May 23: The tug & barge, Dorothy Ann/Pathfinder, arrived at Menominee Paper Company with a load of coal.

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Nickelena - One of Basic Towing, Inc.'s big tugs, which was built by Marinette Marine as a YTB, heads to Marinette Marine on May 27.
Erika Kobasic - Another of Basic's tugs follows the Nickelena to Marinette Marine where each tug will take a string of INLS craft in tow for delivery to the US Navy.
Nickelena & Erika Kobasic - Tied up at Marinette Marine in the afternoon with some of the craft which they will be towing
INLS Tow - The Nickelena leads two INLS craft out of the inner harbor on May 28
INLS Tow - Close-up of the Nickelena
INLS Tow - Close-up of the two craft the Nickelena is towing

INLS Tow - The Erika Kobasic follows with two more of its own in tow
INLS Tow - Close-up of the Erika Kobasic
INLS Tow - Close-up of the two units the Erika Kobasic is towing
INLS Tow - Wide view as both tugs and their charges head for Menominee North Pier Lighthouse
INLS Tow - Stern view of the Erika Kobasic and its tow
INLS Tow - Nickelena has passed the lighthouse while the Erika Kobasic is approaching it

Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Arrived in the wee hours of May 30 at Marinette Fuel & Dock with a load of pig iron. This is the fourth different Desgagnes vessel in port this year!
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - The tug, Jimmy L, assisted the ship (which is making its second-ever trip to Marinette) into port
Erika Kobasic - Heading for Marinette Marine to pick up more INLS craft on May 30
Nickelena - Basic Towing's other big tug follows
Erika Kobasic & Nickelena - Both tugs at Marinette Marine early in the morning

Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Bow view unloading in the early morning of May 30
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Wide stern view
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Closer stern view as the unloading continues
Erika Kobasic - After just 2-1/2 hours in port, the tug with three INLS craft trailing heads out of the inner harbor after passing the Rosaire A. Desgagnes
Erika Kobasic - Close-up of the tug passing the flag at Marinette Fuel & Dock

Erika Kobasic - Close-up of the tug and its (usual) tow of three INLS craft (two days ago they departed with just two craft in tow)
Erika Kobasic - Stern view with the second unit taking a few waves
Erika Kobasic - Heading past Menominee North Pier Lighthouse
Nickelena - 10 minutes behind the Erika Kobasic, the tug heads for the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge
Nickelena - Close-up of the tug with its three INLS craft in tow

Nickelena - Stern view from the bridge passing the Rosaire A. Desgagnes
Nickelena - The tug and its charges head out of the inner harbor
Nickelena - Close-up of the three INLS craft in tow
Nickelena - The tug heads past the range light with the Erika Kobasic and its charges in the background out in the bay
Nickelena - The tug heads past the lighthouse and makes the turn toward Sturgeon Bay, WI where they will transit the Ship Canal

Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Stern view unloading against a deep blue sky later that afternoon
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Stern view with the cranes of the Donner having just dropped their loads of pig iron to the dock below
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Just trying out my Fuji camera on this stern-view night photo (I usually use my Olympus for night shots)
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Another (Fuji) stern-view night photo late in the evening of May 30

Rosaire A. Desgagnes - The ship is battened down and ready to depart around 2 p.m. on Sunday after a short day-and-a-half unload (when the ship was here last year, they were her for about thre-and-a-half days as they unloaded)
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - The lines are cast off by shore personnel
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Wide stern view as the cast off lines are retrieved aboard the ship
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Bow view as the ship gets underway from Marinette Fuel & Dock
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Approaching the flag at the east end of the dock
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Close-up as they depart the inner harbor

Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Close-up of the bulbous bow - Click Here to read about the function of this type of bow
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Close-up of the stern deckhouse
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Stern view as the ship heads out through the piers
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Approaching Menominee North Pier Lighthouse
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Past the lighthouse
Rosaire A. Desgagnes - Port-side view as the ship heads past Tourist Park in Menominee

Dublin Sea - The new K-Sea tug was "walked out" to the launch area on June 19 (photo: June 20)
Dublin Sea - Close-up of the stack and the K-Sea logo
Dublin Sea - Stern view of the tug showing the launch mechanism at Marinette Marine
Catherine Desgagnes - Approaches Menominee North Pier Lighthouse early in the evening of June 22 as they head to Marinette Fuel & Dock with a load of pig iron
Catherine Desgagnes - Close-up at the lighthouse (photographed from Tourist Park beach)

Catherine Desgagnes - Close-up inside the piers
Catherine Desgagnes - Stern view passing the flag at Marinette Fuel & Dock
Catherine Desgagnes - Stern view approaching the craneship, William H. Donner
Catherine Desgagnes - A line is passed across to the William H. Donner
Catherine Desgagnes - As the lines are drawn tight, the ship will be pulled alongside the craneship

Catherine Desgagnes - The lines are tight and the ship is tied up and ready to unload
Catherine Desgagnes - Bow (broadside) view from the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge
Dublin Sea - The pilothouse rests on the dock alongside the tug, which is at the launch site on June 23
Dublin Sea - The tug was launched on June 26 (shown here on July 1 with the pilothouse being added)
Dublin Sea - Close-up of the tug (from astern) with the pilothouse attached (Sorry that I was out of town when the launch took place)

Dublin Sea - Wide bow view
Dublin Sea - Close-up bow view
Dublin Sea - Close-up of the new pilothouse
Dublin Sea - Port-side view


The Nina and Pinta arrived at NestEgg Marine on Tuesday, July 21. The replicas of two of Christopher Columbus' ships will be on display, and open for tours, beginning Wednesday, July 22, and will depart Marinette on July 26. Click Here for more information on the two ships.

 Nina & Pinta - Wide view of the two replica ships at NestEgg Marine
Nina & Pinta - Close-up view
Pinta - Broadside view of the 85-ft.-long wooden vessel
Nina - Bow-view close-up of the smaller (65-ft.-long) ship
Pinta - Bow-view close-up

Pinta - Broadside dock-side view at NestEgg Marine
Pinta - Stern-view at the dock
Nina - Bow-view dock-side

The Nina and Pinta departed NestEgg Marine shortly before 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 26.

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Krystal/Greenstone - The small tug and barge (which will be used for the fireworks at the "Waterfront Festival" later this week) arrived in Menominee on Aug. 3. The Basic Marine vessels were towed here by Basic's large tug, Erika Kobasic.
Greenstone - The barge sits empty in its slip on Aug. 12.
McMullen & Pitz Const. Co. barge - Bow view of the barge as it takes a rest from it duties Menominee Paper Company's dock.
Dauntless & barge - Wide side-view of tug and barge
Dauntless - Close-up of the tug

McMullen & Pitz barge - I erroneously reported yesterday that the barge appeared to be working on Menominee Paper's dock.
McMullen & Pitz barge - The barge appears to be working near the Marinette, WI Water Dept. intake pipe (note the two small white markers in the water to the left of the barge), which is actually on the Menominee, MI side of the Menominee River near Tourist Park.
McMullen & Pitz barge - The crane on the barge plunges into the water and takes a bite out of the bottom, then swings out a little ways and drops the contents.
McMullen & Pitz barge - This photo and the past three were shot at 6 second intervals to give you an idea of the operation.


Aug. 16: The Canadian Transport made its first-ever visit to Marinette when it arrived at Marinette Fuel & Dock Co. on Sunday around 9 a.m. with the dock's fourth load of salt for the 2009 - 2010 shipping season. Unloading began around 9:15 a.m. and they finished about 5 hours later. By 3 p.m. they were outbound past Menominee North Pier Lighthouse.

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Tugs - Nickelena (L) & Erika Kobasic (R) arrived at Marinette Marine around 10:15 a.m. on Aug. 18
Tugs - The duo is here to tow some INLS (Integrated Navy Lighterage System) craft down to Chicago
Erika Kobasic - The tug heads down the Menominee River with two of the INLS craft in tow.
Erika Kobasic - Close-up of the tug approaching the Ogden Street Bridge around 12:30 p.m.
Erika Kobasic - Stern view of the tow after passing through the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge

Nickelena - Menawhile , the other tug is still making up its tow at Marinette Marine, and will follow the Erika Kobasic down Green Bay, through the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, and out into Lake Michigan on their way to Chicago.
Nickelena - Close-up of the tug
Erika Kobasic & Nickelena - Arrived back in Menominee on Aug. 20 and tied up behind the Isle Royale Queen III
Erika Kobasic & Nickelena - Close-up - the tugs will pick up more INLS craft at Marinette Marine later
Erika Kobasic & Nickelena - Stern view

Salt Pile - The pile has been leveled off at Marinette Fuel & Dock on Aug. 20
Marinette Fuel & Dock - Wide view of the dock & facility with pig iron, salt and limestone visible
Erika Kobasic & Nickelena - The duo departed Marinette Marine early morning on Aug. 22 with more INLS craft for Chicago (No Photo)
McMullen & Pitz tug & barge - Back out in the bay on Aug. 26 with a load of gravel(?) on the barge and a pleasure boat alongside

Dublin Sea - SEA TRIALS on Aug. 28 - leaning into a turn trailing quite a wake!
Dublin Sea - SEA TRIALS on Aug. 28 - heading back through its own wake
Dublin Sea - SEA TRIALS on Aug. 28 - off Government Pier in Marinette, WI
Dublin Sea - SEA TRIALS on Aug. 28 - The tug will eventually be paired with a tanker barge currently under construction at Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, WI. Click Here to see 2 photos of the barge - click on the links "DBL 185" at the bottom of the section under "Trip #8"

Calumet {3} - Arrived at Menominee Paper Company with a load of coal in the early morning hours of Monday Aug. 31 (stock photo [Calumet {3} entering Green Bay, WI on July 8, 2009] - I got caught off-guard and totally missed this one this morning) - This is a different "Calumet" than the one that called on Menominee in past years; that "Calumet" has been scrapped.


Sept. 15: On Tuesday the MV Amalia became Menominee's first foreign ship for the 2009 - 2010 shipping season when it arrived at KK Integrated Logistics to pick up a load of pulp.

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Amalia - One of the last loads to go aboard on Wednesday before departure
Amalia - Heading down-river shortly after leaving its dock around 6:50 PM (tug, Dublin Sea, in background)
Amalia - Nearing the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge against a setting sun
Amalia - Draught (draft) marks show the ship is drawing about 48 decimeters (36 decimeters upon arrival yesterday)
Amalia - Stern view passing the William H. Donner (craneship) after passing through the bridge

Amalia - Making the turn out of the inner harbor heading for the lighthouse
Amalia - A forward crewmember having some fun with me :O)
Amalia - Waves from crewmembers at the stern
Amalia - Stern-view close-up of the pilothouse, stack, workboat and enclosed lifeboat
Amalia - Stern view in between the piers
Amalia - Approaching Menominee North Pier Lighthouse
Amalia - Past the lighthouse heading out to the lake to drop some ballast water (Earlier, I had erroneously reported that the ship was "headed for its next port of call")

Amalia - Back at KK East Dock on Thursday to resume loading after dropping ballast water last night
Amalia - Wider bow view as loading continues
Amalia - Stern view as both cranes lift bales of pulp from the trucks
Amalia - Wide stern view as the cranes lower their loads into the ship
Amalia - A view from the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge

Amalia - Wide view with Waupaca Foundry's dock in the foreground
Amalia - Passing the Viking I as it departs KK East Dock mid-morning on Friday Sept. 18
Amalia - Close-up of the fully loaded ship heading for the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge
Amalia - Draft marks show 60 decimeters (about 19.7 ft.); they arrived at 36 decimeters(about 11.8 ft.)
Amalia - Meeting an incoming local fish tug as they exit the inner harbor

Amalia - Close-up coming out of the inner harbor on a windy, blue-sky Friday
Amalia - Stern view between the piers heading for the lighthouse
Amalia - As I said, it was windy!
Amalia - Outbound at Menominee North Pier Lighthouse ... Bon Voyage!!


Oct. 15: The Catherine Desgagnes arrived at Marinette Fuel & Dock with a load of pig iron. Since I have photographed this ship so many time over the past decade, I decided to try some new "angles" - Red Arrow Park in Marinette and Menekaunee Harbor plus the usual photos from the Ogden Street Bridge. Hope you enjoy the new perspectives.

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USCG Mobile Bay - Wide view beyond the lighthouse changing navigation buoys for the winter
USCG Mobile Bay - Working ATON (Aids to Navigation) with its barge, CBG 12002
USCG Mobile Bay - A view from Tourist Park as the crane is attached to one of the buoys in the water

Nickelena - Arrived late morning of Oct. 26 at Marinette Marine along with the Erika Kobasic to pick up INLS craft
Nickelena - Lining up the INLS craft to be towed to Chicago
Erika Kobasic - Disappearing in the fog heading for the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal enroute to Chicago with INLS craft
Dublin Sea - Departed Marinette Marine enroute to Sturgeon Bay to pick up its tanker-barge, DBL-185, early morning on Oct. 27. However, the tug was back at Marinette Marine early that evening (without the barge) for some sort of work. Around 7 p.m. the tug was all lit up at the Marinette Marine dock, but by 11 p.m. the tug was dark. I assume they will head out first thing Wednesday morning to retrieve its barge and then proceed out the St. Lawrence Seaway on its delivery run to K-Sea Corp.

Water Guage Station - A worker climbs the "mast" on Nov. 2 in preparation to get the new NOAA station on-line. The small white box in the background is the water guage station which is currently in use. The new station (located at the west end of the lighthouse pier) will monitor the water levels in the bay of Green Bay around the lighthouse and surrounding area, and send data to a national monitoring station once evey 6 minutes! Right now, both stations are active and the information gathered is compared in order to assess the accuracy of the readings in the new facility. The new station will be on-line after about 6 more months of testing.
Water Guage Station - A worker is at the top of the "mast" with Menominee North Pier Lighthouse in the background
Water Guage Station - NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) work vehicle

Dublin Sea - Downbound in the Menominee River heading for the Ogden Street Bridge around 8:30 a.m. on Nov. 3
Dublin Sea - More of a side view of the new K-Sea Transportation tug
Dublin Sea - Stern view leaving the inner harbor heading for Sturgeon Bay to pick up its new barge
Dublin Sea & DBL-185 - The tug, with its barge, came back close offshore from Marinette around 2:30 p.m. for an apparent crew change
Tug & Barge - Off Government Pier in Marinette

Tug & Barge - A small boat approaches the stern of the tug
Tug & Barge - Close-up of the small boat and tug (Shot at full Digital Zoom - 91X, so a little fuzzy)
Tug & Barge - The small boat leaves the tug with crew aboard
Tug & Barge - The duo gets underway heading for the St. Lawrence Seaway and delivery to its owners, K-Sea Transportation
Tug & Barge - The small boats heads in while the K-Sea duo heads out

Tug & Barge - Turned and headed out the bay toward Lake Michigan
Menominee North Pier lighthouse - With the Dublin Sea and DBL-185 in the background ... Bon Voyage!

Pere Marquette 41 - Heading for Marinette with the tug Nickelena at dusk (far out in the bay off Marinette)
Pere Marquette 41 - In between the piers after nightfall, with the Nickelena following, heading for Marinette Fuel & Dock
Pere Marquette 41 - Close-up of the Pere Marquette and its tug, Undaunted, between the piers in the dark
Pere Marquette 41 - Stern view of the PM-41 and Nickelena at Marinette Fuel & Dock

Nickelena - Close-up of the (mostly) darkened tug later that night using a different camera (Olympus C-765 - clearer night shots), the tug was on hand in case the Pere Marquette 41 needed assistance.
Pere Marquette 41 - Later that night at the dock unloading pig iron
Pere Marquette 41 - Wide view with the Nickelena in the background
Two tugs at night - Close-up of the Undaunted in the notch of the Pere Marquette 41 and the Nickelena astern ... I would like to thank my good friend, Scott Best, for making the identification of the Nickelena.

Pere Marquette 41 - Nov. 10 early morning finds the tug, Undaunted, out of the notch of the barge
Undaunted - Stern view close-up of the tug
Pere Marquette 41 - The stern is ballasted down, it appears they may be working on the barge's bow thruster
Pere Marquette 41 - Stern view close-up of the bow of the tug and the ballasted-down stern of the barge
Pere Marquette 41 - Bow view at the dock

Pere Marquette 41 - Bow view from the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge
Pere Marquette 41 - Close-up of the ballasted-down stern from the bridge
Pere Marquette 41 - Later in the afternoon, the barge is back on an even keel and ready to resume business
Pere Marquette 41 - Close-up of the barge
Undaunted - Bow view of the tug, which is still out of the notch of the Pere Marquette 41

Pere Marquette 41 - Stern view from Government Pier in Marinette on Nov. 11
Pere Marquette 41 - Stern/starboard view
McKee Sons/Invincible - Heading in between the piers on Nov. 11 around 9:40 a.m. (CST) with a load of coal for Menominee Paper Co. (from Government Pier)
McKee Sons/Invincible - Bow close-up passing Menominee North Pier Lighthouse on their first visit since 2005
McKee Sons/Invincible - Close-up of the tug & barge (draft marks show about 17-ft. at stern and 15-ft. at bow)

McKee Sons/Invincible - Port-side profile
McKee Sons/Invincible - Close-up of the Pilothouse on the barge (the unit is controlled from here, whereas on most tug & barge unit the tug controls the vessel)
Invincible - Side profile of the tug in the notch of the McKee Sons barge
McKee Sons/Invincible - Stern/port-side view heading up the Menominee River into the inner harbor
McKee Sons/Invincible - Closer view

McKee Sons/Invincible - (L to R counterclockwise) Pere Marquette 41/Undaunted, William H. Donner, Viking I and McKee Sons
McKee Sons/Invincible - Wide view looking straight astern at the tug in the notch of the barge
McKee Sons/Invincible - Stern view close-up
McKee Sons/Invincible - Stern view as the boom swings out
McKee Sons/Invincible - Bow view unloading (from the Ogden Street {Menekaunee} Bridge)

McKee Sons/Invincible - Bow view close-up of the barge
McKee Sons/Invincible - Stern view unloading (from the lighthouse pier)
McKee Sons/Invincible - Bow profile unloading
McKee Sons/Invincible - By 1:30 p.m., the vessel is well out into the bay after unloading for shortly over two hours
Coal Piles - (L to R) The first pile was delivered by the Calumet (3) on Aug. 31, the middle pile was delivered by the Pathfinder/Dorothy Ann on May 23, and is mostly gone, the final pile was what the McKee Sons unloaded in just over two hours.

Pere Marquette 41 - Dock view on Nov. 12 after taking on a load of "pig iron tailings"
Pere Marquette 41 - Bow view from the Ogden Street Bridge shortly before departing late Thursday morning

Canadian Transfer - Arrived at Marinette Fuel & Dock with a load of salt around 8:45 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 14
Canadian Transfer - Stern view unloading a little later that night
Canadian Transfer - Bow view unloading from Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge
Canadian Transfer - Dockside view unloading (The first 4 photos taken with Olympus C-765 camera)
Canadian Transfer - Dockside view unloading (Shot with Fuji S8000fd camera)

Salt Pile - A look at the load of salt added to the existing pile by the Canadain Transfer last night
Salt Pile - A view of the entire salt pile at Marinette Fuel & Dock on Nov. 15
Catherine Desgagnes - Heading in toward the lighthouse on Nov. 16 with a load of pig iron for Marinette Fuel & Dock
Catherine Desgagnes - A view from Menekaunee Harbor
Catherine Desgagnes - Unloading later that night (the lights make for a tough photo-op)

Catherine Desgagnes - A load of pig iron hits the dock
Pere Marquette 41 - Entering the inner harbor around 11:30 p.m. on Nov. 16 with more pig iron for Marinette Fuel & Dock
Pere Marquette 41 - Heading for dock space behind the Catherine Desgagnes, which is moored alongside the craneship William H. Donner
Pere Marquette 41 - Close-up as they inch along the dock (they departed at 8 a.m. Nov. 17)
Pig Iron - This is the product delivered by the Pere Marquette 41 in its two trips in here this month

Catherine Desgagnes - Just about empty on Nov. 17, two hours before they departed Marinette Fuel & Dock
Canadian Transfer - Arrived back at Marinette Fuel & Dock with the dock's sixth load (season total) of salt on a rainy Nov. 19
Canadian Transfer - Close-up of the ship from the Ogden Street (Menekaunee) Bridge
Canadian Transfer - Wide view from across Menekaunee harbor
Canadian Transfer - After arriving around 6 a.m., they finish unloading around 12:30 p.m. Here, the boom is being brought back aboard.

Canadian Transfer - Stern view as the workboat and the boom are brought back aboard
Canadian Transfer - Bow view as the boom is in place and the workboat is still being hauled up the side of the ship
Salt Piles - At Marinete Fuel & Dock a tarp covers some of the previous loads of salt, the larger piles in front are the two delivered by the Canadian Transfer in the past 4 days
Salt & Pig Iron - Pig iron in foreground was delivered in two loads by the Pere Marquette 41 while the untarped salt was delivered in two loads by the Canadian Transfer