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Press Releases |
| 2002 Press Releases | Past Press Releases | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior’s last ocean vessel of the season is expected to depart at approximately midnight (Dec. 16), while Great Lakes traffic should continue for another month. (Update: The Lake Ontario departed under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge at 1:43 p.m. on December 17.) | December 16, 2002 | |
| The last American-flag straight-deck bulk carrier still operating on the Great Lakes makes its final call on the Port of Duluth-Superior today (Dec. 11). | December 11, 2002 | |
| The first of six new Canfornav ships built specifically for Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway trade—all but one of which are named after ducks—will make an inaugural visit to the Port of Duluth-Superior today (November 14), the Duluth Seaway Port Authority reported. | November 14, 2002 | |
| The second of three ships bringing enormous pieces of equipment manufactured in Spain and Italy and destined for Canada via record-setting rail shipments is scheduled to arrive in the Port of Duluth-Superior tomorrow (November 8) aboard the Dutch vessel Jumbo Vision. | November 7, 2002 | |
| Better Brands, Inc., Duluth, the local Miller Brewing Company distributor, will be purchasing property located in the Airpark Industrial business area from the Duluth Seaway Port Authority for the purpose of constructing a new warehouse and office facility. | October 23, 2002 | |
 Area
labor leader Janet E. Nelson
has been reappointed to the board of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority
by the Duluth City Council. |
October 18, 2002 | |
| Two ships registered in Mediterranean Island nations but named for Lake Superior will meet within the next few days---on Lake Superior. | October 17, 2002 | |
| Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation Administrator Albert S. Jacquez will present the prestigious Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter Award to the presidents of Midwest Energy Resources Company (MERC) and Lake Superior Warehousing Company, Inc. (LSW). | October 9, 2002 | |
| The German cruise vessel C. Columbus is scheduled to make her seventh call to the Port of Duluth-Superior tomorrow (October 2). | October 1, 2002 | |
| The American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) honored Davis Helberg, Executive Director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, with its ImPORTant Service Award, during a September 26 luncheon at the AAPA's 91st Annual Convention at the Breakers in Palm Beach, Florida. | September 26, 2002 | |
 Davis
Helberg announced today he will retire March 31, 2003, after more
than 24 years as Duluth port director and 40-plus years in the Great
Lakes maritime industry. |
September 16, 2002 | |
 James
D. Sharrow, former engineering and maintenance director for the
Duluth-based Great Lakes Fleet, has been appointed Duluth Seaway Port
Authority facilities manager.Executive Director Davis Helberg said Sharrow will join the port authority staff Sept. 1. |
August 26, 2002 | |
| Please join us for the second annual Port of Duluth-Superior Dukes event beginning at 7:05 p.m. Wednesday, June 12, with the Dukes playing the Sioux Falls Canaries. | May 30, 2002 | |
| Local commercial and industrial business development professional Andy McDonough, CCIM, MCR, was elected to the board of directors of The Northspan Group, Inc., at its annual meeting in May. | May 30, 2002 | |
| Local maritime and transportation official Ronald L. Johnson was elected president by the Twin Ports Chapter of the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) at its annual meeting in May. | May 23, 2002 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior generated a total economic impact to the region of $210.2 million in 2001 and was responsible for nearly 2,000 jobs, the Duluth Seaway Port Authority reported today. | May 22, 2002 | |
| Maritime Day 2002 will be celebrated Wednesday, May 22, in the Port of Duluth-Superior. | May 21, 2002 | |
| A delegation of Rotterdam Port Promotion Council members will hold a press conference at 5 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at Duluth's Holiday Inn Lyric Conference Center. | May 15, 2002 | |
| The 10TH annual series of River Quest educational cruises for area sixth grade students has been set for Wednesday through Friday (May 15-17) aboard the harbor excursion vessel Vista Star. | May 14, 2002 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior's 2002 St. Lawrence Seaway/Great Lakes navigation season officially opened Tuesday, April 2, with the 7:54 p.m. arrival of the Norwegian-flagged general cargo vessel Menominee. | April 3 , 2002 | |
| A lease agreement with a domestic wood products company for the last undeveloped lot at Duluth's Clure Public Marine Terminal was approved today (March 27) by the Duluth Seaway Port Authority at its annual meeting. | March 27, 2002 | |
| Bill Kron, a St. Louis County commissioner since 1977, was reelected Duluth Seaway Port Authority president at the board's annual meeting today (March 27). | March 27, 2002 | |
| The Duluth Seaway Port Authority today at its annual meeting approved a long-term lease of its recently completed speculative light manufacturing building at the Airpark industrial complex with Northstar Aerospace. | March 27, 2002 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior's 2002 Great Lakes commercial navigation season is scheduled to officially open at 2 p.m. Tuesday (March 26) with the arrival of Interlake Steamship Company's Mesabi Miner at Superior's Midwest Energy Resources Co. (MERC) coal facility. | March 25, 2002 | |
| Port of Duluth-Superior's first shipping activity | March 20, 2002 | |
| Although Duluth-Superior's conventional shipping season ended last week, a Thunder Bay company is taking advantage of a virtually ice-free January on Lake Superior and continues to ship Canadian lumber into the port. | January 14, 2002 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior's last outbound cargo vessel of the season occurred January 8 with the departure of Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Stewart J. Cort. | January 8, 2002 | |
| Winter Berthing Schedule, 2002, Duluth Superior | January 1, 2002 | |
