The Nassauborg has been loading beet pulp pellets at General Mills in Duluth (above) but this past winter, she was in Zhoushan (China) getting more footage added to her length. In the picture below, courtesy of Captain Menno van der Groen, both the Prinsenborg (foreground) and the Nassauborg, just behind the Prinsenborg, are in drydock for the upgrade. They went in at 468 feet long and came out over 570 feet long. According to the captain, the addition will add to their cargo space without increasing their draught, thus maintaining their ability to service shallow ports. The upgrade will not change the ship’s fuel consumption or speed.
The Asiaborg came under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge on May 7th, 2008 and encountered a traffic jam as she turned up the Duluth harbor. The CSL Assiniboine (in the rear at right) came into port at 4:25 pm, the Asiaborg (at left) arrived at 4:37 and the John J. Boland came between them before going under the Lift Bridge at 5:03.
After the Asiaborg got through the ‘situation’, top, she moved into the port terminal to discharge wind trubine parts from Denmark. They were taken by truck to a wind farm in Iowa. Above, a nacelle is slowly discharged from the Asiaborg by the two Port Terminal cranes working in tandem.
The 440-foot multi-purpose dry cargo carrier Moezelborg, built in 1999 in the Netherlands, arrived Duluth on Monday morning, July 26, 2004 to discharge wind turbine towers from Denmark. About 2,050 metric tons of plate steel, built in Svendborg, Denmark, for wind turbine towers were also discharged and sent by truck to West Fargo, North Dakota.
Duluth may become a regular route for this type of cargo as more and more wind farms are constructed in the region.
The Moezelborg is operated by Wagenborg Shipping in Delfzijl, Netherlands.
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| The Dutch flagged Diezeborg is here loading beet pulp pellets for Cork, Ireland. The pellets are used for animal feed in many European countries. The Diezeborg is a relatively new ship built in 2000. This is her first trip here. Photo taken June 10, 2004. |
| *submitted to the Duluth News Tribune for publication on 06-11-2004 |
The Nassauborg has been loading beet pulp pellets at General Mills in Duluth (above) but this past winter, she was in Zhoushan (China) getting more footage added to her length. In the picture below, courtesy of Captain Menno van der Groen, both the Prinsenborg (foreground) and the Nassauborg, just behind the Prinsenborg, are in drydock for the upgrade. They went in at 468 feet long and came out over 570 feet long. According to the captain, the addition will add to their cargo space without increasing their draught, thus maintaining their ability to service shallow ports. The upgrade will not change the ship’s fuel consumption or speed. 
