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| I made an assumption yesterday that so far will be wrong. I said that since the James R. Barker will be spending the winter at the Midwest Energy Resources coal dock, it would be the last boat to arrive for winter lay up. That is the way it has usually gone. However, the Canadian Enterprise still wants coal and is now scheduled to arrive in port to load that coal on Sunday, while the Barker is due back on Thursday. Selling coal trumps spending the winter resting, so the Barker will likely find a spot to wait at the Port Terminal for the Enterprise to finish before moving over to Midwest. The Enterprise will then pick up the award as both the last arrival and departure of the season. One more assumption based on past experience. The Barker will be the first boat to load coal at Midwest Energy in March when the new season opens. No traffic here today but Two Harbors is hosting Edwin (H. Gott) and Edgar (B. Speer), both loading iron ore pellets. Above the Gott is seen entering the harbor on September 10, 2007. |
| *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 01-06-2009 |
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