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Great Lakes Shipping Fleet Prepares for 2020
More than $97 million in maintenance and modernization is underway on U.S.-flag Lakers idled for winter work at multiple Great Lakes shipyards. After working around the clock for 10 months hauling cargo over more than 70,000 miles per vessel, the ships and their crews are given a brief rest to recoup before the next season…
Read MoreCoal Shipping In Twin Ports Drops To Lowest Level In Decades While Wind Cargo Surges
A record amount of cargo containing components used for generating wind power moved through the Twin Ports during the 2019 shipping season. The surge in wind traffic comes as Duluth-Superior handled the lowest amount of coal in more than three decades. Around 8 million tons of coal moved through the Twin Ports last year, marking the lowest…
Read More2019 Season Summary: Grain gain, heavy lifts boost tonnage totals
Cargo volume exceeded 33.5 million short tons at the Port of Duluth-Superior for the 2019 shipping season, ranking as the port’s third highest throughput since 2015. Four of the port’s six cargo categories notched season-over-season tonnage gains. General cargo, comprised of project cargoes, breakbulk and heavy-lift industrial pieces, led the way with a…
Read MoreLawmakers Push for New Great Lakes Icebreaker
Research from the Lake Carriers Association shows that more than $1 billion in revenues was sacrificed last winter due to delays resulting from inadequate icebreaking. Minnesota Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith and Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin joined eight other senators in advocating for a new Great Lakes icebreaker by signing a letter sent to…
Read MoreDuluth port sorting out terminal details ahead of cruise ship visits
Two cruise visits are expected this summer and nine visits are scheduled during 2022. Duluth should see its first round of cruise ship passengers in seven years as early as June. Two cruise line companies have started selling and marketing for trips to stop in Duluth. German-based cruise line Hapag-Lloyd Cruises has sold out,…
Read MoreLife just got easier for a lock named “Soo”
Funding for the New Navigation Lock at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan Takes Giant Step Forward: “We can now definitively say that there will be a new Soo Lock,” says Jim Weakley, President of Lake Carriers’ Association. With the expected passage of the 2020 spending bills a vital national infrastructure project, the new navigational lock in…
Read MoreGreat Lakes Cruise to make a stop in Duluth Port
Here in Duluth we’re used to seeing Lakers, Salties, and even sailboats pass under the Aerial Lift Bridge. But for the first time since 2013, Duluthians will see a cruise ship docked at the port this June. Cruising the Great Lakes. It’s a 14-day, 13-night adventure that takes passengers through the 5-mighty bodies of water…
Read More‘A new Soo Lock’: Gateway to Lake Superior gets $75 million in funding
If additional funding is approved on time, the $922 million project could be completed by 2027. The gateway to Lake Superior is getting its long-awaited upgrade, Great Lakes shippers say, now that $75 million for a new shipping lock at the eastern edge of the big lake has been approved. “We can now definitively say…
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