TRB convenes
in Duluth

More than 200 private and public transportation officials from North America and Europe were in Duluth for four days in July when the Port Authority hosted the U.S. Transportation Research Board's 24th annual Summer Ports, Waterways and International Trade Conference. This was the first time the TRB had held the conference in a Great Lakes port. Among those participating were:

A: Elwyn Tinklenberg, Minnesota Department of Transportation commissioner (left), Duluth Port Director Davis Helberg (a member of TRB's Ports and Channels Committee) and Albert Jacquez, U.S. St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation administrator.

B: Congressman James L. Oberstar of Chisholm, Minn., who spoke at the opening Sunday night reception.

C: Guy Veronneau, a conference speaker, is president and chief executive officer of Canada's St. Lawrence Seaway Management Corporation, Cornwall, Ont.

D: U.S. Maritime Administrator Clyde Hart (left), who delivered the keynote speech. He is shown here with Robert Skinner, Washington, D.C., TRB national chairman.

E: State Senator Sam Solon (left), Duluth, who shared a light moment with Admiral James Hull, commandant, Ninth Coast Guard District, Cleveland.

F: American Association of Port Authorities President Kurt Nagle, Alexandria, Va., who addressed a convention seminar.

G: Ron Johnson, Port Authority trade development director, who talked with Dr. Jerry Fruin, University of Minnesota associate professor in the College of Agriculture.

H: Jean-Pierre Medevielle of Lyons, France, who was among a contingent of European participants.