- LOCATION
- Western
tip of Lake Superior's 31,700 square miles of earth's
 freshest
water
- 2,342
miles or less than a week's sailing time from the
Atlantic Ocean
- 602 feet above
sea level
- WATERFRONT
- 49 miles long,
with 17 miles of dredged channels
- 19 square
miles of land and water in a naturally protected
harbor
- TONNAGE
- 45 million net tons annually
- VESSEL CALLS
- 1,100 vessels annually
- Maximum size permitted through
- Seaway locks:
- Length: 730 feet
- Beam: 78 feet
- Draft: 26 feet, 3 inches
- Soo locks:
- Length: 1,100 feet
- Beam: 105 feet
- Draft:
32 feet
- CARGO TERMINALS
- 15 major facilities including:
- 6 multi-purpose bulk terminals
- 1 general cargo distribution center
- 2 ore docks
- 1 coal dock
- 6
grain elevators with 55 million bushels of licensed
wheat silo capacity
- PRINCIPAL CARGOES
- Ore (40%), Coal (40%), Grain (10%)
- RANKING BY PRINCIPAL CARGO LOADINGS
- Ore - No. 1 nationally
- Coal - No. 5 nationally
- Grain - No. 1 U.S. Great Lakes
- PORT RANKING
No. 1 Great Lakes port in total cargo volume
No. 16 nationally in total cargo volume (2005)
- ECONOMIC
IMPACT & JOBS
$200 million economic impact, with 2,000 jobs dependent upon the
port
$2.0 billion worth of cargo transshipped via Duluth-Superior docks.
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