by import2 | October 16, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes’ shipping’s ‘untapped potential’: Duluth-Superior port sees opportunity in crisis Duluth, MN – The Duluth Seaway Port Authority has announced it will begin accepting maritime cargo containers at its Clure Public Marine Terminal for...
by import2 | October 16, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: John G. Munson arrived at 19:49 (CST) Thursday evening to unload limestone at CN-Hallett #5; they departed at 20:05 Friday night with iron ore pellets for Gary. As of Friday...
by import2 | October 16, 2021 | Boatnerd Archives
On this day in 1950, the JOHN M. McKERCHEY of the Kelley’s Island Lime and Transport Company sank at 2:30 a.m. while returning from the pumping grounds with a load of sand. Captain Horace S. Johnson went down with the boat, but the remaining 19 crewmembers were...
by import2 | October 15, 2021 | Boatnerd News
Great Lakes iron ore trade up 38.8 percent in September Cleveland, OH – Shipments of iron ore from U.S. ports on the Great Lakes totaled 5.4 million tons in September, an increase of 38.8 percent compared to a year ago. Shipments were a near match to the month’s...
by import2 | October 15, 2021 | Port Report Archive
Please send port reports to news@boatnerd.net Duluth-Superior – Scott Bjorklund Duluth Entry: No traffic has taken place on the Duluth side since the last report, and no vessels were in port Thursday evening. John G. Munson is expected Thursday night to unload...