Still Raining with the Manitowoc

So next up was the Manitowoc.  Although not quite in order as there was one more ship that was docked.  I'll get to her in a bit.  The Manitowoc is a repeat customer on this blog.  I have seen her in Bay City, up near Port Huron and on the Detroit River.

 It seemed like she was taking forever to get up the river, so I checked the ais site and saw why.  She was only moving at 3 knots at one point.  Normally I wouldn't care but it was rainy and wet but I figured I would wait.

 She slowly moves up the river.  Well almost creeps up the river.

 I thought she was cranking up her diesels in this picture but sadly...no.

 Still inching along....

 Slowly....

 And then I see why, she was waiting for the next ship to clear the dock.

 A cloud of diesel smoke as she pulls into dock.

Here she would stay for a while.

I almost gave up on the Manitowoc, I'm glad I didn't.