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Mariners Take Extra Precautions as Great Lakes Shipping Season Begins
A tugboat docks at the Port of Duluth-Superior in Duluth, Minn., in January 2012. (Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg News)
As the coronavirus pandemic locked down countries and disrupted global supply chains, the Great Lakes shipping season got underway last week, with extra precautions in tow.
April 1, 2020As Great Lakes Shipping Starts, Extra Precautions for COVID-19 Are Taken
A freighter ship arrives at one of the docks at the Port of Duluth-Superior in 2012. (Ariana Lindquist/Bloomberg News)
The season’s first load of iron ore left the Duluth harbor before dawn March 22, carrying with it some extra cargo — caution over the spread of coronavirus.
March 24, 2020Great Lakes High Water Could Hurt Shipping, Industry Warns
Duluth Harbor by Getty Images
As high water levels persist in the Great Lakes, some shoreline dwellers are putting pressure on officials to open up dams in the east to let out more water, but shipping industry officials in Duluth, Minn., and Superior, Wis., worry such a move thousands of miles away could have big consequences locally.
July 5, 2019Conveyor Belt System to Move Cargo Around Great Lakes Locks Raises Questions
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
WASHINGTON — Members of Michigan’s congressional delegation raised concerns today that the Army Corps of Engineers may be considering an unorthodox alternative in a cost-benefit study that, if true, could potentially hurt the case being made for a new super-size navigational shipping lock at a key chokepoint on the Great Lakes.
February 23, 2017