Big rig
Around the Port
It took a big truck to handle the heavy-lift cargo carried by the Olympic Melody in July to the Clure Public Marine Terminal. Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc., discharged turbine generator equipment — the largest piece 194,916 pounds — made by Simmons, Essen, Germany. It was destined for a waste heat recovery project in Medicine Hat, Alberta. Forwarder for the project was Schenker (Stinnes Logistics) of Germany and Schenker of Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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Photo by Kenneth Newhams, Duluth Shipping News |
The vessel was operated by FedNav, Montreal, and local agent for the vessel was Federal Marine Terminals. Customs work was handled by Bob Buchanan of A.N. Deringer, Inc., and the huge truck was provided by Burnell Trucking, Calgary, and Perkins Specialized Transportation, Farmington, Minn.
Pacesetters
U.S. Seaway Administrator Albert S. Jacquez (center, in accompanying photo) attended the Port of Duluth-Superior's May 22 Maritime Day ceremony to present Seaway Pacesetter Awards to (from left) Port Authority Trade Development Director Ron Johnson (accepting on behalf of Cargill, Inc., elevator superintendent John Kauk); Vice President Bill McGiffert, Hallett Dock Company; Operations Manager Duluth & Nerstrand Safety and Compliance Coordinator Thomas E. Grosser, AGP Grain Limited; and Port Executive Director Davis Helberg. The awards are given annually to U.S. Great Lakes ports and terminal operators registering increased Seaway tonnage over the previous navigation season.
Teachers study transportation
Eighteen high school teachers, shown here on a Port of Duluth-Superior harbor excursion, participated in a program designed to expose teachers to the systems, modes and impacts of transportation. The Port Authority's goal was to show teachers the importance of waterborne commerce and to stimulate interest in the maritime industry. The Authority was recognized for its efforts by a certificate signed by Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura.
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Capt. John N. Hill (left), Heidenreich Marine, New York, N.Y., and Kari Qvigstad, Port of Olympia, Wash. |
Bulking up
Bulk and breakbulk cargo operations were the theme of a three-day American Association of Port Authorities July seminar in Duluth. These cargoes are the often-neglected components of domestic and international trade in The Container Age despite the fact that containers carry less than 20 percent of U.S. overseas commerce and only a fraction of domestic waterborne commerce.
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William H. Stanley (left), International Marine Terminals, Port Sulphur, La., and Port Director Davis Helberg. |
Wheat millers visit
A delegation
of wheat millers from Portugal, Malta, the Netherlands, Italy and the
United Kingdom visited the Port of Duluth-Superior in June. The Minnesota
Wheat Research and Promotion Council, Red Lake Falls, hosted the European
milling delegation. "The visit was important to continued development
of this growing spring wheat market," said Dave Torgerson, MWRPC's
executive director. 
