Cheboygan (USCHG)

The port, located at the mouth of the Cheboygan River, services all four functions designated by the Michigan Port Collaborative: ferry, cargo, recreational, and commercial. The port, once a major servicer for the lumber industry, now handles general, liquid and dry cargoes including; aggregates, sand and slag. The port also provides a ferry service to Bois Blanc Island and is home to the United States Coastguard Cutter Mackinaw (the only heavy ice breaking resource facilitating the Great Lakes). The port is strategically located with access to all of the Great Lakes, the St. Lawrence Seaway and the rest of the world.

Cheboygan is located on the S coast of the Straits of Mackinac at the NW end of Lake Huron and the mouth of the Cheboygan River, Michigan.

Max LOA 129.85m, beam 19.8m, draught 6.2m and 11,267DWT

Approx 291,000t of cargo handled annually.

The channel is 60m wide and has a depth of 6.4m from the 21-foot contour in Lake Huron to the outer end of the west pier. Following on between the lines parallel and 7.6m from the docks the depth continues at 6.4m to East First Street. From the bride, the depth lies at 5.6m and 18.2m wide to the lock on the Cheboygan River. A turning basin within the channel has depths of 6.4m and 122m wide and 2.5m above State Road Bridge.

The port falls under the Ninth Coastguard District which is responsible for the five Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence Seaway and parts of the surrounding states. Services provided by the Coastguard include; search and rescue, maritime safety and security, environmental protection, maritime law enforcement, aids to navigation and icebreaking. The port is home to the United States Coastguard Cutter Mackinaw (the only heavy ice breaking resource facilitating the Great Lakes).

Barges and landing craft may moor on the E'ly side of the channel along the coastline.

State Street Bridge (Cheboygan Bascule Bridge) has a vertical clearance of 2.7m at LW once closed and an unlimited clearance once drawn. The bridge will open on signal from 1 Apr-15 May and from 16 Sep-14 Dec. During Apr and May the opening hours are between 0600-1800hrs, opening on the quarter and three quarter hours. From Dec to Mar a prior 12hr notice must be given to open the bridge.

Available.

US Energy contact info Telephone: +1 231 627 6411 Email: tlarocque@us-energy.com Ninth Coastguard District contact info Telephone: +1 216 902 6000 / +1 800 321 4400 (Command Centre) / +1 216 902 6185 (Emergency Dismissal Plan Hotline)

Immigration: For crew not to be detained onboard, each crew member must have a visa in their passport or Seaman's Book.

Please see country information for details of documentation requirements.

Vessels arriving in first US port: Please see country information.

Coastguard Vessel Inspection: Please see country information.

No action initiated unless there is illness onboard. Ship Sanitation Control Certificates: Please see country information.