We are the heavy hitters in bulk cargo. And we can prove it.

There is a reason the port of Duluth-Superior is often referred to as the "Great Lakes Bulk Cargo Capital." We move mountains of bulk material - an average of 35 million short tons each year. Listed here are just a few vital statistics:

Iron ore and coal account in roughly equal proportions for about 80 percent of the Port of Duluth-Superior's total tonnage.
It takes between 1.3 and 1.5 tons of iron ore to make a ton of steel. Outbound ore from Minnesota's Iron Range feeds the vast majority of this nation's steel mills.
Some 14 million tons of low-sulphur coal from Montana and Wyoming get transported by water each year to feed utilities and manufacturing plants on the Lower Great Lakes.
Outbound shipments of grain harvested in the Midwest and destined for delivery in Europe and Africa account for five to ten percent of the Port's annual tonnage.
Inbound shipments of bulk commodities like limestone, salt, and cement comprise another ten percent; while general freight rounds out tonnage figures each year.

For a more complete listing of commodities and links to the terminals that handle those materials in Duluth-Superior, click here.