Workers from Lake Superior Warehousing Company prepare 4 sacks of proppant, a specially engineered high-strength ceramic bulk material, to be lifted from the cargo hold of the Moezelborg on December 4, 2011.  

The BBC Jade arrived in Duluth on September 8, 2011 with a cargo of wind turbine parts loaded in Aarhus, Denmark by Siemens Wind Power. The shipment included 15 nacelles, 16 power units, 15 radiators and 160 containers. In the picture above, the third of the 15 nacelles was just discharged from the ship using both gantry cranes.One of the 30 nacelles loaded onto the Kurt Paul in Denmark is discharged onto a waiting trailor on Wednesday afternoon, May 25, 2011. Thirty hubs, 75 power units and 155 containers were also discharged from the ship. The ocean going heavy lift ship Tracer arrived in Duluth on Friday, November 5th, 2010. The Dutch flagged ship brought equipment that was discharged at the Warehouse directly onto railcars for the trip to the final destination in Lethbridge, Alberta. Included were two very heavy transformers that were discharged onto special railcars. Above, the train departed Duluth on November 9, 2010. The first to be pulled out of the ship's cargo hold is seen just below.


A large generator built for Alstom Power in Poland and destined for Basin Electric Power Cooperative in Brookings, South Dakota was discharged from the Beluga Frequency on Sunday, October 17, 2010. Above, it is slowly guided into position on a special 16-axle rail car from Kasgro. Below and right, a large piece was discharged onto a Perkins Motor Transport (Northfield, Minnesota) trailer on Saturday.


On October 12. 2010, 24 Nacelles, loaded into the Sunflower E in the port of Vigo, Spain, were discharged at the Warehouse. This is the first one to be taken off. They will eventually go Chandler, Minnesota.

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Stellaprima Heavy Lift Video
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Siemens Wind turbine clip
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Twenty-six sets of nacelles, hubs and power units would come out next, all by the Port Terminal's cranes. Below, one of 100 power units is lifted from the BBC Oregon on April 25, 2011. She was the first ship to visit Lake Superior Warehousing this season.