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Press Releases |
| 1999 Press Releases | Past Press Releases | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior's last ocean vessel of the season departed the Superior entry at 5:32 AM, Monday morning, December 20, 1999 | December 20, 1999 | |
| An unusual cargo of wood pulp from is being unloaded from the Dutch-flagged Munteborg today in the Port of Duluth-Superior. |
October 10, 1999 | |
| An eight-year employee of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority has been promoted to the position of accountant. | October 5, 1999 | |
 Port
of Duluth-Superior citizens can once again greet the
German cruise vessel Columbus on Tuesday, September 7, as she makes
her fourth call on the Port. |
September 2, 1999 | |
 The
first of five new Polish ships built
specifically for the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway trade loaded its
first U.S. grain cargo on August 30 in the Port of Duluth-Superior. |
August 27, 1999 | |
| Expansions of three local businesses on Airpark industrial complex land were approved today by the Duluth Seaway Port Authority board of commissioners. | August 26, 1999 | |
| The public agency serving the largest port on the Great Lakes has modified its name. As of this month, the agency known since its creation as the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth has elected to call itself the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. | August 19, 1999 | |
| U.S. Seaway Administrator Albert S. Jacquez will present AGP Grain Limited, Lake Superior Warehousing Co, Inc., and the Seaway Port Authority of Duluth with St. Lawrence Seaway Port Pacesetter Awards at an 11:45 a.m. ceremony Monday, July 26, dockside of the harbor excursion vessel Vista Star. | July 22, 1999 | |
| An interesting cargo of paper pulp mill machinery from Finland is scheduled to arrive in the Port of Duluth-Superior at approximately noon tomorrow (June 3) aboard the Dutch-flag vessel Lijnbaansgracht. | June 2, 1999 | |
| Bonnie Marie Green, U.S. Maritime Administration's new deputy administrator for inland waterways and Great Lakes, will be the guest speaker at the Port of Duluth-Superior Propeller Club's annual Maritime Day celebration on Friday, May 21. | May 18, 1999 | |
| The U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker Mackinaw, a frequent visitor to the Port of Duluth-Superior in January and March, will arrive Sunday (May 16) for a rare summer visit. | May 14, 1999 | |
| The seventh annual series of River Quest educational cruises for area sixth grade students has been set for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday (May 12-14) aboard the harbor excursion vessel Vista Star. | May 11, 1999 | |
 The
first vessel to have transited
the Seaway will be the Algosound, a 730-foot Canadian bulk carrier,
due at approximately 6:30 a.m. Thursday (April 8), while the first oceangoing
ship, the Federal Mackenzie, is expected Saturday morning (April 10). |
April 12, 1999 | |
| Port Board reelects Thomas E. Grosser, President Sharon Clark reelected Vice President | April 1, 1999 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior’s 1999 Great Lakes commercial navigation season is expected to officially open at approximately 4 a.m. Friday (March 26) with the arrival of Oglebay Norton Company’s Columbia Star under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. | March 25, 1999 | |
| Although the Soo Locks will not open to interlake traffic until March 25, the Port of Duluth-Superior’s first vessel traffic is expected to begin this week. | March 16, 1999 | |
 Local
maritime official Capt.
Ray Skelton was elected grand second vice president by the International
Shipmasters' Association (ISMA) |
February 15, 1999 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior’s last vessel of the season was the USS Great Lakes Fleet, Inc.’s, Edgar B. Speer. | January 14, 1999 | |
