Where does Duluth-Superior rank among U.S. ports?
No. 1 in iron ore pellets
No. 1 in grain on the U.S. Great Lakes
No. 1 on the Great Lakes in total cargo volume
No. 5 nationally in coal
No. 18 nationally in total cargo volume

What are the principal cargoes at Duluth-Superior?
Coal (45 percent), iron ore (40 percent), dry bulk/limestone (eight percent)

What is the Port’s local economic impact?
$210 million annually, with 2,000 jobs depending on the Port
$2 billion worth of cargo transhipped annually via Duluth-Superior docks

How much cargo does the Port handle annually?
45 million short tons

How many vessels call on the Port?
Duluth-Superior sees 1,100 vessel calls each year

You do all this and you’re how far from the nearest ocean?
The western tip of Lake Superior’s 31,700 square miles is 2,342 miles (less than a week’s sail) from the Atlantic Ocean

NORTH STAR PORT

Magazine of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority Fall 2007 Volume 39, Number 3

Duluth Seaway Port Authority 1200 Port Terminal Drive Duluth, MN 55802-2609 USA

Phone: (218) 727-8525 (800) 232-0703 Fax: (218) 727-6888 E-mail: admin@duluthport.com www.duluthport.com

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

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

Property Development
Industrial and economic development director: Andy McDonough
Facilities manager: Jim Sharrow
Legal Counsel: Robert C. Maki, Maki & Overom, Duluth

Maritime Commerce
Trade development director: Ronald L. Johnson

Finance
Chief financial officer: John A. Kubow
Accountant: Lori Yecoshenko
Accounting technician: Shellie Golden

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
General manager: Jonathan Lamb
Warehouse coordinator: Denise M. McDougall
Logistics coordinator: Brian Granholm
Lead stevedore: Tim Rogers
Lead stevedore: Zoran Pedisic
Office assistant: Ruth Delich

On the front: The Federal Hudson takes on grain at CHS No. 1.

On the back: Back: The Federal Hudson shimmers in the water.

Photos by Capt. Tom Mackay