Duluth Seaway Port Authority
Great Lakes ports show steady growth at the start of 2024 shipping season
Proving its worth Movement of cargo on the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway System is booming thanks to an early start to the shipping season. The 66th navigation season began March... Read More
Spliethoff Expands Great Lakes-European Service
There was important news in May regarding new international commerce on the Great Lakes. That’s when the UAL Fortitude called at the Port of Duluth-Superior, the start of Spliethoff’s new... Read More
Icebreaking Delays: Action Needed to Overcome Disruptions in the Great Lakes Supply Chain
Expanded icebreaking capacity isn’t a luxury. It’s necessary to keep cargo moving through the Great Lakes. An example is found in the shutdown of 750,000 tons of carrying capacity for... Read More
Q&A: Advancing Ports
What infrastructure projects are you amid or planning that will aid the port with business development? The port will introduce bulk liquid cargo to our general cargo operations in 2022.... Read More
In Leadership: News from January–March 2022
Adolph Ojard Dies Adolph Ojard, former executive director of the Duluth Seaway Port Authority and president of the American Great Lakes Ports Association, passed away Dec. 30. He was 72... Read More
Cruising Back In: Passenger Ships Set to Return to Great Lakes/Seaway in 2022
Passenger cruises will have been absent from the Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway for two seasons when they return in next season. “2020 bookings were headed for the highest-ever passenger count... Read More
In Short: News from October–December 2021
Duluth Makes Way for More Containers Investments in intermodal connections and procedures to ensure homeland security compliance have increased the Port of Duluth’s Clure Public Marine Terminal capacity to handle... Read More