Story and photos by Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The Norwegian-flagged tanker MV Prime is the first ship to visit the Port of Ludinton this season. The vessel arrived late Saturday night but anchored offhosre west of the mouth of the Lincoln River overnight. The ship entered the harbor just after sunrise Sunday morning, destined for the OxyChem Ludington plant dock…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — Two tugboats departed the Ludington channel Sunday afternoon, with one continuing its voyage while the other briefly exited before returning. The tug-and-barge combination Candice Elise and Robert F. Deegan left the OxyChem dock en route to Johnstown, Ontario, on the St. Lawrence River. The vessel makes frequent calls to OxyChem’s Ludington plant as part…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief PERE MARQUETTE TOWNSHIP — Two vintage tugboats now docked along the Buttersville Peninsula are preparing to assist with the annual installation of the fish barrier net at Consumers Energy’s Ludington Pumped Storage Plant. The John Henry and Julie Dee, both owned by The King Company of Holland, are currently positioned on Pere Marquette Lake as staging…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The articulated tug-barge combination of the Meredith Ashton and the Robert F. Deegan arrived at the Port of Ludington Thursday evening, docking at the Occidental Chemical Corp. (OxyChem) facility on Pere Marquette Lake. The Meredith Ashton, a 95-foot-long, 32-foot-wide tug owned by Ashton Marine Co. of North Muskegon, was built in 1999 by Thoma-Sea…
By Rob Alway, Editor-in-Chief LUDINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency research vessel Lake Guardian departed the Port of Ludington this morning, continuing its annual spring monitoring of the Great Lakes. The vessel arrived in Ludington Monday evening. According to the app Marine Traffic its destination is Detroit. However, the vessel appears to have taken a westerly course across Lake…
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