BAY CITY, Mich. (AP) — Officials say the Saginaw River’s current has trapped a freighter for a week at a dock in Bay City.
The Bay City Times reports (http://bit.ly/1vzCn11 ) the Lewis J. Kuber and its tug Olive L. Moore have been docked since May 13 just south of the Independence Bridge, about 90 miles northwest of Detroit.
Doug Wirt, owner of Wirt Stone Dock, says the freighter was scheduled to drop a partial shipment of cargo at his dock in Bay City before heading to Saginaw. Because of the rainy forecast and potential for rising waters, Wirt allowed the crew to leave the entire shipment in Bay City.
Wirt says the river is moving too quickly for the freighter to turn itself around and make its way back to Lake Huron.
