September 2010

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The Olympic Melody came into the Duluth harbor on September 29th, 2010 with the aid of two Great Lakes Towing tugs, the Kentucky on the stern and the Minnesota, just disappearing around the bow of the ship. She loaded grain at the CHS terminal in Superior.

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Wind turbine parts by train

September 26, 2010 · 0 comments

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A train loaded wind turbine parts in California and brought them to Superior and then over the Grassy Point Bridge to Duluth and to Lake Superior Warehousing. There the pieces were taken off the rail cars in the same place they take them off the ships. They were then taken by truck to another part of the Warehouse and put in lay by until they will be picked up and loaded onto trucks for the trip to the final destination in Manitoba. The picture shows 2 views of the train approaching the 27th Ave bridge over I35. They had crossed over the Grassy Point Bridge about 45 minutes earlier.

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Duluth a busy port

September 18, 2010 · 9 comments

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Sitting at anchor off the Duluth piers while they wait for a dock is, from left to right, the John B. Aird, Calliroe Patronicola and Africaborg.  The Federal Yukon is out of the picture, to the left.

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isatwoships20100914_4355 The Isa departed Duluth around 6 pm on September 14th, 2010 with a cargo of grain. Still waiting at anchor off the Duluth piers to pick up their grain cargos are at left and partially hidden, the Africaborg and Calliroë Patronicola.  The Federal Yukon is out of the picture, to the left.

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Polish Steamship new build in Duluth

September 13, 2010

The Miedwie ended her maiden voyage in Duluth in September, 2010. Here she is loading a cargo of wheat she will take to Belgium. She is set to depart today (September 13, 2010) and will top off her cargo in the St. Lawrence River before heading out into the ocean.

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Alder welcomed home to Duluth from the Arctic

September 11, 2010

Saturday morning, September 11, 2010

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Alder almost home from the cold for more cold

September 10, 2010

Alder commander Mary Ellen Durley reports that the Alder should be coming under the Lift Bridge on Saturday morning, around 9:00, possibly later depending on weather. She sent along a picture of the Alder as they were passing by a Greenland glacier. The coming Duluth winter shouldn’t be much of a challenge now; no glaciers [...]

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Busy traffic at the Duluth piers today

September 9, 2010

I took the picture of the traffic between the Duluth piers this afternoon (September 9, 2010. The Marine Tech dredge has been around the piers for several weeks now, clearing out the channel, particularly at the edges where silt and sand have a tendency to collect. Their tug Callie M., at the far left exchanges [...]

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An old new build and a new one

September 7, 2010

The Isa has been at anchor off the Duluth piers for several days waiting to come  into port to load grain. (At left, she is approaching the Duluth entry in October, 2004). Eleven years ago, on August 27, 1999, she came to Duluth at the end of her maiden voyage. Captain Edward Bobrowski picked her [...]

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Containers to Duluth

September 5, 2010

Duluth is not a container port; container ships are usually too large to get through the canals and lock systems on the Great Lakes. But we do get containers. The BBC Rhine came here on September 2, 2010 with wind turbine parts loaded in Aarhus, Denmark for Manitoba. In addition to 20 large base units [...]

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Indiana Harbor departing Duluth

September 5, 2010

… on Sunday, September 5, 2010. She carried 64,000 tons of coal to Detroit Edison. This was her 19th trip out of the Twin Ports this season.

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The Paul R. Tregurtha departs Duluth …

September 1, 2010

on August 31, 2010 with a cargo of coal. This video came from the live video stream Duluth Shipping News provides at http://www.duluthshippingnews.com/dsntv/

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