FreighterLog The record of Great Lakes shipping

Archive: January 2024 to December 2025, 28,207 passages. Seaway transits checked hourly. Last checked 2026-09-23 18:00 UTC — 14:00 EDT. NOAA publishes in quarterly batches, and the archive currently runs nine months behind.

Archive to December 2025 · Seaway checked 2026-09-23 18:00 UTC — 14:00 EDT

Observed lakes vessel

Kathy McKeil

No fleet affiliation on record · Cargo · 179 m. Range: Lakes only. 153 recorded passages across 4 chokepoints.

Last recorded passage

upbound at Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge

31 Dec 2025, 02:26 EST — ±15 min · see the December 2025 log

This is an archive, not a tracker. The passage record runs January 2024 to December 2025 and ends at 31 Dec 2025. The public AIS archive arrives in quarterly batches and currently runs nine months behind. Nothing on this page tells you where Kathy McKeil is today. Her last recorded passage was 1 day before the archive ends, and that gap is about the record, not necessarily about the ship.

FreighterLog is the record, not the map. For where Kathy McKeil is right now, see BoatNerd's live AIS map, which runs on their own receivers on the lakes, or VesselFinder.

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Specification

Dimensions and identifiers as broadcast over AIS; AIS-reported figures are self-declared by the vessel and are not a registry of record.
Name (AIS) KATHY MCKEIL
MMSI 316006868
IMO IMO9127198
Call sign CFN4229
Length overall 179 m (587 ft)
Beam 23 m (75 ft)
AIS vessel type Cargo
Hull type
Operator No fleet match (salty, unaffiliated hull, or an AIS spelling this roster has not yet folded in)
Flag

Passage record

  • 153 Passages January 2024 – December 2025
  • 4 Chokepoints of 7 monitored
  • 30 Apr 2025 First in archive UTC date
  • 31 Dec 2025 Last in archive UTC date

Where she was recorded

Season passage log

Local time at each chokepoint · grouped by month (UTC buckets)

Times are interpolated from AIS track samples, good to about fifteen minutes, and shown in each chokepoint's local time. A passage is a track crossing our gate line, not an official lock record.

2025 season

December 2025 19 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Dec 2025 02:26 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
30 Dec 2025 21:03 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
28 Dec 2025 14:56 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
28 Dec 2025 08:55 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
27 Dec 2025 09:55 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
22 Dec 2025 22:16 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
22 Dec 2025 01:35 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
21 Dec 2025 19:53 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
19 Dec 2025 15:05 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
19 Dec 2025 09:15 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
18 Dec 2025 09:31 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
15 Dec 2025 08:35 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
14 Dec 2025 10:23 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
14 Dec 2025 01:37 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
8 Dec 2025 13:03 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
8 Dec 2025 07:06 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
7 Dec 2025 09:32 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
3 Dec 2025 11:12 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
2 Dec 2025 04:27 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
November 2025 20 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
29 Nov 2025 17:22 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
29 Nov 2025 12:00 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
28 Nov 2025 14:35 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
24 Nov 2025 09:42 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
23 Nov 2025 10:00 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
20 Nov 2025 18:51 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
20 Nov 2025 13:06 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
19 Nov 2025 16:22 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
16 Nov 2025 14:35 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
15 Nov 2025 14:14 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
15 Nov 2025 06:58 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
12 Nov 2025 18:16 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
12 Nov 2025 13:09 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
11 Nov 2025 15:44 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
8 Nov 2025 14:10 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
7 Nov 2025 12:46 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
7 Nov 2025 04:29 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
5 Nov 2025 06:35 EST Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
4 Nov 2025 21:15 EST Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
3 Nov 2025 23:20 EST Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
October 2025 20 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Oct 2025 17:37 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
30 Oct 2025 18:30 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
30 Oct 2025 12:44 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
27 Oct 2025 17:45 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
27 Oct 2025 12:11 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
26 Oct 2025 14:25 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
23 Oct 2025 12:45 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
22 Oct 2025 15:38 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
22 Oct 2025 09:37 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
19 Oct 2025 21:46 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
19 Oct 2025 15:58 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
18 Oct 2025 18:30 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
16 Oct 2025 01:32 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
14 Oct 2025 22:27 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
12 Oct 2025 16:21 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
11 Oct 2025 12:50 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
8 Oct 2025 15:50 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
7 Oct 2025 18:22 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
7 Oct 2025 12:28 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
6 Oct 2025 06:44 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
September 2025 18 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
29 Sep 2025 01:15 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
28 Sep 2025 01:29 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
26 Sep 2025 08:31 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
23 Sep 2025 17:25 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
23 Sep 2025 11:59 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
22 Sep 2025 14:18 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
19 Sep 2025 04:31 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
18 Sep 2025 07:43 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
18 Sep 2025 01:36 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
14 Sep 2025 18:32 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
14 Sep 2025 13:10 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
13 Sep 2025 16:25 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
10 Sep 2025 21:42 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
10 Sep 2025 01:39 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
9 Sep 2025 20:09 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
9 Sep 2025 00:01 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
2 Sep 2025 04:06 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
1 Sep 2025 04:27 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
August 2025 16 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
29 Aug 2025 13:37 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
22 Aug 2025 17:34 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
21 Aug 2025 13:14 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
20 Aug 2025 16:29 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
17 Aug 2025 16:07 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
16 Aug 2025 18:07 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
16 Aug 2025 08:55 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
13 Aug 2025 16:42 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
13 Aug 2025 11:18 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
12 Aug 2025 14:29 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
9 Aug 2025 14:54 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
8 Aug 2025 17:43 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
8 Aug 2025 07:33 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
4 Aug 2025 17:54 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
4 Aug 2025 12:50 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
3 Aug 2025 15:49 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
July 2025 18 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
31 Jul 2025 18:23 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
30 Jul 2025 21:06 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
30 Jul 2025 11:51 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
24 Jul 2025 14:58 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
24 Jul 2025 08:53 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
23 Jul 2025 08:43 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
19 Jul 2025 23:23 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
19 Jul 2025 02:43 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
18 Jul 2025 20:46 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
15 Jul 2025 16:38 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
15 Jul 2025 10:25 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
14 Jul 2025 13:01 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
11 Jul 2025 08:19 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
10 Jul 2025 10:22 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
10 Jul 2025 04:06 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
7 Jul 2025 03:45 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
6 Jul 2025 21:34 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
6 Jul 2025 00:43 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
June 2025 22 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
29 Jun 2025 08:02 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
28 Jun 2025 09:16 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
28 Jun 2025 02:32 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
25 Jun 2025 11:17 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
25 Jun 2025 05:55 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
24 Jun 2025 09:34 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
21 Jun 2025 07:07 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
20 Jun 2025 09:44 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
20 Jun 2025 03:43 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
15 Jun 2025 16:54 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
15 Jun 2025 11:51 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
14 Jun 2025 15:21 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
11 Jun 2025 16:48 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
10 Jun 2025 18:07 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
10 Jun 2025 09:25 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
7 Jun 2025 13:27 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
7 Jun 2025 06:53 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
6 Jun 2025 07:26 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
3 Jun 2025 11:31 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
2 Jun 2025 16:00 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
2 Jun 2025 10:31 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
1 Jun 2025 09:07 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound
May 2025 19 passages
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
25 May 2025 00:32 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) downbound
23 May 2025 22:08 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
23 May 2025 16:05 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
22 May 2025 19:28 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
19 May 2025 19:00 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
18 May 2025 22:20 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
18 May 2025 16:05 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
15 May 2025 14:36 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge downbound
15 May 2025 07:49 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
14 May 2025 10:28 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
11 May 2025 11:29 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
10 May 2025 15:03 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
10 May 2025 09:35 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
7 May 2025 02:10 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
6 May 2025 21:03 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge downbound
5 May 2025 19:49 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) downbound
2 May 2025 09:10 EDT Soo Locks (St. Marys River) upbound
1 May 2025 13:28 EDT Port Huron / Blue Water Bridge upbound
1 May 2025 07:56 EDT Detroit River / Ambassador Bridge upbound
April 2025 1 passage
Date Local time Chokepoint Direction
30 Apr 2025 05:27 EDT Welland Canal (Thorold) upbound