2019 shipping season set to open for Port of Duluth-Superior

摘要

US Coast Guard Cutters Alder and Mackinaw arrived in the Port of Duluth- Superior late Wednesday, according to Jayson Hron, director of communications and marketing, which means that the 2019 shipping season along one of iron ore’s most vital waterways is around the corner. In 2018, the St. Lawrence Seaway recorded its best shipping season in a decade, with a nearly 7% increase in tonnage compared with the 2017 season.