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Press Releases |
| 2004 Press Releases | Past Press Releases | |
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The Gibraltar-flagged Ostkap will be the Port of Duluth-Superior’s last ocean vessel of the season. |
December 16, 2004 | |
| Retired Duluth Airport Authority Executive Director Ray Klosowski has been appointed a Duluth Seaway Port Authority commissioner by the Duluth City Council. | December 14, 2004 | |
 The
Antigua-flagged vessel Bluebill,
operated by Canfornav, Montreal, and designed for Great Lakes-St.
Lawrence Seaway trade, will make her inaugural visit to the
Port of Duluth-Superior today (November 3. |
November 3, 2004 | |
| Twenty stories that didn’t fit into the recently published “Pride of the Inland Seas: An Illustrated History of the Port of Duluth-Superior” have now been produced electronically via the Internet. | October 7, 2004 | |
| It’s been nearly twenty years since a chance meeting involving former Duluth Seaway Port Authority Director Davis Helberg led to folksinger/songwriter Charlie Maguire going onto Lake Superior and beyond. | September 24, 2004 | |
| Duluth Seaway Port Authority waterfront tenant Altec HiLine, LLC., will be transporting 16 brand new Digger-Derrick aerial platform trucks to the hurricane ravaged Southeast beginning tomorrow (September 4). | September 3, 2004 | |
| Harbor Corrosion Panel News Conference, 3 p.m. Thursday, September 9 | September 3, 2004 | |
| The German cruise vessel Columbus is scheduled to make her eighth visit to the Port of Duluth Superior on Wednesday (September 8). | September 3, 2004 | |
| Two long-term employees of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority have been promoted to accounting positions. | September 3, 2004 | |
| Pride of the Inland Seas, an Illustrated History of the Port of Duluth-Superior, will be launched at a 1 to 3 p.m. book signing on Saturday, August 28, at the Lake Superior Maritime Visitors Center in Duluth’s Canal Park. | August 27, 2004 | |
| A North Dakota company is scheduled to take delivery next week of the Port of Duluth-Superior's first inbound maritime cargo of plate steel for wind turbine towers. | July 23, 2004 | |
| Expansions by two local businesses and lease continuations with two long-standing companies on Port Authority properties | July 21, 2004 | |
| The Grande Mariner, a 183-foot, 100-passenger U.S. cruise vessel, is scheduled to make her third visit to the Port of Duluth-Superior on Thursday (July 22). | July 21, 2004 | |
| Davis Helberg will receive a dedication plaque from the local maritime community. | July 15, 2004 | |
PRESENTATION OF SEAWAY “PACESETTER” AWARDS TO TWO DULUTH TERMINALS and MEDIA OPPORTUNITY WITH ROTTERDAM TRADE PROFESSIONAL |
July 13, 2004 | |
| In the interest of safety and the Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) which went into effect July 1, 2004, the Arthur M. Clure Public Marine Terminal will be closed to the general public during Duluth’s fireworks celebration this year. | July 2, 2004 | |
| The tank barge Greenstone II, the first vessel to be built by Superior’s Fraser Shipyards in nearly 40 years, is tentatively scheduled to depart the Port of Duluth-Superior on Monday, May 24 | May 21, 2004 | |
| Maritime Day 2004 will be celebrated Friday, May 21, in the Port of Duluth-Superior. | May 20, 2004 | |
| The 12th annual series of River Quest educational cruises for area sixth grade students has been set for Wednesday through Friday (May 12-14) aboard the harbor excursion vessel Vista Star. | May 11, 2004 | |
| Goodin Company purchased land at the Port Authority-owned industrial complex adjacent to the Duluth International Airport. The parcel is included in the 140-acres of Port Authority controlled properties designated JOBZ in December 2003. | May 10, 2004 | |
| The Duluth Seaway Port Authority invites members of the community to join State and City dignitaries at a groundbreaking ceremony for the Airpark Phase II Expansion at the Authority-owned complex adjacent to the Duluth International Airport. | April 30, 2004 | |
| The winner of the annual “First Ship Contest” sponsored by the Duluth Seaway Port Authority, Duluth Convention and Visitors Bureau and 92 KQRS, Minneapolis, was Sandy Williams, Willmar, Minn., who guessed an arrival time of April 10 at 4:10 p.m. | April 12, 2004 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior’s 2004 St. Lawrence Seaway navigation season is scheduled to officially open at approximately 9 a.m., Saturday, April 10, with the arrival of the Lithuanian-flagged Kapitonas Andzejauskas under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. | April 8, 2004 | |
| St. Louis County Commissioner Bill Kron was reelected to his fourth term as Duluth Seaway Port Authority president at the board's annual meeting Thursday (March 25). | March 26, 2004 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior’s 2004 Great Lakes commercial navigation season is scheduled to officially open at approximately noon tomorrow (March 26) with the arrival of Seaway Marine Transport’s Canadian Progress under the Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge. | March 25, 2004 | |
| Although the Soo Locks will not open to vessel traffic until March 25, the Port of Duluth-Superior’s first shipping activity within Lake Superior is scheduled to begin this week. | March 16, 2004 | |
| A lease extension with a long-standing local paper company was approved today (February 26) by the Duluth Seaway Port Authority. | February 26, 2004 | |
| St. Louis County Commissioner Steve Raukar of Hibbing, Minn., has been reappointed to the Duluth Seaway Port Authority Board of Commissioners by the County Board. | January 21, 2004 | |
| The Port of Duluth-Superior’s last outbound cargo vessel of the season occurred earlier than anticipated due to inclement weather. | January 21, 2004 | |
| Winter Berthing Schedule, 2004, Duluth Superior | January 13, 2004 | |
| The Soo Locks were scheduled to close for the season on January 15 according to a longstanding set agreement, but several maritime parties lobbied the Corps of Engineers to extend the date to accommodate late season cargo demands. | December 31, 2003 | |
