Warm winter makes for early start to Lake Superior shipping season
The Mesabi Miner is scheduled to leave Superior with a load of coal on March 15th. Only once in the last fifteen years have the Twin Ports seen an earlier opener.
The Mesabi Miner is scheduled to leave Superior with a load of coal on March 15th. Only once in the last fifteen years have the Twin Ports seen an earlier opener.
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The Mesabi Miner passed through the Duluth piers Friday. The Duluth News Tribune reports it was loaded with coal bound for Presque Isle, Michigan.
A group of brave surfers were spotted hitting the waves on Lake Superior Friday. WDIO in Duluth reports the air temperature was near single digits, but the Great Lake was in the mid-30s. One of the surfers says he's been catching the waves for the past 15 years.
Starting Monday, MPR reports the international vessel will be loaded with more than 10,000 tons of wheat bound for Belgium. On its way to the Twin Ports, the 470-foot ship dropped off steel pipe in Ontario.
The Edwin H. Gott pulled into the Duluth Seaway Port Wednesday morning. It is the final ship of the 2011 season. MPR reports the Soo Locks officially close Wednesday at midnight. The warm weather allowed the locks to stay open three days longer this last year.
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