The last ocean-going cargo salty has left the Duluth-Superior Harbor, but the Great Lakes shipping season will continue into January. And after a terribly slow start to the season because of a brutal 2014 winter than stayed around into spring with ice choking watery lanes, shipments have nearly caught up to 2013 levels. That includes iron ore pellets from the Iron Range. “Higher water levels across the system this year helped tremendously in making up time and tonnage. Thousand-footers, for example, were able to load to another foot deeper draft allowing some 3,000 additional tons or iron ore or coal on every downbound delivery, said Duluth Seaway Port Authority Executive Director Vanta Coda.
Posted on: Sun, 28 Dec 2014 12:59:10 +0000
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