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Press Releases

2007 Press Releases Past Press Releases
Maritime Administrator Sean T. Connaughton of the United States Maritime Administration (MARAD) will make a January stop at the Port of Duluth-Superior January 4, 2008
Port and longshore workers, truckers and others at the Port of Duluth-Superior today will begin to enroll in the Department of Homeland Security’s Transportation Worker Identification Credential (TWIC) program. December 28, 2007
The Duluth Seaway Port Authority today applauds Congress for its approval on December 19 of funding for key programs supporting the Great Lakes maritime industry. December 20, 2007
GSI constructed and has begun operating a major state-of-the-art ballast treatment testing facility in Duluth/Superior Harbor.  The first large-scale testing (1500 gallons per minute flow rate) is planned for October, pending final clearance by the City of Superior.  September 24, 2007
Retired Duluth Port Director Davis Helberg has been inducted into the Great Lakes Marine Hall of Fame at Sault Ste. Marie, Mich August 29, 2007
The Beluga Expectation is scheduled to arrive August 8 with Acciona wind tower sections, nacelles and hubs from Spain.  August 7, 2007
The world's first fresh water test facility focusing on ballast water treatment technology will be opened Thursday in Superior, Wisconsin. June 26, 2007
The 15th annual series of River Quest educational cruises for area sixth grade students will be held Wednesday through Friday (May 16-18) aboard the harbor excursion vessel Vista Star. May 14, 2007
PDI Personnel Decisions International, Minneapolis, Minn., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Lowell Hellervik, Ph.D., was in April 2007 appointed a Duluth Seaway Port Authority Commissioner by Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty. April 23, 2007
Hallett Dock Company at the Twin Ports of Duluth-Superior posted a 54 percent increase in international tonnage shipped through the Seaway in 2006, earning it the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation’s (SLSDC) Robert J. Lewis Pacesetter award. April 12, 2007
The Port of Duluth-Superior's 2007 St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season is scheduled to officially open at approximately 8 a.m. on Tuesday (April 3) with the arrival of the Canadian-flagged Maritime Trader under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. April 2, 2007
The Port of Duluth-Superior’s last cargo vessel departure of the season occurred at 12:07 p.m. today (January 16), with the departure of Interlake Steamship Company’s Mesabi Miner from Superior’s Midwest Energy Resources  January 16, 2007
 
 


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