The second of 2 shipments of wind turbine parts left the port by train on June 21st. Above, a locomotive pulled 45 cars out of the Garfield rail yard. To the left, it has just gone under the 27th Avenue bridge over I35, on its way to the Grassy Point Bridge to Superior before leaving for Casper, Wyoming. There the cars will be transferred to trucks for shipment to Duke Energy’s “Top of the World” 101.2-megawatt project in Converse County, Wyoming.

It is with great sadness that we acknowledge the passing of Thomas A. Clure, long-time maritime advocate and Port Authority Commissioner. Son of original commissioner Arthur M. Clure (after whom the Clure Public Marine Terminal was named), Tom was first appointed to the Port Authority board by the Duluth City Council in June 2001 and was elected treasurer in 2007. He was an attorney with Johnson Killen & Seiler, P.A. – practicing in admiralty law, corporate and business law, real estate development, and financing. He was a member of the Maritime Law Association of the United States, had served as past president and board member of the Lake Superior Marine Museum, and had been a director on the boards of both Pioneer National Bank and GPM, Inc. Tom passed away at his home in Duluth on Sunday, May 23, 2010.

 With the help of the Great Lakes tug North Carolina off her bow, and the tug Kentucky on her stern, the Federal Elbe moved over to the CHS grain terminal in Superior early Wednesday morning, April 7, 2010 (above). She arrived off the Duluth piers on April 5th and dropped anchor to wait for her dock to clear (below). Her arrival this morning marks the first oceangoing vessel of the 2010 navigation season and the first full transit of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System this year – 2,342 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Port of Duluth-Superior.

“Tom Clure was a true gentleman in every sense of the word. He possessed that rare combination of being soft-spoken  yet highly effective in board meetings, contract negotiations  and social settings alike,” noted Adolph Ojard, Port Authority Executive Director.  “There was a countenance about Tom – a quiet strength, a principled perseverance that defined his character…and his involvement in this community. Our staff, our board and his waterfront colleagues will miss him terribly.”

Despite the gravity of his illness, the Port Authority commissioners in a resounding vote of support had re-elected Tom to the office of treasurer in March.  At that meeting, Robert C. Maki, who serves as the Port Authority’s legal counsel, remarked, “Tom Clure is the most honorable and skilled lawyer I've ever seen."
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With the help of the Great Lakes tug North Carolina off her bow, and the tug Kentucky on her stern, the Federal Elbe moved over to the CHS grain terminal in Superior early Wednesday morning, April 7, 2010 (above). She arrived off the Duluth piers on April 5th and dropped anchor to wait for her dock to clear (below). Her arrival this morning marks the first oceangoing vessel of the 2010 navigation season and the first full transit of the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway System this year – 2,342 miles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Port of Duluth-Superior.
The Federal Elbe began her voyage in Italy and will be headed back to that country loaded with nearly 21,500 metric tons of durum wheat for pasta production. She is arriving on the heels of the J.W. Shelley, a Canadian laker that docked at CHS Sunday evening to load the Port’s first grain shipment of the season – approximately 25,600 metric tons of spring wheat. In the inset, the Shelley is seen passing the Federal Elbe at anchor on Tuesday evening.

Above, the John D. Leitch moves up the St. Louis River on her way to load iron ore pellets at the CN Dock in West Duluth on Tuesday morning, March 23, 2010. She came from her winter berth in Thunder Bay and is the first Canadian flagged vessel to arrive in the port for the 2010 shipping season.
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The American Integrity arrived Duluth Superior for winter layup on January 13, 2010.
The cruise ship Clelia II arrives Duluth on July 4th, 2009, on her first of 6 visits to the Twin Ports this summer.
The 17th annual series of River Quest educational cruises started on Tuesday, May 12th. A total of 874 sixth grade students from seven area schools are participating this year – bringing to over 13,000 the total number of students that have benefited from the River Quest program since its inception in 1993. The program was designed to instill in students a strong sense of environmental stewardship, while helping them to better understand industrial, commercial and recreational activities in the St. Louis River estuary. The two-hour boat trips offer 10 different hands-on learning stations, which foster an awareness of river ecosystems and a student's connection to the river and harbor environment. The station operated by Minnesota Sea Grant is seen above. The cruises are hosted by the cruise boat Vista Star. (more)
On Monday, March 30th, the Alpena arrived in Duluth with a cargo of cement for the Lafarge North America cement plant in Superior, arriving just after 3 in the afternoon (above left). She was the first vessel into the Twin Ports in the 2009 shipping season, and the first vessel from beyond the Soo Locks. An hour later, the James R. Barker departed Duluth (above, right) with a cargo of coal for Marquette, Michigan. The season was late in starting because of ice conditions and the slower economy, although the arrival of the Alpena is the earliest she has been here in many years.
This is one of 12 peices of heavy equipment that was discharged from the Jumbo Vision at the Port Terminal. The ship loaded the cargo in Japan. It will next go to an oil sands project in Alberta. Above, working late on Tuesday evening, November 18th, 2008. (more)
The BBC Plata arrived Duluth on August 23rd, 2008 and went to the Port Terminal to discharge a cargo of wind turbine parts from Denmark. That job finished on August 26 and the BBC Plata moved down the berth to make room for the Flinterland. She arrived the following morning at 6:20 and moved beyond the BBC Plata, at berth 2, to tie up at berth 1, ready to begin loading a cargo of wind turbine blades. (more)
The Port Authority sponsored Pride of Baltimore II departed Duluth on Monday morning August 4th, 2008, after a highly successful weekend at the Duluth Maritime Festival. She was one of 3 tall ships here while thousands of visitors toured her and two other tall ships, the Madeline and the US Brig Niagara.
The Marlene Green arrived in port Sunday morning, June 29th, 2008, with 42 wind turbine tower sections, built by General Electric and destined to go by truck from Duluth to wind farms in Minnesota and Iowa. Last November, she came into port with 40 wind turbine base units destined for a wind farm in Mountain Iron.
The BBC Elbe arrived in Duluth on Thursday morning June 19th, 2008, with a cargo of wind turbine parts. Above, she is backing into the slip at the Port Terminal where she began discharging her cargo very soon after arriving. The Great Lakes tug fleet is seen in front of the ship and the lay down area for previous wind turbine equipment is seen at left, waiting to be loaded onto trucks for transport to a wind farm.
The BBC Ontario came into port on June 13th to discharge 11 component sets (minus blades) of Siemens wind turbines loaded in Denmark. Above, a truck from Badger Transport, Inc. is moving three spinners to another part of the Port Terminal to await shipment to Iowa.

Keith Johnson and his son Eric created this snow sculpture of the steamer Reserve, the favorite of many boats his father Captain Armand Johnson worked on and captained during his 36 year career at Columbia/Oblebay Norton. Captain Armand Johnson died this past December; the above is a fitting memorial. The boat is located in the front yard, at 4892 Woodridge Drive, just off Stebner Road in Hermantown. (the picture was taken by Captain Tom Mackay (Ret.))
Above, the BBC Ems stopped for fuel at the Murphy Oil Fuel Dock at the Port Terminal on Saturday, November 24, 2007. With a cargo of 44 wind turbine blades with 22 of them on the weather deck, the ship was getting 800 tons of heavy fuel for the trip to Spain. It was the largest order Murphy has ever had at their Duluth terminal. The fuel will provide the ship with more stability, needed since the blades are very light, made of fiber glass and are hollow. She departed Duluth on Friday night, November 23rd, 2007 after 6 hours getting the fuel. Below, longshoremen and iron workers at Lake Superior Warehousing Company completed loading the BBC Ems with a cargo of 44 wind turbine blades on Friday evening, November 24th. The cargo will be discharged in Spain.
Project cargo was taken off the Jumbo Spirit today (October 26, 2007). Transferred to railcars, these two pieces will be going to a Suncor Energy oil sands extraction project in Alberta.

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