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 below deck in her cargo holds, on her deck at the bow of the ship was a large stack of containers. It turns out you need more than the big pieces to put a wind turbine together; all the smaller pieces are delivered to the final site in containers.
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What port is suitable to get containers loaded on trucks in Fargo, ND for on-forwarding to Europe?
As I understood Duluth, MN has not a container terminal.
MM
Thanks for responses Brian and E.D.
Paul
Galveston Island, Tx
Paul, there are no dedicated container cranes in port. Containers can be handled fairly easily by the cranes at Port Terminal berth 1 or by the vessel’s own cranes. It’s all in using the right attachment (for lack of the real term) to connect the container to the lifting wire/cable.
The ship handles containers with its onboard cranes.
Surprised. Where are the fixed container cranes in the port?. I don’t remember seeing any. Just curious.
Paul
Galveston Island, Tx