2020 Season Summary: Coronavirus pandemic stifles tonnage
January 26, 2021
DULUTH, Minn. — The 2020 maritime shipping season will be remembered for early promise crushed by the coronavirus pandemic, as total tonnage through the Port of Duluth-Superior dropped to 25.8 million short tons, the port’s lowest single-season total since 1938. Each of the port’s major cargo categories experienced season-over-season tonnage declines, most notably iron ore… Read more »