With the closure of navigational season, Wegadesk sailed to Jacksonville where she loaded 3,702 tons of phosphate rock on 26 January 1909. The ship then continued on to Savannah, Georgia and loaded 1,558 bales of cotton and other cargo for various European ports on 29 January and left for Rotterdam the next day. The vessel continued serving the Wabana-Rotterdam route through early June. On 13 May Wegadesk arrived at St. John's from Rotterdam damaged by ice. On 11 June she again arrived at St. John's from Rotterdam damaged by ice and had to undergo repairs. Subsequently, Wegadesk spent the rest of 1909 hauling coal between Sydney and Montreal.
