Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Saturday 5/11/2013

Canal Park Snowbow 5/11/2013

American Century arrived at 17:35
Great Lakes Trader/Joyce L. Van Enkevort departed at  19:10
Hon. James L. Oberstar arrived at 19:30
Lee A. Tregurtha arrived at 21:00

Hon James L Oberstar arrival

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Friday 5/11/2013

St. Clair departed at 01:55
Cason J. Callaway arrived at 10:55
Indiana Harbor arrived at 11:50
Philip R. Clarke departed at 12:40
Cason J. Callaway departed  at 19:30
Peter R. Cresswell arrived at 21:30
BBC Florida departed at 23:00
Indiana Harbor departed at 23:00
Great Lakes Trader arrived at 23:55

Miedwie Arrives in Duluth

The Miedwie arrived in the Twin Ports about 19:30 Thursday, on its 2nd trip to Duluth.

Built last year in the Mingde shipyard in Nantong, China, near Shanghai, the Miedwie was launched in March 2012 and is the first ship in a series of eight new vessels ordered by Polsteam USA for Great Lakes/Seaway service.

The 623-foot is a Bahama-flagged 30,000-ton vessel. The ship will load about 20,000 metric tons of wheat.

Polsteam, the largest Polish shipowner and one of the largest in Europe, operates 75 ships, including 67 bulk carriers, four sulfur carriers and four ferries. The company has announced plans to build 34 new bulk cargo carriers by 2015.

Duluth Harbor Boat Traffic for Thursday 5/9/2013

BBC Florida (Ant) arrived at 00:20
Mesabi Miner arrived at 04:05
Philip R. Clarke arrived at 13:20
Miedwi(Bahamas) arrived at 19:30
St. Clair departed at 23:55