Heads-Up - 7AM Friday Morning

Update:  Looks like the balloons may launch around 16:00 today. There will be three of them.

Update 08:30AM Friday-Postponed for now - possibly this afternoon.

There is a possibility that a couple hot air balloons might be launching from Bayfront Park tomorrow morning at 7AM. Stay tuned

2013 Baloon Fest

Mesabi Miner arrived Duluth 03/26/2015

The 1000 ft Mesabi Miner arrived Duluth at 8:45 Thursday.

Mesabi Miner departed Duluth 03/24/2015

The second boat departure from Duluth this season, the Mesabi Miner departed for Two Harbors this morning at 2AM

John G Munson opens the 2015 Shipping Season

The John G Munson slipped through light ice and off into Lake Superior late  this afternoon to open the 2015 Shipping Season in Duluth.

News from Seaway Port Authority - Duluth

CHANGE IN DEPARTURE SCHEDULE – latest update:

First vessel of the 2015 shipping season to depart the Port of Duluth-Superior – the  John G. Munson – is now set to leave the CN Duluth Dock between 3:30 and 4 p.m. (CDT) today, make its way through the harbor and head out beneath the Duluth Aerial Bridge. The Mesabi Miner is expected to depart sometime after 7 p.m.