Duluth Harbor Traffic for Tuesday 5/8/2012

Algosoo arrived at 08:50
CSL Laurentien arrived at 14:00
American Century departed at 14:30
Algosoo  departed at 21:30
American Mariner departed 22:00

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Monday 5/7/12

Paul R. Tregurtha (US ) departed Duluth at 02:11
American Mariner (US) arrived Duluth at 12:19
American Integrity (US) departed Duluth at 12:45

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Sunday 5/6/2012

Spruceglen (CA) arrived Duluth at 00:55
Paul R. Tregurtha (US) arrived Duluth at 16:25
Spruceglen departed at 19:00

Clipper Gemini Arrives in Duluth on Maiden Voyage

(Information provided by Duluth Port Authority)

Maiden Voyage from Hong Kong to Duluth to weekend discharge of heavy-lift cargo

A newly christened oceangoing vessel, the Clipper Gemini, sailed into the Port of Duluth-Superior today.  It’s not often that Duluth ends up being a port of call on a ship’s maiden voyage from Hong Kong!

The 393-foot Bahamian-flag vessel was loaded in and left Kobe, Japan, on Feb. 23, 2012. En route to Duluth, she wound her way around the globe via Xingang, China; Songkhla, Thailand; Singapore; the Suez Canal; Gibralter; Poole, UK; and Hamburg and Rostok, Germany, before entering the St. Lawrence Seaway on April 28. She made one last stop in Valleyfield (Quebec) before arriving in the Twin Ports.

Over the weekend, crews from Lake Superior Warehousing Co. will discharge its breakbulk cargo of gas and steam turbine/generator components for a large electricity generation project (including six heavy-lift units) at the Clure Public Marine Terminal, the port’s only breakbulk terminal. From Duluth, the cargo will move its final leg via specialized railcar and truck to the ENMAX Shepard Energy Centre in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

“Delivery of this significant cargo has been painstakingly planned down to the last detail,” said Gianna Manes, ENMAX Corporation President and CEO. “Each of the natural-gas fired turbines weighs about 735,000 pounds and are the equivalent to a 4-story building in length. Once in place and operational, the 800 MW Shepard Energy Centre will be a pivotal facility to Alberta’s growing electricity needs.”

Cargo onboard the Clipper Gemini is one of nearly 20 shipments of heavy machinery and other energy-related equipment expected in the Twin Ports during 2012, the majority of which will include components for U.S. wind energy projects.

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Friday 5/5/2012

CSL Niagara departed at 03:52
James R. Barker departed at 07:32
Great Lakes Trader/Joyce L. Van Enkevort arrived at 08:04
Philip R. Clarke arrived at 15:40
Morraborg (Dutch) departed at 17:15
Great Lakes Trader departed at 18:10

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Thursday 5/3/2012

Mesabi Miner arrived at 02:30
Indiana Harbor departed at 07:28
Lee A. Tregurtha departed at 10:25
Morraborg (Dutch) arrived at 11:15
Mesabi Miner departed at 17:15
CSL Niagara arrived at 17:40
James R. Barker arrived at 18:50

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I have added a new AIS (Automated Identification System) antenna for vesseltracker.com and can now provide an updated boat location for the harbor.
View to second map from the bottom on this page.

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Wednesday 5/2/2012

Arthur M. Anderson departed at 04:30
American Century departed at 10:15
John G. Munson arrived at 10:35
Indiana Harbor arrived at 17:10
Virginiaborg departed at 17:30
Lee A. Tregurtha arrived at 18:30 
John G. Munson departed at 22:50

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Tuesday 5/1/2012

Cason J. Callaway arrived at 00:40
Cason J. Callaway departed at 10:00
Arthur M. Anderson arrived at 11:05
Algoma Progress departed at 11:35
American Integrity arrived at 11:55
American Century arrive Duluth bet 18:00
American Integrity departed at 22:30 and 23:55

Dulut Harbor Boat Traffic for Monday 4/30/2012

Walter J. McCarthy Jr. departed at 07:32
Buffalo arrived at 08:00
Virginiaborg (Dutch) arrived at 09:17
Paul R. Tregurtha departed at 10:50 
Buffalo departed at 15:25
Algoma Progress arrive at 18:00