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Press Releases |
| 1998 Press Releases | Past Press Releases | |
| The Port of Duluth Superior’s last ocean vessel of the season is expected to depart at about 8:30 p.m. today. | December 17, 1998 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior’s Midwest Energy Resources Company (MERC) coal terminal reached a 200 million-ton milestone this weekend. | November 10, 1998 | |
| Murphy Oil USA, Inc., officials said the company’s new Duluth Marine Terminal is scheduled to deliver fuel at about 8:30 p.m. to the Interlake Steamship Company’s Charles M. Beeghly. | November 2, 1998 | |
| Duluth banking executive Helena Jackson has been reappointed to the board of the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth by the Duluth city council. | October 28, 1998 | |
| The Vechtborg, a new Dutch-flag vessel presently completing her maiden voyage between Europe and the Great Lakes, will call at Duluth’s Hallett Dock No. 6 Friday (October 16), | October 15, 1998 | |
| The German cruise vessel Columbus will make her third call to the Port of Duluth-Superior on Monday, September 28. | September 25, 1998 | |
| Port and City officials are hoping for a repeat of last year’s warm welcome extended to the German cruise vessel Columbus when she makes a return call to the Port of Duluth-Superior on September 8-9, 1998. | September 3, 1998 | |
| An unusual cargo of piping manufactured by Duluth’s BendTec, Inc., and destined for the Island of Sumbawa in the Indonesian Archipelago is being loaded in the Port of Duluth-Superior today. | July 13, 1998 | |
| The The Canadian freighter Wolf River arrived at Superior’s Hallett Dock No. 8 to discharge 1,800 cords of Canadian pulpwood. | July 1, 1998 | |
| A cargo of ammonium nitrate is scheduled to arrive about July 15 and that extra security precautions will be implemented to ensure the safe storage of the product. | June 26, 1998 | |
| Maritime Day 1998 will be celebrated Thursday, May 21, in the Port of Duluth-Superior. | May 21, 1998 | |
 The
sixth annual series of River
Quest educational cruises for area sixth grade students has been
set for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (May 13-15) onboard the harbor
excursion vessel Vista Star. |
May 12, 1998 | |
| An offshore oil rig built in Canada and bound for Norway will be loaded piece by piece aboard the Danish-flag M/V Arktis Vision at the Clure Public Marine Terminal on Saturday, May 9. | May 8, 1998 | |
| Murphy Oil USA, Inc., has signed a long-term property lease with the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth to construct and operate a state-of-the-art ship fueling terminal in the Port of Duluth-Superior. | April 23, 1998 | |
| Did you catch the movie U.S. Marshals? If not you can still see one of the movie's stars in the Port of Duluth-Superior today. | April 17, 1998 | |
 Port
of Duluth-Superior's 1998 Seaway
Season Opens with the arrival of the Barbados-flag Federal St. Laurent |
April 6, 1998 | |
 Duluth-Superior's
1998 Great Lakes commercial navigation season officially
opened 8:20 a.m. today with the arrival of Interlake Steamship Company's
James R. Barker |
March 26, 1998 | |
| Commercial Navigation Season Opening | March 25, 1998 | |
| Traditions die hard on the Great Lakes | March 20, 1998 | |
| The Canadian laker Algomarine, originally scheduled to depart its winter berth in Thunder Bay and arrive March 19 in the Port of Duluth-Superior, has been rerouted ... | March 17, 1998 | |
| As a direct result of the mild winter and lack of ice cover, vessel traffic strictly within the confines of Lake Superior will begin next week | March 13, 1998 | |
| The Seaway Port Authority of Duluth's 1998 wall calendar has received high honors in national and international competition for the seventh straight year. | March 5, 1998 | |
| St. Louis County Commissioner Steve Raukar of Hibbing, Minn., has been appointed to the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth Board of Commissioners by the County Board. | January 20, 1998 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior’s last vessel traffic of the season occurred 5:50 p.m. January 14 with the arrival of Interlake Steamship Company’s Paul R. Tregurtha for winter berthing. | January 15, 1998 | |
