| Around the Port Agri-Growth selects Myron Just The board of directors of the Minnesota Agri-Growth Council has selected Myron Just as the organization’s executive director. Mr. Just will succeed Tom Cochrane. A former member of the North Dakota state senate, Mr. Just also spent eight years as North Dakota Commissioner of Agriculture. He joined Agri-Growth on August 1 and will take over when Mr. Cochrane retires at the end of the year. Navigation & Environment Committee meets in Duluth
Duluth’s U.S. Customs Service Import S p e c i a l i s t V i n c e n t "Butch" Michaelson retired in August after 32 years of service. The Port Authority presented him with a tapestry depicting Duluth’s ship canal. |
| Port hosts Polish trade visitors and intern
During that same period a Polish intern, Hanna Kinga Wolny-Przybylska, was spending 10 weeks in Duluth as part of a Duluth Rotary Club/U.S.A.I.D. internship program. She met with Port
Director Davis Helberg during her visit. A graduate of the Maritime University in Szczecin, Hanna completed her Masters course in Ports and Fleet Operations and joined the faculty upon her return to Szczecin. Hanna also worked with Port Business Development Director Andy McDonough during her stay. Her goal was to learn international regulations regarding shipping. Visitor Center celebrates its 25th The Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center celebrated its 25th anniversary in September, just one year after welcoming its 10-millionth guest. The Center is the Lake Superior region’s most popular attraction, drawing some 425,000 people annually. The Lake Superior Marine Museum Association was incorporated in 1973 to assist the Corps with support of the facility. The Visitor Center’s mission is "to tell the story of Great Lakes shipping from canoes to super-carriers." Colonel Robert Davis Jr., commander of the Detroit District, participated in the 25th anniversary ceremony. It’s Columbus Day—again This Port likes to celebrate Columbus Day. That’s because this Port likes its ships — especially the German cruise vessel C. Columbus. She made her second and third visits to the Port in September of 1998, prompting Port and City officials to mark both dates as "Columbus Day."
As was the case during her inaugural visit in 1997, thousands of people were drawn to the Duluth Entertainment and Convention Center (DECC) dock and the Duluth Ship Canal just to see her. In an attempt to develop cruise ship services for the Port of Duluth-Superior, the Seaway Port Authority and the City of Duluth recently completed a dredging project to ensure adequate water depth and dock accommodations at the DECC. New dock bollards and timbers were also installed.
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The American Association of Port Authorities held its
annual Harbors, Navigation and Environment Committee meeting in Duluth this year. Among
the topics discussed were harbor maintenance taxes, contaminated sediment activities,
ballast water issues and regulatory and legislative developments. Committee member Richard
Worthington, Corps of Engineers, Washington, D.C., took a break from these timely
topics during a harbor cruise.
Duluth Import Specialist
retires
A Polish trade team sponsored
by U.S. Wheat Associates visited the Port in October to discuss export market development.
In photo above, Port Commissioner Janet Nelson (right) met with Jadwiga Rothkaehl, Central
Laboratory for Grain Storage and Processing, Warsaw, during a tour of the Port.
