Commissioners
Bill Kron, Duluth, president
Steve Raukar, Hibbing, vice president
Janet E. Nelson, Duluth, secretary
Thomas Cashman, Mankato, assistant treasurer
Thomas A. Clure, Duluth
Cal Larson, Fergus Falls
Ray Klosowski, Duluth

Administration
Executive director: Adolph N. Ojard
Port promotion manager: Lisa Marciniak
Executive assistant: Becky McMillan
Secretary: Ann Mann

Property Development
Business development director:
Andy McDonough
Facilities manager: Jim Sharrow
Foreign trade zone manager: Ray Skelton

Legal Counsel
Robert C. Maki, Maki & Overom, Duluth

Finance
Chief financial officer: John A. Kubow
Accountant: Adrienne M. Sobczak
Accounting technician: Shellie Golden

Maritime Commerce
Trade development director: Ronald L. Johnson
Environmental and government
affairs director: Ray Skelton

Who’s making energy out of wind

Wind energy is generating new cargoes for Duluth-Superior (story, Page 5). Here’s who’s making energy out of wind.

States with most wind energy installed, by capacity (MW = megawatts):
1. California 2,096 MW
2. Texas 1,293 MW
3. Iowa 632 MW
4. Minnesota 615 MW
5. Wyoming 285 MW
 
Largest wind farms operating in the U.S. (MW):
1. Stateline, Ore.-Wash. 300 MW
2. King Mountain, Texas 278 MW
3. New Mexico Wind Energy Center, New Mexico 204 MW
4. Storm Lake, Iowa 193 MW
5. Colorado Green, Colorado 162 MW
6. High Winds, California 162 MW
 
Leading owners of wind energy installations in the U.S. (MW):
1. FPL Energy 2,758 MW
2. Shell Wind Energy 315 MW
3. AEP 311 MW
4. enXco 298 MW
5. PPM Energy 225 MW

This quarterly magazine is prepared by Fortner WordWorks of Duluth and printed by Service Printers of Duluth.

Public Marine Terminal
Operator: Lake Superior Warehousing Co., Inc.
1200 Port Terminal Drive
P.O. Box 16390
Duluth, MN USA 55816-0390
Phone: (218) 727-6646
FAX: (218) 727-6649
E-mail LSW2000@aol.com
Website: www.lswci.com
President: Gary Nicholson
Warehouse coordinator: Denise M. McDougall
Foreman: Tim Rogers
Assistant foreman: Zoran Pedisic
Office assistant: Ruth A. Roberts
Office clerk: Brian Granholm

On the front:

It may look like a diving helmet fit for a giant, but it’s really a blade hub for wind turbine equipment that moved through the Port in April. (Story, Page 5.)

Photo by Andrew Holdrup, BBC USA

On the back:

This retired caboose will soon have a new life as part of the Port’s job of handling high, wide and heavy equipment. (Story, Page 5.)

Photo by Ron Johnson, Port Authority trade development director