Menominee/Marinette (USMNM)

Cargo handled: Iron ore, wood pulp, forest products and bulk dry goods (coal, salt, sand, stone, etc).

Situated in Green Bay, off the NW shore of Lake Michigan. Located at 38nm NNE of the port of Green Bay, at the mouth of the Menominee River, which divides the cities of Menominee, Michigan and Marinette, Wisconsin.

A dredged channel, depth 6.7-7.3m, leads SW from deep water in Green Bay between parallel piers at the mouth of Menominee River and then upstream for approx 1.5nm to approx 182m below the Dunlap Avenue bridge. There is a turning basin on the S side of the channel approx 1nm above the mouth. The entrance channel is marked by buoys, and the outer ends of the piers and the inner end of the N pier are marked by lights. Caution: Mariners are advised not to navigate outside channel limits in the vicinity of structures protected by a stone breakwater. Above the dredged channel, the river has depths of 0.3-1.5m and is obstructed by numerous rocks. A dam blocks the river 0.6nm above the dredged channel. The entrance channel, lakeward of the piers is bordered closely by shoals on either side. Menominee shoal, a detached shoal with a depth of 5.1m, is 0.8nm NE of Menominee Pierhead Light and is marked on the E side by a lighted bell buoy. A 4.2m spot is 0.2nm NE of the light.

US Charts 14909, 14917.

Pilotage is provided by Western Great Lakes Pilot's Association.

Prominent are the easternmost stack on the N side of the river mouth, a radio tower approx 1.0nm NW of the river mouth, and a yellow brick stack approx 2.0nm NNW of the river mouth. Menominee Pierhead Light (45°05.8'N 087°35.1'W), 18m above the water, is shown from a red octagonal tower on a square concrete base on the outer end of the N pier.

A bascule highway bridge with a clearance of 5.4m at the centre crosses Menominee River, approx 0.7nm above the pierheads. Marinette Marine Corporation's pier on the S of the channel.

Tugs are available from Sturgeon Bay and Green Bay.

VHF:Ch 16, 13, 09. Menominee Ogden 1st Bridge, VHF: Ch 16. Notify signal for open at least 12hrs.

For crew not to be detained onboard vessel each crew member must have a valid US visa in their passport or Seaman's Book.

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