- Dates
- 2016-04-27 – 2016-05-03
- Kind
- Freight service
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Carried out by
- organization/st-james-marine-company
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- transportationcommerceisland-connectionseasonal-life
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
St. James Marine announced a tug-and-barge freight trip from the mainland to Beaver Island for May 3, 2016. Customers were asked to reserve space and place freight at the St. James Marine dock by April 27–28 or at the Ironton dock by May 2.
Evidence limits
This first-party notice documents the advertised schedule and logistics, not the trip’s completion, cargo volume, or financial performance.
Sources
- St. James Marine and Fogg Towing announced another freight trip to Ironton/Charlevoix on July 14 and asked customers to reserve space. This first-party schedule confirms recurring 2016 freight service was being advertised, not that the trip completed or how much cargo it carried.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010453
- St. James Marine announced a late-September freight run to Ironton/Charlevoix and a return to Beaver Island on October 5, asking customers to reserve space. This first-party notice extends the evidence for recurring 2016 freight service but does not confirm completion or cargo volume.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010885
- St. James Marine asked customers to reserve freight space, gave April 27–28 dock deadlines, and scheduled the mainland-to-Beaver Island trip for May 3, with freight due at the Ironton dock by May 2. This is a first-party logistics notice and does not confirm sailing completion, cargo volume, or service economics.forum · www.beaverislandforum.com · 10 · t010102
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “St. James Marine schedules a tug-and-barge freight trip to Beaver Island, 2016”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-st-james-marine-tug-barge-freight-run-2016/, accessed [date], citing St. James Marine Co., “Barge Trip,” Beaver Island Forum, July 11, 2016. (and 2 further sources listed on the page).
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